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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO .

Commission File Number: 001-33807

EchoStar Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Nevada | 26-1232727
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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9601 South Meridian Boulevard | ​
Englewood, Colorado | 80112
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code)

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(303) 723-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Title of each class | ​ | Trading Symbol(s) | ​ | Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value | ​ | SATS | ​ | The Nasdaq Stock Market L.L.C.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No ◻

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ⌧ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐
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Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐
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​ | Emerging growth company ☐

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of October 30, 2025, the registrant’s outstanding common stock consisted of 156,527,847 shares of Class A common stock and 131,348,468 shares of Class B common stock.

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​ | PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ​
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​ | Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | i
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Item 1. | Financial Statements | 1
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​ | Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | 1
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​ | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 2
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​ | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | 3
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​ | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | 4
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​ | Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 5
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Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 76
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Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 126
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Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 126
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION | ​
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Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 126
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Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 126
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Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 129
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Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | None
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Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | None
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Item 5. | Other Information | 129
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Item 6. | Exhibits | 130
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​ | Signatures | 132

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Unless otherwise required by the context, in this report, the words “EchoStar,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to EchoStar Corporation and its subsidiaries, “DISH Network” refers to DISH Network Corporation, our wholly owned subsidiary, and its subsidiaries, and “DISH DBS” refers to DISH DBS Corporation, a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of DISH Network, and its subsidiaries.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, in particular, statements about our plans, objectives and strategies, growth opportunities in our industries and businesses, our expectations regarding future results, financial condition, liquidity and capital requirements, our estimates regarding the impact of regulatory developments and legal proceedings, and other trends and projections. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “future,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “predict,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and represent management’s current views and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control. Accordingly, actual performance, events or results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those summarized below:

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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

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Risks Relating to Pending Transactions

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| ● | The timing and closing of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions are not certain, and are subject to certain conditions, some of which we cannot control, which could result in the AT&T Transactions or SpaceX Transactions, respectively, not being completed or being completed later than we expect, which could have a material adverse impact on our expected leverage and available cash-on-hand, as well as costs and revenues, or otherwise reducing the anticipated benefits of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, respectively.

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Competition and Economic Risks

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| ● | We face intense and increasing competition from providers of video, broadband and/or wireless services. Changing consumer behavior and new technologies in our Pay-TV and/or Wireless business may reduce our subscriber activations and may cause our subscribers to purchase fewer services from us or to cancel our services altogether, resulting in less revenue to us.

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| ● | We face certain risks competing in the wireless services industry and operating a facilities-based wireless services business.

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| ● | Our pay-TV competitors may be able to leverage their relationships with programmers to reduce their programming costs and/or offer exclusive content that will place them at a competitive advantage to us.

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| ● | Through the MNSA and the NSA, we depend in part on T-Mobile and AT&T to provide network services to our Wireless subscribers. Our failure to effectively manage these relationships, including without limitation, our minimum commitments, any system failure in their wireless networks, interruption in the services provided to us and/or the termination of the MNSA or the NSA (each as defined below) could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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| ● | We compete with the MNOs whose networks we partially rely on to provide wireless services to our customers, and they may seek to limit, reduce or terminate our network access to the extent that it becomes competitively advantageous to do so.

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| ● | If we are unable to take advantage of technological developments on a timely basis, or at all, we may experience a decline in demand for our services or face challenges in implementing or evolving our business strategy.

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Operational and Service Delivery Risks

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| ● | Any deterioration in our operational performance, subscriber activations and churn rate and subscriber satisfaction could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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| ● | We depend on others to provide the programming that we offer to our Pay-TV subscribers and, if we fail to obtain or lose access to certain programming, our Pay-TV subscriber activations and our subscriber churn rate may be negatively impacted.

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| ● | We have limited satellite capacity and any failures or reduced capacity, caused by, among other things, operational and environmental risks, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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| ● | Extreme weather may result in risk of damage to our infrastructure and therefore our ability to provide services, and may lead to changes in federal, state and foreign government regulation, all of which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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| ● | We rely on a single vendor or a limited number of vendors to provide certain key products or services to us, and the inability of these key vendors to meet our needs could have a material adverse effect on our business.

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| ● | Changes in trade policies, including, but not limited to, tariffs and other restrictions, could increase, among other things, our costs, disrupt our supply chain and negatively affect our business, operations and financial condition.

