Sprint, DISH to Trial Fixed Wireless Broadband

Dec. 17, 2013
Sprint (NYSE:S) and DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) plan to jointly develop and deploy a fixed wireless broadband service, on a trial basis, in Corpus Christi, TX. The service is expected to be available in the middle of 2014 and will initially be available in limite...
Sprint (NYSE:S) and DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) plan to jointly develop and deploy a fixed wireless broadband service, on a trial basis, in Corpus Christi, TX. The service is expected to be available in the middle of 2014 and will initially be available in limited areas of Corpus Christi, with a plan to expand into additional markets in the future.Depending on a customer's location, DISH will install either a ruggedized outdoor router or an indoor solution. Both solutions will feature built-in high-gain antennas to receive the 4G TDD-LTE signal on Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum.