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Dish, Google in Talks Over LTE Network Collaboration
Though Source Warns Talks Are Preliminary
Dish has stated repeatedly that they need a partner for a planned LTE network, and at least one partner under consideration is Google. According to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, Dish and Google have been talking about the possibility of a joint wireless effort over the last several weeks, though an anonymous source also insists the talks are very preliminary, are part of larger discussions with numerous companies, and may ultimately lead to nothing:
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The talks between Dish and Google aren't advanced and could amount to nothing, one of the people said. Google is just one of several companies that Dish has held talks with recently, and the discussions with other potential partners are also at an exploratory stage, said the people familiar with the discussions. It is unclear which other companies are discussing a potential partnership with Dish.
While Google likes playing niche roles in spurring the industry (Google Fiber, Google Wi-Fi), they've steered clear of national broadband ambitions so far. Any network built by Dish likely won't see deployment until 2015 -- since Dish still needs FCC spectrum waivers, and the LTE Advanced equipment for its S-band spectrum they plan to use likely won't even be available by then.
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ArrayList
DevOps
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incumbent shills post in this thread

let's keep this from getting messy.
ssavoy
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Re: incumbent shills post in this thread

A Verizon shill sent me a very angry PM last week

DataRiker
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Re: incumbent shills post in this thread

said by ssavoy:

A Verizon shill sent me a very angry PM last week

I get those all the time.

JasonOD
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I'd love to see this......

And have google get drained for billions in the process (clearwire style), all while getting their rear-end kicked as 2015 will be way too late to join the party.
tom thomas
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how about a network for nexus devices

one very interesting thing would be if google built a network and than offered free access to people who bought nexus devices and chromebooks.

ArrayList
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Re: how about a network for nexus devices

I would see the price of those devices going up substantially.

mech1164
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One of..

the combinations talked about was with Google getting Dish's spectrum then buying tmobile outright. Can we say BOOM! Apple would be in a panic. Then would it be Sprint to be bought next by Apple. If that happens you then have Verizon and ATT going bonkers to. It could be a very interesting few years ahead. I like it.
xenophon
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Re: One of..

Not likely to happen but if so more likely parings..

Apple-ATT (most established relationship)

Google-Sprint (both open source minded, strong existing relationships, Google already rumored to buy the Sprint HQ campus in KC, perhaps for Google Fiber HQ)

Microsoft-Verizon (the biz focused network)

Samsung-Tmob (the everything else network)

Dish was working with Sprint at one point to host on Sprint's new Network Vision infrastructure. Sprint is designing NV to allow MVNO infrastructure popped in, similar to a telcom hotel. But then they started to argue about invading frequencies, so may not happen.
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Hah. I imagine there are a lot of people dreaming for that highly improbable chain of events.
marinemaster
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dreaming

im dreaming for the day when is all data for $25 a month when all calls, text, internet goes all in one with 50 GB cap....if there is a company that can do it Goolgle may be only one...