By Martha DeGrasse
Dish and WCI will start with private 5G and offer access to the public network when it launches. (Dish)
Dish Network is making its spectrum available to enterprises for private wireless deployments through a partnership with integrator WCI Technologies. The companies said they are targeting enterprise customers in the oil and gas, health care, and mining industries, among others.
Once Dish launches its 5G network, the partnership will expand to include enterprise 5G services that use the public network, the companies said.
WCI Technologies is a Houston-based systems integrator targeting edge computing, connected security and private 5G. The company got its start providing technology services to hotels and now serves 4,300 properties. WCI is the nation’s largest commercial authorized dealer for Dish satellite video services.
