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| 202 | Dish’s new SVP of retail wireless gets another shot at disruption | ----------- | |
| FierceWireless: Wireless | 2021-01-16 08:30 | ????0? | |
| At T-Mobile, the “un-carrier” started a commotion as an existing operator in the wireless industry – one whose roots went back to VoiceStream Wireless in the 1990s. With Dish, it’s a different story in that it’s building its first 5G standalone network from the ground up, with a software-driven, virtualized and open Radio Access Network (RAN) approach at the core.Their prior experience working together no doubt will make the transition easier. While at T-Mobile, Chapple was part of the team that was working with suppliers on the 600 MHz road map and then, very quickly, getting 5G on the 600 MHz road map. He takes pride in how quickly they were able to get those handsets. Plus, they had “outstanding support” from Qualcomm, he noted.“For me, it’s worked really quite well,” in that the direction is set by the network infrastructure/engineering team, whether it be at Dish or previous positions. “My team makes sure our customers have the right devices to take advantage of the network we’re building,” he said, something that wasn’t always the case in wireless.Early in his career, Chapple held executive roles at Nokia and HTC. He was at Samsung when he heard about T-Mobile’s plan to get rid of contracts, “and I thought, this will never work, and I was very wrong” about how well that would turn out, he admits. That was back when handset subsidies were a big part of the wireless postpaid industry for many years and the leaders of wireless carriers often lamented about how they were never going to get rid of them.Although it’s still relatively new to the scene, it’s worth noting that Dish already has a presence in wireless retail. Its $1.4 billion acquisition of Boost Mobile, which was part of the government’s remedy in approving the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, closed in July. In August, Dish announced it had acquired the MVNO Ting Mobile, getting a foot into the postpaid business. -- ???????? | |||
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