Dish and AT&T ink wireless pact worth at least $5 billion

Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network said Monday that it inked a multi-year “transformative” deal worth at least $5 billion with AT&T to make it the primary network services partner for its wireless customers.

Under the terms of the 10-year pact, AT&T will provide voice, data and messaging services to customers of Dish-owned Boost Mobile, Ting and Republic Wireless, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. T-Mobile had previously been Dish’s wireless partner.