Dish Gets Added Time on Some Licenses for 5G Plans

Dish Network is getting more time to meet its AWS-4, lower 700 MHz E block, AWS H block and 600 MHz license construction requirements. An FCC Wireless Bureau order Friday said the license terms for AWS-4, Lower 700 E block and AWS H-block licenses now run through June 14, 2023, and Dish is obligated to provide 5G broadband service over them. It said the license term for Dish's 600 MHz licenses is unchanged from June 14, 2029, but the interim buildout deadline of June 14, 2023, is removed and the final buildout deadline is moved up to June 14, 2025.

The bureau said the waiver and extension grants and license modifications are conditioned on the company meeting the conditions of the T-Mobile/Sprint/Dish order including mandatory payments for not meeting deployment commitments. T-Mobile has since bought Sprint.

Dish and T-Mobile didn't comment right away.