New AWS Band Plan Integrates Dish Spectrum, Dish Says

Global wireless standards body 3GPP approved band 66, which includes Dish Network’s AWS-4 downlink spectrum, plus AWS-1 and paired AWS-3 spectrum, Dish said Thursday in a news release. “Band 66 is a win for the public who will be able to take advantage of the innovations and increased data throughput that a single AWS band class will deliver,” said Tom Cullen, Dish executive vice president-corporate development.