Dish Gives Up on Becoming the Fourth Major Wireless Carrier

Dish Gives Up on Becoming the Fourth Major Wireless Carrier

Dish Gives Up on Becoming the Fourth Major Wireless Carrier Dish gives up on becoming the fourth major wireless carrier after years of struggling to compete with Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Its parent company, EchoStar, has struck a $23 billion deal with AT&T to sell a massive portion of its 5G spectrum licenses. Boost Mobile, the prepaid brand Dish acquired to enter the wireless game, will now rely primarily on AT&T’s growing network. Image : Google Industry experts say this deal marks the official end of Dish’s bold attempt to break into the big league of U.S. wireless carriers. A Promise That Never Took Off Back in 2019, Dish was positioned as the government-approved replacement for Sprint in the mobile market. The Department of Justice required a new player to maintain competition when T-Mobile acquired Sprint. Dish bought Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion and committed to building out a nationwide 5G network. The company invested billions into acquiring spectrum and claimed la…