SubscribePosted December 5, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Cellphone shopping? Check out your local Blockbuster video rental store. Really.
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Dish is pitching other companies’ cellphones and services.Blockbuster owner Dish Network, looking to jump into the wireless business, has started selling smartphones on the movie rental chain’s website.
The Douglas County-based company will reportedly also begin reselling phones at Blockbuster’s brick-and-mortar stores, though no time frame has been disclosed.
Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg News says Dish will make the move “as a test” for its planned foray into wireless, hoping to “learn the ropes of selling phones to consumers.”
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