Sprint and EchoStar announced a marketing and sales agreement to provide DBS service to Sprint’s Local Telephone Division customers. Sprint will sell the DISH Network services in 18 states where it is the incumbent local telephone provider. Customers can add DISH Network programming to their Sprint bundle by making one call to Sprint. http://www.sprint.comhttp://www.echostar.com
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