SpaceX: EchoStar is lying about Boost's 5G network

SpaceX recently ratcheted up its rhetoric against EchoStar and the 5G network it operates under the Boost Mobile brand. In a new Federal Communications Commission filing, SpaceX alleges that the 5G network built by EchoStar's Dish Network in some cases operates at power levels that are at just 1 to 5 percent of what would be expected, as compared to operations by its rivals. "While Dish represented to the commission that it had satisfied its 70% buildout commitment in the AWS-4 band, new data vindicates those that have questioned Dish's claims," SpaceX wrote in its filing. Not surprisingly, EchoStar is having none of it. "SpaceX in its latest filing tries again to use a nonsensical methodology to pirate the 2GHz band (also called AWS-4) from EchoStar," EchoStar countered in its own FCC filing. At the heart of the conflict is spectrum—EchoStar has some, and SpaceX wants it.