The word is Google wants to partner up with Dish to develop its own wireless network. If this were to work Google would be able to release its own hardware on its own wireless network.  Not a bad idea but at the moment it could be all talks.

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The talks between Dish and Google aren’t advanced and could amount to nothing, one of the people said.

Google is just one of several companies that Dish has held talks with recently, and the discussions with other potential partners are also at an exploratory stage, said the people familiar with the discussions. It is unclear which other …

[WSJ]