Dish Network

EchoStar received a much-needed cash infusion after completing a deal to sell spectrum and approximately 85,000 prepaid customers in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America.

EchoStar-owned Boost Mobile and Hughes Network Systems demonstrated automated multi-transport network management between US Navy bases as part of a plan to employ various transport paths to deliver situational communications.

MoffettNathanson senior MD Craig Moffett reiterated a previous prediction that EchoStar was headed for bankruptcy, possibly by year-end.

EchoStar combined its prepaid and post-paid Boost brands under the single umbrella of Boost Mobile, as it attempts to woo subscribers away from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile US.

EchoStar opened its Open RAN Centre for Integration and Deployment, a facility set to be used for the test and validation of components from various vendors on its 5G cloud-native network.

Dish Network claimed its Boost Mobile brand was the first in the world to commercially launch four-carrier aggregation (4CA) downlink and 2CA uplink simultaneously, a move which improved data speeds and capacity for customers.

MoffettNathanson senior MD Craig Moffett predicted Dish Network could go bust within the next six months, the analyst's first solid timeline for a