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"Because Dish is building what is known as a standalone 5G network (not building on top of an existing LTE network), it needs to wait for the next version of the 5G standard, which is due to be approved around the middle of next year." axios.com/dish-charlie-e…
"T-Mobile and Dish have agreed to conditions to promote eSIM.... [which] allows consumers to switch carriers on their phone without having to trade out a physical SIM or go to the store to do it. You can actually do it with a software download." Ergen
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Tom Cullen: "we'll deploy a converged core... provisioning the SIM and the network ID and the subscriber information on our database. Whereas in a traditional MVNO, it's on the host database. [Owning the database] allows seamless transfer of traffic [between networks by DISH.]
