Dish Defaults on American Tower Payments
Dish is arguing it is exempt from contracts after its parent company EchoStar reached deals to sell much of its spectrum.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2026 – Dish Wireless has defaulted on lease payments to another tower company.
American Tower told the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday that Dish had “failed to meet its payment obligations, and is in default under” the companies’ 2021 contract. The company didn’t say how much Dish owed in payments.
EchoStar, Dish’s parent company, reached deals to sell many of its spectrum licenses for more than $40 billion last year.
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