Dish Network Spectrum Assets: A Critical Analysis

By | March 6, 2024

Dish Network has amassed a significant spectrum portfolio. The recent reorganization of the company structure and its financial standing has raised interest by different investor groups in Dish’s spectrum assets.

This report provides a critical assessment of Dish’s spectrum holdings. We cover all the frequency bands in details and highlight the potential fit with incumbent mobile network operators as well as the deployment requirements for each band.

The report includes access to a spreadsheet with data on Dish’s spectrum assets. The spreadsheet cover all of Dish’s spectrum portfolio on a per-service area level. The report also provides links to interactive online maps to help visualize the amount of spectrum Dish has in each service area.

Click here to download the extended Table of Content and lists of figures and tables.

Table of Content

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Spectrum Overview
  3. Sub-6 GHz Band Spectrum
    3.1. 3.45 GHz Band
    3.2. 3700 MHz C-band
    3.3. 3500 MHz CBRS Band
    3.4. 600 MHz Band
    3.5. AWS-3 Band
    3.6. H-Block Spectrum
    3.7. AWS-4 Spectrum
    3.8. 700 MHz Band
  4. High-Band Spectrum
    4.1. 37/39/47 GHz Band
    4.2. 24 GHz Band
    4.3. 28 GHz Band
    4.4. LMDS Band
    4.5. 12 GHz Spectrum
  5. Deployment Requirements
  6. Appendix 1. Dish Spectrum Holdings (link to spreadsheet)
  7. Appendix 2. Bidding Entities for Dish
  8. Appendix 3. Links to Online Dish Spectrum Interactive Maps

Number of pages: 48 pages excluding spreadsheet and links to online interactive maps.

Date published: March 6, 2024

Purchase price: USD 2,500.0