As Dish looks to enter the wireless business, one Wall Street firm is reporting the company may be eyeing TDS for acquisition. The main motivation for any Dish acquisition of TDS would be US Cellular. TDS is the parent company…
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Republic Wireless Acquisition Will Give Dish Mobile Wi-Fi Expertise
Dish said today that it plans to acquire Republic Wireless, which offers a low-cost mobile service that uses Wi-Fi when available and which falls back on the T-Mobile network when Wi-Fi is not available – an approach sometimes called “Wi-Fi…
DISH Selects Amdocs’ Cloud-Native Billing Platform to Support 5G Services
LITTLETON, Colo. and ST. LOUIS, MO — March 4, 2021 — Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX), a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today announced that DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) has chosen Amdocs’ cloud-based billing system,…
Dish Adds DraftKings App to Portfolio, Integrates Sportsbook and Fantasy Products
Dish Network and DraftKings have reached a strategic agreement under which the betting company’s sportsbook and daily fantasy products will be available across the video provider’s portfolio. The first step with be the integration of DraftKings’ app into the DISH…
Dish Challenges SpaceX RDOF Plans Citing the 12 GHz Spectrum Band
In the latest RDOF skirmish, Dish is arguing that SpaceX should not be allowed to gain ETC status, a requirement for RDOF winners. Dish’s argument is based on potential interference from SpaceX’s use of the 12 GHz spectrum band for…
DISH Selects Intrado to Deliver First Cloud-Native 5G Wireless 911 Call Routing Solution
SLANDIA, NY and LITTLETON, Colo., Feb. 25, 2021 — Intrado Corporation (“Intrado”), and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) (“DISH”) today announced an agreement for 911 call routing to support DISH’s cloud-native 5G wireless service, the first of its kind in…
ADT and DISH Network Partner to Bring Smart Home Security to More Customers
BOCA RATON, Fla., and ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (Feb. 23, 2021) – ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced a partnership whereby DISH will begin marketing, sales and installation services for ADT smart home security products. DISH…
Funding a Dish 5G Network: Speculation About a Major Disruptive Partner
Dish has been making a lot of announcements about the 5G wireless network it plans to build. But the company hasn’t said much about how it will fund network construction – and that’s creating a lot of speculation in the…
DISH Signs Master Lease Agreement with SBA
February 22, 2021 – ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DISH and SBA Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAC) today announced a new long-term master lease agreement providing DISH access to SBA’s extensive nationwide portfolio of wireless…
DISH Expands Nationwide 5G Wireless Infrastructure with Seven New Tower Agreements
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As DISH constructs the nation’s first cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G wireless network, the company announced today it has signed seven new tower agreements. These agreements, with Harmoni Towers, Mobilitie, Parallel Infrastructure, Phoenix Tower…
DISH Partners with Vertical Bridge on Long-Term Infrastructure Lease Agreement as it Builds Nationwide 5G Network
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DISH Network Corporation and Vertical Bridge REIT, LLC (“Vertical Bridge”) today announced a long-term agreement granting DISH immediate access to Vertical Bridge’s extensive portfolio of towers, rooftops, utility transmission…
Another Dish O-RAN Vendor Selected, Supplying O-RAN Radio Units
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…
