Google has reportedly been in talks with satellite TV company Dish Network about both companies joining forces to launch their own wireless network for mobile devices, which would compete with the major carriers in the U.S. But as the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, any such service would be a ways off: Google’s talks with Dish aren’t far along, and Dish has been speaking to other companies about such an effort.
Dish has attempted to leverage its success in the TV market into other industries lately, but has suffered setbacks: After Dish acquired bankrupt movie rental chain Blockbuster in April 2011, it later launched “Blockbuster Movie Pass,” a streaming video service and would-be Netflix killer, which Dish said it would discontinue in October 2012.