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| ● | We depend on independent third parties to solicit orders for our services that represent a meaningful percentage of our total gross new subscriber activations.

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Risks Related to our Human Capital

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| ● | We rely on highly skilled personnel for our business, and any inability to hire and retain key personnel or to hire qualified personnel may negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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| ● | Our business growth and customer retention strategies rely in part on the work of technically skilled employees.

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Risks Related to our Products and Technology

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| ● | Our business depends on certain intellectual property rights and on not infringing the intellectual property rights of others.

| ● | We are, and may become, party to various lawsuits which, if adversely decided, could have a significant adverse impact on our business, particularly lawsuits regarding intellectual property.

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| ● | If our products contain defects, we could be subject to significant costs to correct such defects and our product and network service contracts could be delayed or cancelled, which could adversely affect our revenue.

Risks Related to Cybersecurity

| ● | We have experienced and may experience in the future consistent cyber-attacks and attempts to gain unauthorized access to our systems and any failure or inadequacy of our information technology infrastructure and communications systems or those of third parties that we use in our operations could disrupt or harm our business.

| ● | The confidentiality, integrity and availability of our services and products depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and other enabling systems.

Acquisition and Capital Structure Risks

| ● | We, and certain of our subsidiaries, currently do not have the necessary cash on hand, projected future cash flows, or committed financing to fund our obligations over the next twelve months, which raises substantial doubt about our, and certain of our subsidiaries, ability to continue as a going concern.

| ● | We have substantial debt outstanding and may incur additional debt, and covenants in our Indentures could limit our ability to undertake certain types of activities and adversely affect our liquidity.

| ● | We may pursue acquisitions, dispositions, capital expenditures, the development, acquisition and launch of new satellites and other strategic initiatives to complement or expand our business, which may not be successful and we may lose a portion or all of our investment in these acquisitions and transactions.

| ● | We have made substantial investments to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses and other related assets, and may be unable to realize a return on these assets.

| ● | We will need additional capital, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all, to fund current obligations, to continue investing in our business and to finance acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

| ● | We are controlled by one principal stockholder who is our Chairman.

Risks Related to the Regulation of Our Business

| ● | Our services depend on FCC licenses that can expire or be revoked or modified and applications for FCC licenses that may not be granted.

Other factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 1A of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “10-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), those discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein and in the 10-K and those discussed in other documents we file with the SEC. All cautionary statements made or referred to herein should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. Investors should consider the risks and uncertainties described or referred to herein and should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ECHOSTAR CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)

(Unaudited)

