UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2025 (
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
As previously announced, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) sent a letter on May 9, 2025 to EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) indicating that the FCC has begun a review of EchoStar’s compliance with certain of its federal obligations to provide 5G service in the United States and raising certain questions regarding its September 2024 buildout extension and mobile-satellite service (“MSS”) utilization in the 2GHz band. On May 27, 2025, EchoStar filed comments on the FCC’s public notices seeking comment on: (i) a petition for reconsideration of the grant of the acceleration and conditional extension of the construction deadlines for certain EchoStar licenses; and (ii) the status of EchoStar’s MSS operations in the 2 GHz band. In its filing, available on the FCC’s website, EchoStar details how its terrestrial and satellite services advance the public interest and America’s global wireless leadership.
EchoStar’s filing explains, among other things, that interrupting EchoStar’s ongoing deployment would threaten its viability as a wireless provider and endanger the video and satellite services upon which millions of consumers rely. The FCC’s public notices introduce the possibility of reversing prior grants of authority to EchoStar and have materially adversely affected EchoStar by creating uncertainty over its spectrum rights and effectively freezing its ability to make decisions regarding its 5G network buildout. In its filing, EchoStar requests that the FCC deny the petition for reconsideration; reaffirm that EchoStar has satisfied its accelerated December 31, 2024 milestones, thus triggering the extensions conditionally granted to EchoStar; and reaffirm certain exclusive EchoStar licenses in the 2 GHz band. As part of its FCC filing, EchoStar also makes the following disclosures: (i) EchoStar currently has 1.3 million subscribers on net; and (ii) EchoStar added 88,000 wireless subscribers in April.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION DISH NETWORK CORPORATION HUGHES SATELLITE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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Date: May 28, 2025 | By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson | |
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| Dean A. Manson Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
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