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Crown Castle Suing Dish

It's the second major tower company to allege Dish is trying to improperly exit its contracts after major spectrum sales.

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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Crown Castle Suing Dish
Photo of a worker on a telecom tower by Tony Gutierrez/AP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2025 – Crown Castle and dozens of its subsidiaries are suing EchoStar-owned Dish Wireless for attempting to exit leasing contracts after EchoStar reached deals to sell much of its spectrum for more than $40 billion.

That’s at least the second company to sue EchoStar over the issue, after American Tower sued last month. Crown Castle filed its suit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado on Thursday

Dish is arguing its parent company was forced to sell its spectrum by the Federal Communications Commission, else the agency would likely have revoked the licenses and bankrupted the company.

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