Spectrum
WIA Report: Dish Accounted for 5-7 Percent of All Tower Rental Revenue
An ally of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote the agency in favor of the tower companies.
Earnings
EchoStar Down 9,000 Mobile Subs
CEO Ergen said company had settled ‘hundreds’ of contract disputes.
Spectrum
Dish Defaulted on $3.5 Billion, Crown Castle Says
Dish has argued it is exempt from contracts after its parent company EchoStar reached deals to sell much of its spectrum.
12 Days of Broadband
America Loses Dish, a National Wireless Carrier, in 2025
Is the EchoStar saga a success story for spectrum entrepreneurship, or cautionary tale about consolidation in wireless?
Spectrum
AT&T, EchoStar Fire Back at Spectrum Deal Opponents
EchoStar’s Charlie Ergen reiterated the company's ‘force majeure’ argument to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
FCC
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.
Earnings
EchoStar Selling More Spectrum to SpaceX
SpaceX is buying unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6 billion in stock.
Spectrum
Carr Ends EchoStar Probes
The moves comes after the company inked two major deals to sell much of its spectrum.
Spectrum
SpaceX Buying EchoStar Satellite Spectrum for $17 Billion
EchoStar said the deal should end FCC inquiries into the company's spectrum licenses.
Spectrum
Jostling in the Airwaves Resumes After Passage of Trump’s Budget Bill
Trump’s budget law mandated a ‘spectrum pipeline’ to sell off 800 megahertz of spectrum. Coupled with FCC pressure, the law is quickly re-arranging the commercial airwaves
Spectrum
AT&T Paying $23 Billion for EchoStar Wireless Licenses
The move brings EchoStar closer to resolving ongoing pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, which threatened its business.
Spectrum
EchoStar Makes Interest Payments, Avoiding Default
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr thinks the company's spectrum is underused.
Spectrum
SpaceX Still Pushing for Access to EchoStar’s 2 GHz Spectrum
The FCC is probing EchoStar's use of the airwaves.
Spectrum
EchoStar Makes Interest Payments, Staving off Bankruptcy
The company also said it would miss payments due July 1.
Spectrum
EchoStar Fulfilled Last Commitment in Deadline Extension Deal, Company Says
The company said it 75 percent of new customers in certain areas were on its own network.
Spectrum
EchoStar to FCC: Undermining Licenses Illegal
Company CEO Charlie Ergen got a long-awaited meeting with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Wednesday.