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​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Assets | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Current Assets: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | $ | 2,431,742 | ​ | $ | 4,305,393
Current restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 169,575 | ​ | ​ | 150,898
Marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 1,482,828 | ​ | ​ | 1,242,036
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $91,384 and $82,628, respectively | ​ | ​ | 1,127,101 | ​ | ​ | 1,198,731
Inventory | ​ | ​ | 416,068 | ​ | ​ | 455,197
Prepaids and other assets | ​ | ​ | 384,301 | ​ | ​ | 655,233
Other current assets | ​ | ​ | 20,675 | ​ | ​ | 88,255
Total current assets | ​ | ​ | 6,032,290 | ​ | ​ | 8,095,743
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Noncurrent Assets: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 174,352 | ​ | ​ | 169,627
Property and equipment, net | ​ | ​ | 3,084,793 | ​ | ​ | 9,187,132
Regulatory authorizations, net | ​ | ​ | 34,924,214 | ​ | ​ | 39,442,166
Other investments, net | ​ | ​ | 193,272 | ​ | ​ | 202,327
Operating lease assets | ​ | ​ | 291,846 | ​ | ​ | 3,260,768
Intangible assets, net | ​ | ​ | 62,949 | ​ | ​ | 74,939
Other noncurrent assets, net | ​ | ​ | 507,650 | ​ | ​ | 505,985
Total noncurrent assets | ​ | ​ | 39,239,076 | ​ | ​ | 52,842,944
Total assets | ​ | $ | 45,271,366 | ​ | $ | 60,938,687
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Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Current Liabilities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Trade accounts payable | ​ | $ | 668,186 | ​ | $ | 740,984
Deferred revenue and other | ​ | ​ | 652,398 | ​ | ​ | 650,940
Accrued programming | ​ | ​ | 1,222,607 | ​ | ​ | 1,339,072
Accrued interest | ​ | ​ | 631,933 | ​ | ​ | 352,499
Other accrued expenses and liabilities | ​ | ​ | 2,267,668 | ​ | ​ | 1,804,516
Current portion of debt, finance lease and other obligations (Note 9) | ​ | ​ | 4,519,619 | ​ | ​ | 943,029
Total current liabilities | ​ | ​ | 9,962,411 | ​ | ​ | 5,831,040
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Long-Term Obligations, Net of Current Portion: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Long-term debt, finance lease and other obligations, net of current portion (Note 9) | ​ | ​ | 21,791,251 | ​ | ​ | 25,660,288
Deferred tax liabilities, net | ​ | ​ | 680,784 | ​ | ​ | 4,988,653
Operating lease liabilities | ​ | ​ | 4,266,240 | ​ | ​ | 3,211,407
Long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities | ​ | ​ | 1,563,809 | ​ | ​ | 1,002,074
Total long-term obligations, net of current portion | ​ | ​ | 28,302,084 | ​ | ​ | 34,862,422
Total liabilities | ​ | ​ | 38,264,495 | ​ | ​ | 40,693,462
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value, 1,600,000,000 shares authorized, 158,248,208 and 155,048,676 shares issued, 156,459,188 and 155,048,676 shares outstanding, respectively | ​ | ​ | 159 | ​ | ​ | 155
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 131,348,468 shares issued and outstanding | ​ | ​ | 131 | ​ | ​ | 131
Additional paid-in capital | ​ | ​ | 8,849,985 | ​ | ​ | 8,768,360
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (178,779) | ​ | ​ | (195,711)
Accumulated earnings (deficit) | ​ | ​ | (1,671,560) | ​ | ​ | 11,618,437
Treasury stock, at cost, 1,789,020 shares | ​ | ​ | (48,512) | ​ | ​ | —
Total EchoStar stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ​ | ​ | 6,951,424 | ​ | ​ | 20,191,372
Noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | 55,447 | ​ | ​ | 53,853
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ​ | ​ | 7,006,871 | ​ | ​ | 20,245,225
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ​ | $ | 45,271,366 | ​ | $ | 60,938,687

