Op-Ed: My not-so-hot take on EchoStar’s big spectrum sellout
Dish’s wireless dream crashes and burns as Boost’s network heads for shutdown Was it inevitable? Not necessarily, but a series of misfortunes and missteps paved the way for failure Now all eyes are on EchoStar’s ambitions for a D2D network....
EchoStar adds 212K subs, surprises with big LEO deal with MDA
EchoStar added 212,000 wireless subscribers in Q2 The company struck a deal with MDA Space to build a new low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation The 2 GHz/AWS-4 spectrum figures prominently in plans for its new D2D service EchoStar delivered a...
EchoStar may be exploring new lifeline for Boost Mobile
The Boost Mobile business has struggled ever since Dish Network/EchoStar acquired it in 2020 A source tells Fierce that EchoStar is looking to combine Boost with an MVNO run by the original founder of Boost Mobile A tie-up between Boost...
Now we wonder: Where does the Trump/Musk blowup leave EchoStar?
Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar is at the center of two FCC investigations The FCC may act slower as a result of Thursday’s blowout between President Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk New Street analysts revised their view on satellite sharing in...
FCC questions EchoStar about how it’s using 5G spectrum
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is launching an investigation into EchoStar’s use of certain spectrum licenses Elon Musk’s SpaceX accuses EchoStar of barely using the 2 GHz and AWS-4 bands and says the FCC should open the 2 GHz band up...
EchoStar’s new deal: Let the wireless games begin
It looks as though EchoStar finally got the financial lifeline it needed – in the nick of time EchoStar President and CEO Hamid Akhavan said they’re playing to win in the wireless business and now it’s time to execute Will...