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Dish, nTelos to Develop Fixed-Mobile Broadband Service

Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) said Friday it intends to work with NTELOS Holdings (NASDAQ:NTLS), a regional provider of wireless communications services, to develop fixed-mobile broadband within territory covered by nTelos.The companies explained that the service will provide nTelos and Dish customers with access to high-speed Internet, particularly in rural communities were Internet service is lacking.NTelos offers wireless services in Virginia and West Virginia, as well as parts of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky."With users consuming more data, the demand for fast, reliable Internet service remains stronger than ever, particularly in rural areas where the FCC estimates nearly a fifth of American households lack broadband access," Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said in a statementErgen added that the proposed service will simultaneously bring mobile and in-home Internet access to rural areas with the "potential to serve as a model for how we can utilize spectrum m...

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