COMPANIES · SPACE INFRA
EchoStar
A US connectivity and entertainment company behind DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Mobile and Hughes satellite broadband, which in 2025 agreed to sell large blocks of wireless spectrum to SpaceX.
A US connectivity and entertainment company behind DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Mobile and Hughes satellite broadband, which in 2025 agreed to sell large blocks of wireless spectrum to SpaceX.
AI is not a primary driver of its business; it is on the map because it agreed in 2025 to sell spectrum to SpaceX for Starlink's direct-to-cell network, partly for SpaceX stock (completion of the sale not verified in this check).
Consumers and businesses pay subscriptions for pay-TV, streaming TV, mobile service and satellite broadband, and it sells spectrum licenses.
United States (Englewood, Colorado)
Space and next-generation infrastructure. Launch providers, satellite builders and operators, ground networks and the first attempts at running computing in orbit. Most of these companies have no AI business today; they are on this map because of what they carry, connect or build for the companies that do. Open the space lens.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (2)
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Dated or announced (2)
Source: 2025-09-08 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; closing subject to regulatory approvals; completion not verified
Limits: An agreement announcement; this check could not open a later EchoStar release, so it does not establish that the sale has closed, the final consideration paid, or how SpaceX uses the spectrum.
EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX ↗Source: 2025-09-08 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating
Limits: Announcement; does not establish launch timing, pricing, subscriber numbers or that service is live. Commercial agreement was to be entered alongside the spectrum sale; launch of the service for Boost subscribers not verified.
EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX ↗EchoStar Agrees to Sell Full Unpaired AWS-3 Spectrum License Portfolio to SpaceX ↗
Reviewed
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