Dish Network backs the FCC’s proposed band plan for spectrum...
Dish Network backs the FCC’s proposed band plan for spectrum after the voluntary incentive auction of TV stations’ frequencies, following criticism of the plan by other auction stakeholders, said a company executive. NAB’s auction pointman said Monday that Dish is…
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the only company to support the plan to put carriers’ uplink and downlink operations in different parts of the band around TV channels (CD March 19 p3). That plan “will create opportunities for competitive carriers and new entrants,” said Dish Deputy General Counsel Jeff Blum, by email. “The Commission’s band plan maximizes the amount of usable broadband spectrum, avoids excessive guard bands, appears to increase the potential for low-band paired spectrum, and leaves open the possibilities for future expansion and harmonization of the 600 MHz band."