Dish continues to be tranquil about facing an extended FCC review period because of its planned LTE-based 4G network, so we might know why. The satellite television giant is telling the FCC it only needs coverage to achieve as much as 60 million potential clients "within 4 years,Inch or about 2016 -- six years after MetroPCS and Verizon first flicked their particular 4G switches. This is presuming the 3GPP cellular standards group clears the AWS-4 frequency band for LTE use. There's speculation that Dish is giving the additional time to ensure that it may sell the spectrum later, but we'd go ahead and take safe road and assume Dish is serious. In the end, AT&T would not be attempting to set tough conditions for Dish's LTE whether it did not think there is possibly significant competition in route.
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