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Jul 29, 2019 - 12:37 AM
Doug,
Under the tentative agreement, T-Mobile and Sprint are obligated to "offer" at least 20,000 existing sites to DISH. DISH is under no obligation to take any of them. If they want, they have three options:
1. Assume the lease and all equipment
2. Assume the lease and partial equipment
3. Assume the lease and no equipment
It is unknown what the price will be to DISH to take a site and assume the lease. DISH does have an obligation to deploy 15,000 5G sites over the next 5 or so years. So presumably, DISH will be keeping some of these sites instead of going out and building new ones. But that remains to be seen. It likely will depend upon the lease terms for the existing leases. Those leases could be renegotiated as well between DISH and the tower companies.
It is a bit early to tell. We will be doing a more in-depth article and possibly a webcast on this subject - so stay tuned.
Under the tentative agreement, T-Mobile and Sprint are obligated to "offer" at least 20,000 existing sites to DISH. DISH is under no obligation to take any of them. If they want, they have three options:
1. Assume the lease and all equipment
2. Assume the lease and partial equipment
3. Assume the lease and no equipment
It is unknown what the price will be to DISH to take a site and assume the lease. DISH does have an obligation to deploy 15,000 5G sites over the next 5 or so years. So presumably, DISH will be keeping some of these sites instead of going out and building new ones. But that remains to be seen. It likely will depend upon the lease terms for the existing leases. Those leases could be renegotiated as well between DISH and the tower companies.
It is a bit early to tell. We will be doing a more in-depth article and possibly a webcast on this subject - so stay tuned.
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