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Dish affiliates to return some airwaves won at US auction

Published Fri, Oct 2, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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DISH Network Corp affiliates will surrender some airwaves licences won at an auction after the Federal Communications Commission denied them a US$3.3 billion small-business discount, complicating co-founder Charlie Ergen's plans to stockpile frequencies and enter the wireless business.

The two entities - SNR Wireless LicenseCo LLC and Northstar Wireless LLC - will retain a combined 505 licences valued at almost US$10 billion, and pay a US$413 million penalty for 197 licences they'll give up, according to filings released on Thursday by the FCC. Dish confirmed the decisions in a separate stat…

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