Dish In No Hurry to Tip Wireless Buildout Hand, Ergen Says

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Dish Network has "seven years to build out" under the requirements of its 2-GHz wireless spectrumnlicenses, "and I don’t think the value of our spectrum goes down," so the company is in no hurry tonshow its strategic hand, said Chairman Charles Ergen Wednesday on a quarterly earnings call. "The focusnof the next year will be to figure out what’s the best path for us, with our preference being to partner withnsomebody that’s in the business today. We have plenty of time to do that and make the right decisions.nThe trick is not to lose a lot of money while you’re trying to make the long-term strategic call." Dish sisterncompany EchoStar meanwhile is looking to expand its set-top box business as much as possible innLatin America and it's also focused on Europe, said EchoStar Technologies President Mark Jackson. ThenCanadian business is down a little overall, he added on EchoStar's Q4 conference call.