Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with Englewood-based EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.
The deal for EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses includes up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock. SpaceX will make approximately $2 billion in cash interest payments on EchoStar debt through November 2027.
SpaceX and EchoStar will enter into a long-term commercial agreement, which will allow EchoStar’s Boost Mobile subscribers to access SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink Direct to Cell service.
Shares of EchoStar surged 19% before the market opened Monday.
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Englewood-based EchoStar gives up wireless network independence for enough cash to survive AT&T snatches up wireless spectrum licenses from Colorado’s EchoStar for $23 billionLast month AT&T said that it would spend $23 billion to acquire wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, a significant expansion of its low- and mid-band coverage networks.
EchoStar said that it anticipates that the AT&T deal and the SpaceX transaction will resolve recent inquiries from the Federal Communications Commission about the rollout of 5G technology in the U.S.
The FCC had been calling for hearings on whether Echostar was properly using the spectrum that it is now selling, and its efforts to make 5G more available to communities.
EchoStar said Monday that it will use the proceeds from the sale partly to pay down debt. Current operations of Dish TV, Sling and Hughes will not be impacted, the company said.
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