AWS Band Plan Further Integrates Dish Spectrum
The 3rd Generational Partnership Project signed off on band 70, with the next step being creation of 3GPP specifications to allow development of LTE band 70 devices and infrastructure, Dish Network said in a news release Thursday. Band 70 --…
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made up of Dish's AWS-4 and H block spectrum and unpaired AWS-3 spectrum -- "packages together what would otherwise be underutilized spectrum," said Dish Executive Vice President-Corporate Development Tom Cullen. Dish earlier this month said it was opting to reverse its 20 MHz of AWS-4 from uplink to downlink, which some said could make it or its spectrum more valuable for takeover (see 1606020031). In a note to investors Thursday, analyst Jonathan Chaplin of New Street Research said with the 3GPP approvals of bands 70 and of 66 in December (see 1512100062), Dish seems increasingly likely to sign a deal to monetize its spectrum holdings in the next 12 to 18 months. He said any discussions likely won't start until after the incentive auction.