Dish Will Spend $1B on First Phase of Wireless Buildout

[bluegras]

Dish Network will spend up to $1 billion on Phase One of its planned wireless network buildout, reaching at least 70% of its licensed territory with a narrowband IoT offering that will transform the satellite TV company into a business that offers full connectivity.
The network will make its debut in time for Dish to meet a March 2020 federal deadline to make the wireless network available to at least 70% of its licensed territories, part of the requirement for obtaining the licenses in the first place. But Dish chair Charlie Ergen said its wireless offering won’t be a simply cellular and data network, instead offering connectivity across platforms and devices and supporting the “Internet of Things.”

Dish Will Spend $1B on First Phase of Wireless Buildout | Multichannel

 

[eddie willers]

 

[charlesrshell]

What does all this mean in a nutshell? Is DISH going into the cell phone business? Will this help folks that live out in the country have faster Internet service?.

 

[ewindowman]

Its not cell service . Internet of things is everything connected to the internet. Think of all of the ways this service is going to connect with everything around you . Cars , phones, computers. Entertainment. All those little Alexa dots that need to call Home. I think it’s a excellent way to use the service. There are plenty of cell companies available .Dish is going the right direction .

 

[Juan]

What does all this mean in a nutshell? Is DISH going into the cell phone business? Will this help folks that live out in the country have faster Internet service?.

Cellular broadband..aka 5g

 

[KAB]

I have a feeling there may be some not so sexy LOS involved, especially rural.

 

[charlesrshell]

I have a feeling there may be some not so sexy LOS involved, especially rural.

What????

 

[KAB]

What????

Maybe I should have said fixed point, but basically the same...internet service tied to a single tower. A friend of mine owns a company doing that in western Tenn. Kind of archaic, but serves a need.

 

[ewindowman]

Curious to see how they will set up a fee structure. It should be like your ISP now. Pay for access and bring all of your devices.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

What Dish really wants is to be taken over by Verizon or T-Mobile, or any existing wireless company. So far they haven't shown much interest.

 

[rvvaquero]

What Dish really wants is to be taken over by Verizon or T-Mobile, or any existing wireless company. So far they haven't shown much interest.

Source?

 

[mdram]

thats alot of work for 2 years, hope they have the hardware on order

 

[Bruce]

What Dish really wants is to be taken over by Verizon or T-Mobile, or any existing wireless company. So far they haven't shown much interest.

T-Mobile is going the OTT Route, they bought Lever3, if they would want Dish for the wireless licenses you would think there would be some noise about it on the business channels but not a peep.

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[TalonDancer]

....The network will make its debut in time for Dish to meet a March 2020 federal deadline to make the wireless network available to at least 70% of its licensed territories, part of the requirement for obtaining the licenses in the first place.....l

Where are these "licensed territories"?

 

[eddie willers]

What Dish really wants is to be taken over by Verizon or T-Mobile, or any existing wireless company. So far they haven't shown much interest.

So which is it?

 

[MitchDeerfield]

So which is it?

Yes.

 

[JSheridan]

What Dish really wants is to be taken over by Verizon or T-Mobile, or any existing wireless company. So far they haven't shown much interest.

Anybody who knows anything at all about Charlie Ergen knows he will never be 'taken over.' He's the one who would want to do the 'taking over'.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

Anybody who knows anything at all about Charlie Ergen knows he will never be 'taken over.' He's the one who would want to do the 'taking over'.

What he wants to do and what he can do are two separate things.

 

[JSheridan]

What he wants to do and what he can do are two separate things.

Yea, not usually. He usually gets exactly what he wants.

 

[Tampa8]

Another link. This is exactly what DISH should be doing not cellular service but internet service. Either provide it or start it then sell it for gadzillions.
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