Dish explains the costly phone choice for its new 5G network
By A Mystery Man Writer
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When Dish Wireless announced that it had lit up its first commercial network last week — in Las Vegas — there was quite a bit of derision on Twitter about the sole phone that will initially work on | Dish executives say the limited handset offering relates to its Band 70 spectrum, but that it is working with its major OEMs on devices that will support Band 70.
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