Dish to build out mobile network, looks for partners

Dish Network recently won enough licenses to cover the entire US, except for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston – and the industry has been abuzz with speculation as to what the satellite TV company plans to do with it. Now, Dish has disclosed that it would use the licenses to build a mobile TV service – but they’re in no hurry. Picking the right technology, the right business model, and the right partner will be critical in Dish Network’s plans. Building a mobile TV network would be no joke – the company would likely spend between $500 million to $2 billion. Major decisions would take time and deliberation.

Vice Chairman Carl Vogel confirmed:

“We’re a long, long, long way from building anything out. We’re a long, long, long way from deciding who our partners will be and when, but we do think it is a valuable piece of spectrum that gives us an opportunity to have numerous strategic discussions that will provide an asset that’s additive to the business we already have.”

While a “long, long” time is certainly not what consumers want to hear, its still nice to know that it is in the works.

Via [mocoNews]