Dish Network signs LTE-Advanced chipset pact with Qualcomm

. It's still a bit early to get excited about the next generation of LTE, called “LTE-Advanced,” that carriers are planning to roll out in a couple of years at the earliest. But Dish Network wants to make sure it's keeping up with the competition, which is why it has already locked in a deal with Qualcomm to develop LTE-Advanced chipsets for future devices, reports FierceWireless. Dish has a 40MHz chunk of satellite spectrum on the 2GHz band that it's itching to use for terrestrial LTE-Advanced services if the Federal Communications Commission gives it permission to do so later this year.

Boy Genius Report, Dish Network signs LTE-Advanced chipset pact with Qualcomm