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Dish's Narrowband IoT Plans Need 'Thorough Inquiry,' Free-Market, Tax Groups Say

Dish Network has a history of trying "to take taxpayers for a ride," and "a thorough inquiry" is needed into its progress deploying its planned narrowband IoT network, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and Digital Liberty Executive Director…

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Katie McAuliffe wrote Wireless Bureau Chief Donald Stockdale last week (see here). They said Dish is hoarding spectrum intended for 5G, missing construction deadlines and plans to only use a small percentage of that spectrum for IoT and machine-to-machine communication. Dish didn't comment Monday.