# EchoStar CORP (ECHO) — bankruptcy/administration [announced]
Source: SEC API (secapi.ai) · situation sit_797679eb06e34821474e · retrieved 2026-08-11T15:54:04.937Z

## Overview
EchoStar Corporation is a Nevada corporation that holds wireless spectrum licenses (3.45 GHz and 600 MHz) and related communications infrastructure.

EchoStar Corporation completed the sale of all its 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses to AT&T Mobility II LLC on July 28, 2026, pursuant to a License Purchase Agreement dated August 25, 2025. The transaction also included a 99-year extension of existing leases for AT&T's exclusive use of certain wireless spectrum licenses in Hawaii. EchoStar received $20,250,000,000 in proceeds, and AT&T deposited an additional $2,400,000,000 into a mandated FCC Trust established as a condition of the FCC's approval of the license assignment.

## Terms
- Counterparty: AT&T Mobility II LLC · Deal value: $20.25B · Consideration: cash

## Key dates
- Announced 2026-07-28

## Timeline
- 2026-07-28 · 8-K (0001415404-26-000035): 8-K - EchoStar CORP — *EchoStar Corporation is a Nevada corporation that holds wireless spectrum licenses (3.45 GHz and 600 MHz) and related communications infrastructure.* EchoStar Corporation completed the sale of all its 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses to AT&T Mobility II LLC on July 28, 2026, pursuant to a License Purchase Agreement dated August 25, 2025. The transaction also included a 99-year extension of existing leases for AT&T's exclusive use of certain wireless spectrum licenses in Hawaii. EchoStar received $20,250,000,000 in proceeds, and AT&T deposited an additional $2,400,000,000 into a mandated FCC Trust established as a condition of the FCC's approval of the license assignment.
  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/0001415404-26-000035.txt

## Citations
- 0001415404-26-000035 — https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&type=&dateb=&owner=include&count=40&search_text=000141540426000035