This Week: Dish and Echostar joining forces, Changes at Rakuten Mobile and the Future of OpenRAN

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the latest news in telecom, media, and technology joined by special guest and new analyst at Recon - Daryl Schoolar.1:23:  DISH and Echostar are joining forces - what this could mean for both companies.3:57:  Building a 5G OpenRAN network from scratch is expensive and tough.5:10:  T-Mobile has shared their first bits of their 5G OpenRAN network with developers.5:42:  Geoff Hollingworth shared a cryptic blog post this past week - what was that about?9:22:  The economics issues with OpenRAN.10:54:  What’s interesting to watch at Rakuten moving forward.Read Geoff Hollingworth’s post here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/real-problem-open-ran-geoff-hollingworth/Tags: telecom, telecommunications, business, wireless, cellular phone, cellular service, Recon Analytics, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Daryl Schoolar, Rakuten, Open RAN, Echostar, DISH, satellite, 5G, Geoff Hollingworth, Rakuten Symphony,