DISH has announced another open radio access network (O-RAN) vendor –the latest in a growing string of announcements about the open standard technology that DISH sees as critical to its plans to build a 5G network from scratch. The new…
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Dish Picks Four Carriers for Massive Fiber Access Deal to Power 5G
Dish said today that it will use fiber access connectivity from Everstream, Segra, Uniti and Zayo to provide backhaul and fronthaul capability for the Dish 5G network. It is the latest of numerous Dish 5G vendor announcements, which the company…
Nexstar Media Group Threatens Largest Local Station Blackout in TV History, According to DISH
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Nexstar Media Group, the largest local broadcast station owner in the nation, is threatening to black out DISH customers’ access to 164 local channels in 120 markets across 42 states and the District…
Dish to Offer Cloud-Based Business Messaging on its 5G Network
Dish made another supplier announcement for the 5G network it is building. Dish plans to use a cloud-based business messaging platform from Mavenir. This is the second announcement Dish has made involving Mavenir, which also will provide Dish with cloud-native…
DISH Signs Multi-Year Anchor Tenant Tower Agreement with Crown Castle
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DISH and Crown Castle today announced a long-term agreement through which Crown Castle will lease DISH space on up to 20,000 communication towers. As part of the agreement, DISH will receive…
Dish O-RAN 5G Plans Continue with Qualcomm Deal
As Dish gets set to build a 5G network from scratch, the company apparently wants to be the first one that people think of when they hear the term “O-RAN.” The company said today that it will work with Qualcomm…
DISH Selects Intel as Technology Partner for its 5G Buildout
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, DISH and Intel announced a partnership to integrate Intel 5G infrastructure technology into DISH’s buildout of the nation’s first virtualized, open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) 5G network deployment….
Analyst: Not Sold on Rakuten O-RAN Benefits Yet, Implications for 5G
Rakuten Mobile, a Japanese wireless carrier that operates a network based on open radio access network (O-RAN) standards, has gotten a lot of attention in recent months, with many people touting the lower network construction costs that result from the…
FCC Hopes O-RAN Will Fill Huawei Void: Dish, AT&T Offer O-RAN Lessons Learned
Now that the FCC has banned equipment from certain Chinese vendors, including Huawei, from the networks of any carriers that receive Universal Service Fund support, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been touting the possibility of using open radio access network…
DISH Chooses Nokia Cloud-native, 5G Standalone Core Software for 5G Network
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that DISH Network has chosen Nokia’s cloud-native, standalone Core software products to help it build the most advanced, disruptive, fully-automated, cloud-native 5G network in the U.S. with high-level scale, performance, and efficiency. The deal follows…
DISH Media Partners with Verizon Media to Automate Addressable Advertising
09.02.2020 — BASKING RIDGE, N.J. Verizon Media is expanding its omnichannel programmatic platform today, announcing an advanced TV partnership with DISH Media in which Verizon Media’s demand-side platform (DSP) will provide automated access to DISH’s household addressable ad inventory. The…
Big CBRS Auction Winners: Verizon, Windstream, Dish, Cable Companies
Verizon spent the most money in the CBRS spectrum auction, according to a summary of CBRS auction winners released from the FCC today. The company will pay $1.9 billion for 557 licenses in 157 counties. Of all major carriers, Verizon…
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