{"id":166276,"date":"2025-11-06T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/166276\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:48:08","slug":"echostar-to-sell-more-spectrum-licenses-to-spacex-for-2-6-billion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/166276\/","title":{"rendered":"EchoStar to sell more spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $2.6 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nov 6 (Reuters) – EchoStar (SATS.O), opens new tab<\/a> said it would sell a set of wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for about $2.6 billion in exchange for stock in the space startup, expanding on the $17 billion deal the companies struck in September.<\/p>\n

Shares of the telecommunications services company rose about 2.5% in premarket trading.<\/p>\n

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The AWS-3 licenses cover airwaves across the U.S. that can be used to support mobile and satellite communications.<\/p>\n

By combining EchoStar’s wireless airwaves with SpaceX’s rocket launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities, they can quickly create strong and affordable direct-to-cell services, EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan said in a statement.<\/p>\n

SpaceX said<\/a> in September it would buy wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for its Starlink satellite network for about $17 billion, a major deal crucial to expanding Starlink’s nascent 5G connectivity business.The company in August sold some nationwide wireless spectrum<\/a> licenses to AT&T for $23 billion. AT&T agreed to acquire 50 MHz of nationwide mid-band and low-band spectrum.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru<\/p>\n

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