FCC Says Dish Plan Would Hurt Public Asset Worth Billions

While Dish Network Corp. expects approval for its mobile telephone network, the FCC claims that Dish's proposal would imperil the 1900 MHz PCS H Block, which Sprint Nextel has said it wants to bid on and use for its LTE network.

The FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed the commision on Nov. 20 to limit power for the planned network. However, Dish wants to loosen the limits, which are intended to prevent interference with nearby frequencies, known as the H block, that are to be auctioned.

"In arguing that the commission should destroy the value of the H block, Dish is seeking to take a public asset potentially worth billions of dollars and turn it into a private windfall," Justin Cole, an FCC spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement.

Genachowski's proposal awaits a vote by the five-member FCC, and Dish Executive Vice President R. Stanton Dodge said in a Nov. 20 statement that the Englewood, Colorado-based company was ready to "work with the full commission" to produce final rules.

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