{"id":212341,"date":"2020-01-24T01:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=267504"},"modified":"2020-01-24T01:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:23:26","slug":"dish-seeks-dose-of-5g-fibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/24\/dish-seeks-dose-of-5g-fibre\/","title":{"rendered":"Dish seeks dose of 5G fibre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \tSatellite service provider Dish Network pressed ahead with construction preparations for a planned 5G network, issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from fibre backhaul providers to light its towers and data centres.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the company aims to build a 5G network covering 70 per cent of the US population by June 2023, to fulfil a commitment it made to the US Department of Justice as part of a deal to win approval for T-Mobile US and Sprint\u2019s proposed merger [1].<\/p>\n<p>Jeff McSchooler, the company\u2019s EVP of wireless operations, said in a statement Dish Network is \u201cexploring varying transport infrastructures\u201d through the RFP, adding its construction of an entirely new network offers the \u201copportunity to apply fresh ideas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to seeking input from local, regional and national transport partners which have historically supported its video business, he said the company is looking to \u201clearn from non-traditional partners as well, like utilities and municipalities that may be deploying fibre in their communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The RFP is the fifth issued by the company in relation to its 5G plans: an initial call for information about network design and equipment pricing was sent to vendors in July 2019 [2]. Three other requests covering software, construction and components have been issued since.<\/p>\n<p>Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen previously said the company is aiming to begin its 5G rollout this year [3].<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/home-banner\/sprint-t-mobile-merger-wins-doj-approval\/<br \/>\n[2] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/dish-charts-course-to-us-mobile-success\/<br \/>\n[3] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/dish-defends-mobile-capabilities-plots-5g-launch\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite service provider Dish Network pressed ahead with construction preparations for a planned 5G network, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/dish-seeks-dose-of-5g-fibre\/\">Dish seeks dose of 5G fibre<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/\">Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/24\/dish-seeks-dose-of-5g-fibre\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6484,4482,2,2185,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,499,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,787,786,784,782,783,764,785,403,412,411,395,405,404,778,779,780,781],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-TeR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212344,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212341\/revisions\/212344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}