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EchoStar-SpaceX spectrum transfer approval should have conditions, group tells US FCC

By Wesley Brown ( February 17, 2026, 21:47 GMT | Insight) -- Worries about EchoStar upholding its commitments to wireless network buildouts remain among many as groups urge the US Federal Communications Commission to impose conditions on a potential transfer of spectrum to SpaceX. A group of commercial real estate owners and managers wrote to the FCC, urging the agency to impose conditions on EchoStar, and its subsidiaries, that require the company to honor its outstanding obligations in connection with wireless network deploymentsWorries about EchoStar upholding its commitments to wireless network buildouts remain among many as groups urge the US Federal Communications Commission to impose conditions on a potential transfer of spectrum to SpaceX....

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