The merger combined Dish Network's satellite technology, streaming services, and nationwide 5G network with EchoStar's premier satellite communications solutions.

Dish grappled with a debt of $24.6 billion and a notable decrease in TV subscribers, falling to 8.8 million in the third quarter from 14 million ten years earlier. 

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ORCID will allow participants to test and validate their hardware and software solutions (RU, DU, and CU) against a complete commercial-grade Open RAN network deployed by DISH. The developments sent the stock shooting higher.
 

NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson and Innovation Fund Director Amanda Toman will join EchoStar Co-Founder and Chairman Charlie Ergen, EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan, EVP and Chief Network Officer Marc Rouanne, and other stakeholders to announce the grant and tour a DISH 5G Open RAN cell site later today in Las Vegas.

Price Action: SATS shares traded higher by 36.40% at $17.27 on the last check Wednesday.
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