Dish flags threat from T-Mobile CDMA shutdown
Dish Network executives warned its fledgling mobile business could be significantly impacted by a plan from MVNO partner T-Mobile US to decommission its CDMA network on 1 January 2022. During…
Dish adds fibre to 5G plan
Dish Network inked deals with four major fibre players to deliver nationwide fronthaul and backhaul capabilities for a planned 5G network. The company said agreements with Everstream, Segra, Uniti Group…
Dish eyes Qualcomm open RAN chips
Dish Network announced plans to test Qualcomm’s recently unveiled 5G RAN chipsets for use in its forthcoming next-generation network, potentially setting the chipmaker up for a major supply deal as…
Dish emphasises private network opportunity
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen pointed to private networks as a key revenue opportunity for its forthcoming standalone (SA) 5G network, highlighting the potential to serve the US military and…
Intel scores 5G contract with Dish
Intel secured a win in the mobile infrastructure space with a contract to supply virtualised RAN (vRAN) equipment for a standalone 5G deployment by US operator Dish Network. The operator…
Dish Network picks Matrixx Software for BSS
US mobile player Dish Network turned to BSS provider Matrixx Software to supply a converged charging system as it continued to pitch dynamic pricing as a key differentiator for a…
Dish Network lines up 5G cloud element
Dish Network claimed another significant step in deploying an open RAN-based 5G network in the US, awarding a key contract covering the cloud platform for the move. Software vendor VMware…
Dish continues 5G vendor recruitment
Dish Network inked two new major vendor deals as it pressed ahead with plans for a greenfield 5G network, purchasing radio kit from Fujitsu and selecting Altiostar as its second…