The Federal Communications Commission will likely cancel a 25 percent discount that satellite TV provider Dish Network took in the most recent wireless spectrum auction. Marguerite Reardon started as ...

Dish network is in jeopardy of losing billions of dollars in discounts that it claimed in a spectrum auction earlier this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The news outlet reported the ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has circulated a proposal to deny Dish $3.3 billion in discounts that it claimed by bidding through smaller companies in an airwave auction that ...

* Avg. revenue $87.91/pay-TV user vs $84.15 year ago (Recasts with Dish's options ahead of FCC decision on discounts, adds CEO quotes and details throughout) By Malathi Nayak and Lehar Maan Aug 5 ...

Yesterday, U.S. telecom regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted against DISH Network Corp.’s DISH claim of a $3.3 billion discount on its total bid to acquire airwaves in ...

If the FCC cancels the discount Dish received during the auction, the company will have to pay an additional $3.3 billion to the commission. This would essentially be an addition to the company's ...

Dish CEO Charlie Ergen stated on the earnings call that the cancellation of the $3.3 billion discount the company received in the AWS-3 spectrum auction might derail the company's future plans. The ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Dish is trying to cash in over $3 billion in discounts meant to help “very small businesses” during ...

Dish took advantage of discounts intended for small businesses to save $3.3 billion in an auction of public airwaves, making a “mockery” of the small business program, according to a member of the ...