REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital
infrastructure company™, today announced a partnership with DISH to
provide digital infrastructure services in support of the United States' first cloud-native, Open
RAN-based 5G network. By partnering with Equinix, DISH will have
access to the critical interconnection infrastructure in Equinix's
International Business Exchange™(IBX®) data centers across the
U.S.
"DISH is taking the lead in delivering on the promise of 5G in
the U.S., and our partnership with Equinix will enable us to secure
critical interconnections for a nationwide 5G network," said
Jeff McSchooler, DISH executive vice
president of wireless network operations. "With proximity to large
population centers, as well as network and cloud density, Equinix
is the right partner to connect our cloud-native 5G network."
Equinix provides customers with access to more than 1,800
networks and over 2,900 cloud, IT, and system integrator services
globally. A 5G network – built from the ground up – requires this
level of highly-distributed, well-integrated infrastructure. By
connecting directly to strategic partners and end users, DISH will
leverage Equinix's footprint to help bring 5G to cities
nationwide.
"5G will have a transformative impact on way the world connects
and does business, but it requires a modern, connected underlying
infrastructure at the edge," said Jon
Lin, President of Americas, Equinix. "DISH will leverage our
extensive ecosystem of network partners and cloud providers to
deliver a fast, powerful 5G network to communities across
the United States."
Equinix recently announced the opening of a first-of-its-kind,
fully functional 5G and Edge Technology Development Center which
includes a fully operational, non-standalone 5G network from Nokia
to test and validate various 5G services and use cases. Equinix has
invested in helping service providers and network operators bring
innovative concepts to market by providing an agile production
framework for assessing, incubating and testing 5G and edge
solutions for end-to-end secure applications. The company expects
this will support the growing demand for companies to accelerate
their evolution from traditional to digital businesses by rapidly
scaling their infrastructure, easily adopting hybrid multicloud
architectures, and interconnecting with strategic business partners
within the Platform Equinix global ecosystem of over 10,000
customers.
Additional Resources
- 5G is changing the game – right now. Is your infrastructure
ready? [whitepaper]
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the
world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to
harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the
foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix
enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners
and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix,
they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services,
deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity
company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving
innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its
subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and
award-winning technology to millions of customers with its
satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the
company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the
acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in
wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, O-RAN 5G
broadband network. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a
Fortune 200 company.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in
such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such
differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of
acquiring, operating and constructing IBX data centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and
solutions, unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the
integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers
in recently built out or acquired data centers; a failure to
complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT;
and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent
Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request
from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking information contained in this
press release.
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