What's Up with EchoStar Buying Spectrum?

RCR Wireless News columnist Tracy Ford projects that the mobile TV market will probably be a big topic in the coming weeks, now that EchoStar paid $711 million for 168 E-Block licenses in the recently completed 700 MHz spectrum auction:

“The biggest conjecture among the RCR Wireless News editorial staff: AT&T Mobility is holding off on offering MediaFLO TV services because it plans to buy EchoStar and use that spectrum to deploy Sling Media services, effectively giving AT&T the triple play: broadband, TV and mobility.”

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