 After the merger was approved by the Justice Department, DISH announced plans to “deploy a facilities-based 5G broadband network capable of serving 70 percent of the U.S. population by June 2023.”

On July 1, 2020, DISH officially purchased Boost Mobile from T-Mobile for $1.4 Billion.With this purchase they officially launched their wireless business (DISH Wireless, LLC), currently offering prepaid service through the Boost brand as an MVNO on the T-Mobile network.DISH intends to offer branded postpaid service in the future with the build out of their own network.