As EchoStar topper Charlie Ergen met with Dept. of Justice officials Monday, Wall Streeters and industry players called a convoluted attempt to salvage his satellite merger lots of names, from &#82… ...

Citing people familiar with the meetings, Bloomberg reported that Trump has urged EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen and FCC Chair Bendan Carr to cut a deal over the company’s wireless spectrum.

“ [People at the FCC] can’t believe Makan is dancing with Charlie like this, given Ergen’s record.” *This article was updated on 7/3/19 to identify Boost as the prepaid wireless service.

Ergen was accompanied by Eddy Hartenstein, topper of DirecTV’s parent company, General Motors. The corporate duo also paid a visit to the FCC, meeting with various staffers, but no commissioners.

Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network has been fined by the FCC for not placing its EchoStar-7 craft in a correct ‘graveyard’ orbit. This is the first time that the FCC has penalised an operator under its ...

Dish co-founder Charlie Ergen is known for being a poker player. As a witness called by T-Mobile in its trial to get its pending $26.5 billion Sprint merger approved, he laid his cards on the table.

Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar share price rocketed 43 per cent on June 13th on news that Donald Trump has intervened with FCC chair Brendan Carr over the dispute between the FCC and EchoStar. June 16th saw ...

Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen has a deal he thinks will benefit consumers, the proposed $26.5 billion merger and, of course, his company.

Charlie Ergen, CEO and chairman of the Douglas County-based satellite TV broadcaster (Nasdaq: DISH), noted Wednesday that the FCC has told Dish that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will propose stripping ...

Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said on a conference call in late February that if Dish was not granted a waiver, or if there was a delay with a decision, it may have to look at alternatives with its ...