Dish Network Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Dish Wireless=== In 2019, DISH entered an agreement as part of the [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]]/[[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]] merger in which DISH would acquire Sprint's prepaid wireless businesses, including [[Boost Mobile (United States)|Boost Mobile]].<ref name="Lee19">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/media/sprint-tmobile-merger.html |title=U.S. Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, a Deal That Would Reshape the Industry |last1=Lee |first1=Edmund |last2=Benner |first2=Katie |date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> As part of this agreement, DISH became the 4th-largest major wireless carrier in the United States.<ref name=":3" /> After the merger was approved by the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]], DISH announced plans to "deploy a facilities-based 5G broadband network capable of serving 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023."<ref name=":3">{{cite web |last1=Welch |first1=Chris |title=Dish confirms that it will become a major US mobile carrier |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/26/8931827/dish-carrier-plans-5g-network-tmobile-sprint-us-confirms |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> On July 1, 2020, DISH officially purchased Boost Mobile from T-Mobile for $1.4 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=2020-07-01|title=Dish buys Boost prepaid biz from T-Mobile, finally enters wireless market|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/dish-is-finally-a-mobile-provider-but-doesnt-operate-its-own-network-yet/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref> With this purchase it officially launched its wireless business, DISH Wireless, LLC, offering prepaid service through the Boost brand as an [[MVNO]] on the T-Mobile network.<ref name=buysprepaid/> DISH stated intentions to offer branded postpaid service in the future with the build-out of their own network.<ref name=buysprepaid/> DISH also intends to have the first standalone, [[5G]]-only network in the United States.<ref name=buysprepaid/> On July 19, 2021, DISH signed a $5 billion contract with [[AT&T]] and becoming a new AT&T MVNO within approximately two years. As a result, DISH Wireless customers will be able to roam on AT&T's 4G and 5G while DISH is continuously building its 5G-only network. The previous roaming agreement with T-Mobile remained unchanged.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Allison|date=2021-07-19|title=Dish cuts a 10-year, $5 billion deal to make AT&T the primary service provider for its MVNO|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/19/22583799/dish-network-att-mvno-t-mobile-5g-4g|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> On May 4, 2022, Dish announced it had released its 5G network live to consumers in Las Vegas in addition to listing 113 cities for the next phase of roll out by the end of June. The service named "Project Genesis" is currently only compatible with the latest Motorola Edge Plus.<ref>{{cite journal|date=4 May 2022|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/dish-finally-opens-its-5g-network-to-everyone-starting-in-las-vegas/|title=Network to Everyone, Starting in Las Vegas|journal=CNET|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page