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… ...

“ [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.

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.

Dish Network Chair Charlie Ergen may have a deep-pocketed ally in his effort to create a wireless network to compete in the new frontier of super-fast 5G technology: big tech.

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

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.

Since Ergen is taking his sweet time striking a deal with T-Mobile and Sprint, it could force the DOJ to move to block the merger, which could have a negative affect on Ergen’s Dish Network.

Satellite mogul Charlie Ergen, the billionaire founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar, has cemented his reputation as a wild card with a surprise $2 billion-plus bid for Clearwire as ...

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 ...