Article in Slashdot by BeauHD, 5/14/25
Headline: “FCC Threatens EchoStar Licenses For Spectrum That’s ‘Ripe For Sharing'”
“Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands coveted by rival firms including SpaceX, which alleges that EchoStar is underutilizing the spectrum. ‘I have directed agency staff to begin a review of EchoStar’s compliance with its federal obligations to provide 5G service throughout the United States per the terms of its federal spectrum licenses,’ Carr wrote in a May 9 letter to EchoStar Chairman Charles Ergen. EchoStar and its affiliates ‘hold a large number of FCC spectrum licenses that cover a significant amount of spectrum,’ the letter said. . .”