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Building a network during COVID—DISH Wireless reflects

Leveraging Dell Technologies hardware, software and supply chain, DISH faced a “race against the clock.” And delivered After nearly two decades of strategic spectrum acquisition followed by extensive partner ecosystem development effort, DISH Wireless began building a first-of-its-kind 5G Standalone network using Open RAN and...

DISH Wireless reflects on transition from green to brownfield

In building and operationalizing its open, cloud-native 5G Standalone network, “Dell's been with us from day zero” In June 2023, DISH Wireless announced it had hit a very important goal—its 5G Standalone network, built from the ground up using Open RAN and cloud-native principles, was...

EchoStar can’t secure funds to buy T-Mo’s 800 MHz; eyes NTN opportunity

EchoStar needs additional financing to pay debts coming due and plans to use its spectrum holdings as leverage The newly merged EchoStar needs to raise additional capital to pay debts due in the coming months, and is unlikely to be able to afford to exercise...

Twin Cities showdown: SRG tests Dish/Samsung vs. T-Mo/Ericsson, NSA vs. SA

How does Dish Wireless' network look in a match-up against another operator, particularly outside of its market of initial focus (Las Vegas)? Signals Research Group delved into that question in a new report, using Samsung Galaxy devices in extended drive tests in the Twin...

Test and Measurement: Keysight progresses toward ESI Group squeeze-out

Keysight Technologies this week shared an update on progress toward its squeeze-out acquisition of real-time digital twin company ESI Group, which was announced in June 2023. ESI Group shares have ceased trading on Euronext Paris, pending the implementation of the squeeze-out. Keysight said that...

EchoStar shuffles spectrum licenses, hires firm to look at strategic alternatives

On the heels of the re-merging of EchoStar and Dish Network, EchoStar has transferred some of Dish's spectrum licenses to a new company entity for more "financing flexibility," and has also hired a financial firm to help it explore strategic alternatives. Investors sent EchoStar's stock...

Dish Network stock tanks after major miss in Q3

Dish Network CEO is also leaving EchoStar merger nears completion As the company reinvents itself to be a mobile network operator augmented by satellite capabilities brought in by EchoStar, Dish Network stock plummeted to a 25-year low following weak Q3 earnings. The Wednesday earnings call,...

Dish: Better performance in Vegas, but room for improvement

SRG's testing said that erratic voice, downlink speeds have improved What difference has a year made in Dish Wireless' network performance in its inaugural market? Better voice quality and faster downlink speeds, according to recent testing and analysis from Signals Research Group. SRG first tested...

Dish achieves simultaneous 5G uplink and downlink CA for FDD spectrum

Dish recorded 200 Mbps uplink peak speeds with 35 MHz of 5G spectrum and 1.3 Gbps downlink peak speeds with 75 MHz of 5G spectrum Dish Wireless this week announced the successful completion of simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation (CA) for Frequency...

How will Dish Wireless use the Open RAN RIC?

A Q&A with Dish’s Sidd Chenumolu on the public cloud, network programmability and the role of the RIC Dish Wireless has reached major coverage milestones in its effort to build out a nationwide Standalone 5G network using Open RAN principles. Company Vice President of Technology...

FCC confirms that Dish is meeting 5G deployment commitments

Dish has six months to complete drive testing to confirm its network speeds The Federal Communications Commission has confirmed to Dish Wireless that it has met its 5G build-out requirements and two of three related commitments, with one set of test results still pending...

Nokia launches Network as Code platform, with Dish as early partner

Dish's 5G cloud-native network and the Nokia Network as Code platform will provide enterprises with access to the software development tools Nokia today launched a Network as Code platform and developer portal, which the company said will help application developers and communication service providers...

Dish asks for more time to fund purchase of T-Mo’s 800 MHz spectrum

Dish claims to have already spent $1 billion on 800 MHz-ready radios Dish Network has asked for another 10 months to put together enough funding to buy T-Mobile US' 800 MHz spectrum, citing "unprecedented turbulence in the global capital markets" that makes the cost of...

Dish continues to lose wireless customers, down 188,000 in Q2

Dish Network's numbers were down across the board for the second quarter of this year, and it continued to post six-figure losses for both its pay-TV and its wireless subscribers. Dish saw retail wireless net subscribers drop by about 188,000 in the second quarter,...

Ergen’s Echostar, Dish to re-combine

The combined company aims to 'create a global leader in terrestrial and non-terrestrial wireless connectivity' Fifteen years after Dish and Echostar were split into commercial satellite and satellite TV businesses, the two companies will re-combine in an all-stock deal to form a company that now...

#TBT: Canada auctions midband spectrum; 5G Standalone put to the test; Dish and AT&T’s services deal … this week in 2021

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Canada auctions midband...

Dish shakes up network execs, with Mayo to retire

Dish Wireless will have a new EVP and CTO as of September, with a Vodafone alum coming onboard who will oversee both network technology strategy and operatiosr; those roles are currently held by Dave Mayo and Marc Rouanne. Mayo, Dish's EVP of network development,...

Dish: We’ve reached our 70% 5G build-out milestone

Dish Wireless says that as of yesterday, it has reached its required build-out milestone of having a 5G service that covers 70% of the United States population. Dish said in a release that it is offering 5G broadband that is 3GPP Release 15 compliant, and...

Wireless operators say they aren’t talking to Amazon about Prime wireless service

A Prime wireless service could undercut the national MNOs, but might boost Boost Rumors surfaced late last week that the U.S. national wireless network operators were in talks with Amazon on a deal that would establish a wireless service for Prime subscribers at an ultra-low...

Dish loses 81,000 wireless customers, records $30 million in cyber-attack costs

Company says no customer databases breached during cybersecurity incident in February, but employee data was extracted Dish Network continues to lose wireless customers, seeing 81,000 subscribers leave the service during the first quarter of the year as well as a loss of 552,000 pay-TV subscribers....

Yes, vRAN and O-RAN are coming, just more slowly than we thought (Analyst Angle)

Watching the evolution of telco carrier RAN networks feels like viewing a sports replay in slow motion. It’s interesting to see, and there are often angles and perspectives that crop up that aren’t immediately apparent. In the end, however, you still know where things...

Dish testing the 800 MHz waters

FCC granted Dish permission to test in Yuma, AZ The Federal Communications Commission has granted Dish Wireless permission to test 5G in low-band spectrum at 800 MHz in Yuma, Arizona—spectrum which it has an option to buy from T-Mobile US. Dish is using 817-824...

Samsung to provide Dish with 24,000 Open RAN-compliant 5G radios

In addition to Samsung, Dish is working with Dell, VMware and AWS on its 5G network Per a new agreement, Samsung is supplying Dish Wireless with an initial shipment of 24,000 Open RAN-compliant radios and 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) software solutions to help the operator...

Test and Measurement: Viavi opens new factory in Arizona

Viavi Solutions said this week that it has officially opened a new optical product facility in Chandler, Arizona. The new factory represents an expanded local presence for Viavi, which also moved its headquarters from California to Arizona's "Optics Valley." The company said that the...