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 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.