(Reuters) – Dish Community (NASDAQ:) Corp launched its 5G service to customers in Las Vegas on Wednesday after a number of months of delays because the telecom agency tries to construct out a nationwide community and cut back its reliance on T-Cell.

The service – dubbed “Mission Genesis” – was initially imagined to launch within the metropolis in September and assist minimize dependence on the T-Cell community that powers Dish’s Enhance pay as you go wi-fi service.

Dish acquired Enhance as a part of the T-Cell and Dash merger, which gained antitrust approval in 2020 after the businesses agreed to divest some belongings together with some wi-fi spectrum to create a brand new wi-fi competitor.

T-Cell has since then allowed Dish to make use of its community however the relationship between the businesses soured after T-Cell introduced plans to close down its older CDMA wi-fi community – a service nonetheless utilized by a major variety of Enhance prospects.

That has prompted Dish to create its personal mobile community, which it plans to make accessible in 120 markets by June.

Prospects signing up for the service must pay $30 per thirty days and Dish is promoting its first smartphone – the Motorola (NYSE:) Edge+ – loaded with the service for about $900, the corporate mentioned in a press release.