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 3,427,947 | ​ | $ | 3,671,674 | ​ | $ | 10,574,210 | ​ | $ | 11,233,429
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 186,311 | ​ | ​ | 219,310 | ​ | ​ | 634,765 | ​ | ​ | 625,149
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 3,614,258 | ​ | ​ | 3,890,984 | ​ | ​ | 11,208,975 | ​ | ​ | 11,858,578
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Costs and Expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 2,370,363 | ​ | ​ | 2,538,149 | ​ | ​ | 7,264,192 | ​ | ​ | 7,602,809
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 391,524 | ​ | ​ | 393,024 | ​ | ​ | 1,185,219 | ​ | ​ | 1,164,200
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 621,487 | ​ | ​ | 643,144 | ​ | ​ | 1,848,832 | ​ | ​ | 1,862,590
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 391,291 | ​ | ​ | 477,434 | ​ | ​ | 1,372,679 | ​ | ​ | 1,470,359
Impairments and other (Note 1) | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468 | ​ | ​ | —
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 20,256,133 | ​ | ​ | 4,051,751 | ​ | ​ | 28,152,390 | ​ | ​ | 12,099,958
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (16,641,875) | ​ | ​ | (160,767) | ​ | ​ | (16,943,415) | ​ | ​ | (241,380)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Other Income (Expense): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | 53,187 | ​ | ​ | 11,200 | ​ | ​ | 184,085 | ​ | ​ | 55,591
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (Note 2) | ​ | ​ | (377,072) | ​ | ​ | (81,503) | ​ | ​ | (942,359) | ​ | ​ | (262,077)
Other, net (Note 5) | ​ | ​ | 28,953 | ​ | ​ | 52,107 | ​ | ​ | 105,480 | ​ | ​ | (65,501)
Total other income (expense) | ​ | ​ | (294,932) | ​ | ​ | (18,196) | ​ | ​ | (652,794) | ​ | ​ | (271,987)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | (16,936,807) | ​ | ​ | (178,963) | ​ | ​ | (17,596,209) | ​ | ​ | (513,367)
Income tax (provision) benefit, net | ​ | ​ | 4,155,459 | ​ | ​ | 35,162 | ​ | ​ | 4,304,736 | ​ | ​ | 53,733
Net income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (12,781,348) | ​ | ​ | (143,801) | ​ | ​ | (13,291,473) | ​ | ​ | (459,634)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | ​ | ​ | (152) | ​ | ​ | (1,989) | ​ | ​ | (1,476) | ​ | ​ | (4,855)
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (12,781,196) | ​ | $ | (141,812) | ​ | $ | (13,289,997) | ​ | $ | (454,779)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - Class A and B common stock: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic | ​ | ​ | 288,051 | ​ | ​ | 271,736 | ​ | ​ | 287,362 | ​ | ​ | 271,616
Diluted | ​ | ​ | 288,051 | ​ | ​ | 271,736 | ​ | ​ | 287,362 | ​ | ​ | 271,616
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Earnings per share - Class A and B common stock: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (44.37) | ​ | $ | (0.52) | ​ | $ | (46.25) | ​ | $ | (1.67)
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (44.37) | ​ | $ | (0.52) | ​ | $ | (46.25) | ​ | $ | (1.67)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Comprehensive Income (Loss): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net income (loss) | ​ | $ | (12,781,348) | ​ | $ | (143,801) | ​ | $ | (13,291,473) | ​ | $ | (459,634)
Other comprehensive income (loss): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Foreign currency translation adjustments | ​ | ​ | 3,902 | ​ | ​ | 1,686 | ​ | ​ | 19,387 | ​ | ​ | (21,600)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities | ​ | ​ | 1,330 | ​ | ​ | 66 | ​ | ​ | 48 | ​ | ​ | 1,497
Recognition of previously unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (13) | ​ | ​ | (15) | ​ | ​ | 1,115 | ​ | ​ | (1,542)
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit, net | ​ | ​ | (706) | ​ | ​ | 76 | ​ | ​ | (548) | ​ | ​ | 47
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | ​ | ​ | 4,513 | ​ | ​ | 1,813 | ​ | ​ | 20,002 | ​ | ​ | (21,598)
Comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (12,776,835) | ​ | ​ | (141,988) | ​ | ​ | (13,271,471) | ​ | ​ | (481,232)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | ​ | ​ | (41) | ​ | ​ | (1,538) | ​ | ​ | 1,594 | ​ | ​ | (8,745)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (12,776,794) | ​ | $ | (140,450) | ​ | $ | (13,273,065) | ​ | $ | (472,487)

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Class A and B | ​ | Additional | ​ | Other | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Redeemable
​ | ​ | Common | ​ | Paid-In | ​ | Comprehensive | ​ | Earnings | ​ | Noncontrolling | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Noncontrolling
​ |  | Stock |  | Capital |  | Income (Loss) |  | (Deficit) |  | Interests |  | Total |  | Interests
Balance, December 31, 2023 | ​ | $ | 271 | ​ | $ | 8,301,979 | ​ | $ | (160,056) | ​ | $ | 11,737,983 | ​ | $ | 69,733 | ​ | $ | 19,949,910 | ​ | $ | 438,382
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (160) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (160) | ​ | ​ | —
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 9,058 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 9,058 | ​ | ​ | —
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (4,548) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1,119) | ​ | ​ | (5,667) | ​ | ​ | —
Purchase of SNR Management's ownership interest in SNR HoldCo | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (441,998)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (4,615) | ​ | ​ | (4,615) | ​ | ​ | 3,616
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (107,376) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (107,376) | ​ | ​ | —
Balance, March 31, 2024 | ​ | $ | 271 | ​ | $ | 8,310,877 | ​ | $ | (164,604) | ​ | $ | 11,630,607 | ​ | $ | 63,999 | ​ | $ | 19,841,150 | ​ | $ | —
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,992 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,992 | ​ | ​ | —
Sale of Assets to CONX, net of deferred taxes | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 3,376 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 3,376 | ​ | ​ | —
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 10,635 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 10,635 | ​ | ​ | —
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (14,522) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (3,222) | ​ | ​ | (17,744) | ​ | ​ | —
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1,867) | ​ | ​ | (1,867) | ​ | ​ | —
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (205,591) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (205,591) | ​ | ​ | —
Balance, June 30, 2024 | ​ | $ | 271 | ​ | $ | 8,326,880 | ​ | $ | (179,126) | ​ | $ | 11,425,016 | ​ | $ | 58,910 | ​ | $ | 19,631,951 | ​ | $ | —
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,515 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,515 | ​ | ​ | —
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 8,605 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 8,605 | ​ | ​ | —
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,362 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 451 | ​ | ​ | 1,813 | ​ | ​ | —
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1,989) | ​ | ​ | (1,989) | ​ | ​ | —
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (141,812) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (141,812) | ​ | ​ | —
Other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (789) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (789) | ​ | ​ | ​
Balance, September 30, 2024 | ​ | $ | 271 | ​ | $ | 8,337,211 | ​ | $ | (177,764) | ​ | $ | 11,283,204 | ​ | $ | 57,372 | ​ | $ | 19,500,294 | ​ | $ | —

