Charlie Ergen said Dish plans to deploy 10,000 sites for its 5G network by the end of 2022, which analysts at New Street Research called “modestly negative” for towers, as the firm had previously assumed Dish would build 30,000 sites by 2023. Information was released at T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
Dish Network is seen as key to Sprint and T-Mobile’s merger fate since the “fix” reached by the U.S. Department of Justice includes Dish entering the wireless scene as a viable fourth competitor.