Wireless
Dish Wireless Bankruptcy Case on Two-Week Pause for Negotiations
Dish submitted a new bankruptcy plan aimed at addressing tower companies’ objections
Echostar
Wireless
EchoStar Says Subsidiaries Should be Able to Draw on FCC Trust
Dish Wireless and Dish DBS are planning to split their bankruptcy cases as Dish Wireless’s drags
Broadband Mapping and Data
Fixed Wireless Faster in Urban Areas: Ookla
T-Mobile posted the fastest fixed wireless speeds of the three national carriers
mergers
MobileX, Ergen Ask FCC for Deal Approval
MobileX has 107,000 subscribers, the companies disclosed. It provides prepaid service on Verizon’s network
Wireless
Dish Wants Tower Claims Zeroed Out
A judge said litigating the issue would push the company’s bankruptcy timeline into December
mergers
Charlie Ergen to Acquire Controlling Stake in MobileX: Report
MobileX ‘has the cellular part, just need the satellite part,’ CEO says
Earnings
EchoStar’s Hughes Files for Bankruptcy
EchoStar lost 118,000 mobile subscribers in the second quarter
Wireless
FCC: Only Former Business Partners Can Draw on Dish Trust
The order comes two weeks after infrastructure companies said they were concerned Dish’s bankruptcy might drain the $2.4 billion fund
Wireless
AT&T: More Than Half of Residential Fixed Wireless Subs Take a Mobile Line
The company is looking to sell more of those bundled plans
Spectrum
EchoStar, AT&T Close $23 Billion Spectrum Sale
The Wall Street Journal reported another EchoStar subsidiary was nearing bankruptcy
Wireless
Dish Seeking to Freeze Tower Suits
A judge pushed back the company’s bankruptcy timeline
Wireless
Towers Worry Dish Bankruptcy Could Drain Escrow
Crown Castle objected to an intercompany loan
Spectrum
Judge Terminates EchoStar Obligation to Run a Mobile Network After Spectrum Sales
The requirement was a condition of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger in 2020.
Wireless
Dish Creditors Should Get Discovery, Judge Says
The next hearing in the bankruptcy case is July 23
People
Top EchoStar Executive Hamid Akhavan Resigns
Tower companies are trying to slow Dish Wireless’s bankruptcy proceeding
Robocalls
Echostar Pushes Back Against FCC Proposal to Onshore Call Centers
The company explained that the FCC should not disrupt a system that works well.