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Class A and B | ​ | Additional | ​ | Other | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Common | ​ | Paid-In | ​ | Comprehensive | ​ | Earnings | ​ | Treasury | ​ | Noncontrolling | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Stock |  | Capital |  | Income (Loss) |  | (Deficit) |  | Stock | ​ | Interests |  | Total
Balance, December 31, 2024 | ​ | $ | 286 | ​ | $ | 8,768,360 | ​ | $ | (195,711) | ​ | $ | 11,618,437 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 53,853 | ​ | $ | 20,245,225
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,534 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,534
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 7,609 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 7,609
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 7,846 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,802 | ​ | ​ | 9,648
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (612) | ​ | ​ | (612)
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (202,669) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (202,669)
Other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 955 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 955
Balance, March 31, 2025 | ​ | $ | 286 | ​ | $ | 8,779,458 | ​ | $ | (187,865) | ​ | $ | 11,415,768 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 55,043 | ​ | $ | 20,062,690
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | 1 | ​ | ​ | 21,292 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 21,293
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 8,514 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 8,514
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,684 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,157 | ​ | ​ | 5,841
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (712) | ​ | ​ | (712)
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (306,132) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (306,132)
Balance, June 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 287 | ​ | $ | 8,809,264 | ​ | $ | (183,181) | ​ | $ | 11,109,636 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 55,488 | ​ | $ | 19,791,494
Issuance of Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | 3 | ​ | ​ | 28,850 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 28,853
Class A common stock repurchases, at cost | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (48,512) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (48,512)
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 11,871 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 11,871
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,402 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 111 | ​ | ​ | 4,513
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (152) | ​ | ​ | (152)
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (12,781,196) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (12,781,196)
Balance, September 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 290 | ​ | $ | 8,849,985 | ​ | $ | (178,779) | ​ | $ | (1,671,560) | ​ | $ | (48,512) | ​ | $ | 55,447 | ​ | $ | 7,006,871

