Sprint, Dish Network Team Up for Wireless Broadband Network2013-12-18 09:05 by DanielaTags: Sprint, Dish
Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. cellphone carrier by subscribers, and Dish, a satellite TV company, said Tuesday they will work together to test a fixed wireless broadband service in Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning in the middle of next year. Depending on where customers live, Dish will either install a ruggedized outdoor router or an indoor solution. But both options will feature built- in high-gain antennas to receive the 4G TDD-LTE signal on Sprint's 2.5GHz spectrum. Devices such as laptops and smart phones will be able to connect directly to Sprint's router via existing Wi-Fi technology.
Dish, which has spent about $3 billion on wireless airwaves and is looking to buy more, declined to say if the trial could lead to a bigger agreement. Sprint, for its part, has long said it would be open to network sharing with other companies, including Dish, if it could reach a deal that makes sense. Read more -here-
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