Dish gives up on becoming the fourth major carrier

Dish’s parent company, EchoStar, is selling a significant portion of its 5G spectrum licenses to AT&T for $23 billion, marking a major shift as Boost Mobile will now primarily rely on AT&T’s network, signaling the potential end of Dish as a standalone fourth carrier. This deal comes amid EchoStar’s struggles with debt, scrutiny from the FCC, and plans to become a hybrid mobile network operator while decommissioning parts of Boost’s network.

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