The dish gives up on becoming the fourth main carrier

The home company of meals, Echostar, sells a wide patel of its 5G license with a 5G spectrum at AT & T for $ 23 billion. AgreementIncreased mobile drivers owned by meals, above all, will operate using AT & T’s network, which indicates the “end of the road for the fourth carrier”, says Roger Entner, founder and main analyst in Recon.

As part of the Sprint T-Mobile Agreement in 2019. years, the Ministry of Justice is envisaged that the second company must be replaced as Fourth main wireless carrier. The dish appeared Get an enhanced mobile from SprintPayment of $ 1.4 billion to buy budget carriers and other prepaid assets. The dish is ever since spend billions acquiring a spectrum to build its Own 5G networkwhich company said was near Reaching 80 percent of the American population since last year, in accordance with the deadline of federal communication to meet certain requirements for coverage.

But dishes struggled to return the prefabricated debt, Leading him to join EhostarThe company originally stretched from 2008. years. And at the same time, she came under the repression of the FCC to use her spectrum.

In April, Spacek was owned by Elona Musk written by FCC Speaking Ehostar “Barely used” AVS-4 (2GHz) spectrum spectrum for satellite connection. Weeks later, FCC chair Brendan Carr opened an investigation In Echostarovo 5G expansion, criticizing the slow level of the company and claiming that he lost moving customers from her procurement of carriers. CARR also questioned Echostar’s use of Spectrum AVS-4, which is not included in your job with AT & T.

In July, Carr said that he did not deal with the fourth mobile provider, saying that there was no “magical number” of the carriers needed in the United States to maintain competition. “We always look at the accession of different factors to make sure there is enough competition,” he said, as he reported from Fierce network.

Now the Echostar will become a mobile network hybrid operator, which is a carrier operating on its own network, in addition to using other companies infrastructure. As stated in the press release, the amplified mobile will provide connection via AT & T Tower and T-Mobile network. “This ensures the survival of Boost Mobile,” Entner said. “It gives them money, but they don’t have much network in the end.”

Echostar says it will develop parts of a wireless network of enhanced mobile network during time. It is not clear what will become from project genesis, dishes 5G Network launched in Beta 2022 years and has not seen many movements since. “Echostar and Boost Mobile met all the turnouts of the FCC network,” in the press release said Charlie Ergen said it was in the statement. “However, this spectrum of AT & T and hybrid places are critical steps towards solving problems using FCC.”

Meanwhile, AT & T says 30MHz From 3.45 GHz Spectrum Spectrum Spectrum and 20MHz of 600MHz Spectrum low range, acquiring will strengthen its 5G offering via “practically every market across the United States.” A $ 23 billion agreement is expected to close in mid-2026. year, and the executive director of Echostar Hamid Akhavan says the funds for the payment of debt reduction, and continuing to explore other “strategic opportunities” for his remaining spectrum.