Dish Network is a Big Spender in Auction

Dish Network, acting through its subsidiaries Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless License Co, was the winning bidder on 702 spectrum licenses in the FCC's recently completed AWS-3 auction.  Dish's bids topped $13.3 billion, however the company qualified for a 25% discount by filing as a small business under FCC rules.

Dish Network currently does not operate any cellular networks.

Full auction results are posted here:

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0130/DA-15-131A2.pdf