Dish Network rejoins EchoStar as it tries to compete in 5G
EchoStar Corporation announced today that it finalized its purchase of Dish Network on the last day of December. Following the merger, which the companies announced in August, Dish is now a “wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar,” and why? 5G, dear reader. Dish Network was known as EchoStar until 2008 when it renamed itself to Dish