(Telecompaper) Mexican pay-TV provider Dish has announced the activation of a free mobile phone service for its DTH customers via US-based MVNO Freedompop. The launch follows the deal reached between Freedompop and Dish's parent company MVS Communicaciones at the end of last year and, according to CNN Expansion, the service will initially be available in 16 states before rolling out to the rest of the country in the first quarter of 2018.