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Samsung Electronics and DISH Network Corporation NYSE DISH launched Samsung-supported sites for the DISH Wireless 5G network marking the beginning of Samsungs role in the operators nation-wide rollout. With Samsung supplying an initial shipment of 24000 Open RAN-compliant radios and 5G virtualized RAN vRAN software solutions the companies are accelerating the DISH network deployment across the U.S. which is poised to provide reliable and fast nationwide coverage to DISH Wireless network users.Samsung is a key player in the DISH Wireless Open RAN ecosystem created in collaboration with additional Open RAN leaders like Dell VMware AWS and others said Marc Rouanne EVP and Chief Network Officer DISH Wireless. Samsungs 5G vRAN solutions and our shared innovation process allow DISH Wireless to continue the DISH 5G multi-vendor open and interoperable cloud-native network buildout as we progress to covering 70 percent of the U.S. population.Since the announcement of their multi-year agreement in May 2022 DISH Wireless and Samsung advanced their collaborationprogressing from field tests to successfully activating the first live Samsung sites within the DISH Wireless 5G network. For this rollout Samsung provided its comprehensive portfolio of 5G solutions including its virtualized distributed unit vDU virtualized central unit vCU and Open RAN-compliant 5G radios which support the DISH spectrum bands. Samsung also built new dual-band and tri-band Open RAN-compliant radios specific for this deployment.DISH Wireless is an innovator in mobile technologies and we are thrilled to reach new heights of connectivity together validating the immense potential that virtualization and openness can bring to the industry said Junehee Lee Executive Vice President Head of Global Sales Marketing Networks Business Samsung Electronics. This milestone advances the wide-scale deployment of Samsungs vRAN in the U.S. and we look forward to continuing our work with DISH Wireless to accelerate 5G expansion and lead the delivery of next-generation connectivity across the country.DISH Wireless and Samsung will continue to innovate within the DISH Open RAN architecture to provide their customers with reliable fast service and set the stage for DISH Wireless to offer enterprises a broad range of new services and enhanced capabilities.