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net income (loss) |  | $ | (13,291,473) | ​ | $ | (459,634)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 1,372,679 | ​ | ​ | 1,470,359
Impairments and other (Note 1) | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468 | ​ | ​ | —
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) and impairments on investments and other | ​ | ​ | (28,884) | ​ | ​ | 41,929
Asset sales and other (gains) losses | ​ | ​ | (59,474) | ​ | ​ | (50,418)
Non-cash, stock-based compensation | ​ | ​ | 27,994 | ​ | ​ | 28,298
Interest expense paid in kind on long-term debt | ​ | ​ | 95,120 | ​ | ​ | —
Deferred tax expense (benefit) | ​ | ​ | (4,328,557) | ​ | ​ | (85,300)
Changes in allowance for credit losses | ​ | ​ | 8,756 | ​ | ​ | 8,037
Change in long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities | ​ | ​ | 36,677 | ​ | ​ | 15,996
Other, net | ​ | ​ | 32,073 | ​ | ​ | 131,029
Changes in operating assets and operating liabilities, net | ​ | ​ | (20,431) | ​ | ​ | 106,848
Net cash flows from operating activities | ​ | ​ | 325,948 | ​ | ​ | 1,207,144
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash Flows From Investing Activities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases of marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | (2,767,979) | ​ | ​ | (29,166)
Sales and maturities of marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 2,549,229 | ​ | ​ | 563,421
Purchases of property and equipment (Note 7) | ​ | ​ | (807,632) | ​ | ​ | (1,200,606)
Capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations (Note 2) | ​ | ​ | (676,311) | ​ | ​ | (642,989)
Purchases of regulatory authorizations, including deposits | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1,104)
Sale of assets to CONX | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 26,719
Liberty Puerto Rico asset sale | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 95,435
Sale of Fiber business | ​ | ​ | 47,207 | ​ | ​ | —
Other, net | ​ | ​ | 5,444 | ​ | ​ | 10,892
Net cash flows from investing activities | ​ | ​ | (1,650,042) | ​ | ​ | (1,177,398)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash Flows From Financing Activities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Repayment of long-term debt, finance lease and other obligations | ​ | ​ | (60,032) | ​ | ​ | (101,197)
Redemption and repurchases of term loans, convertible and senior notes | ​ | ​ | (622,716) | ​ | ​ | (951,170)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible and senior notes | ​ | ​ | 150,000 | ​ | ​ | —
Debt issuance costs and debt (discount) premium | ​ | ​ | (946) | ​ | ​ | —
Proceeds from New DISH DBS Financing | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,500,000
Debt issuance costs and debt (discount) premium from New DISH DBS Financing | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (136,208)
Early debt extinguishment gains (losses) of convertible and senior notes | ​ | ​ | 11,465 | ​ | ​ | —
Class A common stock repurchases | ​ | ​ | (48,512) | ​ | ​ | —
Net proceeds from Class A common stock options exercised and stock issued under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan | ​ | ​ | 35,846 | ​ | ​ | 4,347
Purchase of SNR Management's ownership interest in SNR HoldCo | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (441,998)
Other, net | ​ | ​ | (27,977) | ​ | ​ | (4,185)
Net cash flows from financing activities | ​ | ​ | (562,872) | ​ | ​ | 869,589
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | ​ | ​ | 2,991 | ​ | ​ | (3,458)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents | ​ | ​ | (1,883,975) | ​ | ​ | 895,877
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period (Note 5) | ​ | ​ | 4,593,804 | ​ | ​ | 1,911,601
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period (Note 5) | ​ | $ | 2,709,829 | ​ | $ | 2,807,478

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. | Organization and Business Activities

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Principal Business

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EchoStar Corporation is a premier provider of technology, networking services, television entertainment and connectivity, offering consumer, enterprise, operator and government solutions worldwide under its EchoStar®, Boost Mobile®, Sling TV ®, DISH® TV, Hughes®, HughesNet®, HughesON™ and JUPITER™ brands. EchoStar Corporation is a holding company that was organized in October 2007 as a corporation under the laws of the State of Nevada. Its subsidiaries (which together with EchoStar Corporation are referred to as “EchoStar,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and/or “our,” unless otherwise required by the context) currently operate three primary business segments.

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Recent Developments

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FCC Review

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In the third quarter of 2025, we resolved the previously disclosed review by the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) into EchoStar’s compliance with its build-out milestones and other obligations regarding EchoStar’s federal spectrum licenses. We had previously received a letter from the FCC on May 9, 2025, indicating that the FCC was beginning a review of our compliance with certain obligations to provide 5G broadband service and raising certain questions regarding the September 2024 build-out extension granted by the FCC and mobile-satellite service (“MSS”) utilization in the 2 GHz band (the “May 9 Letter”). We responded to the FCC’s subsequent public notices with filings on May 27, 2025 and June 6, 2025.

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During the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter of 2025, the potential ramifications of the FCC review to our business required us to, among other things, reevaluate the deployment of our resources and as a result, we elected not to make interest payments on a certain portion of our long-term senior notes on their respective scheduled due dates. We subsequently made such payments, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace periods. See Note 9 for further information.

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The FCC review introduced the possibility of reversing prior FCC grants of authority to us. The FCC made it clear that it viewed our spectrum as being underutilized and deemed our continued ownership of such spectrum licenses inconsistent with the public interest, and that we must sell a material amount of spectrum licenses or face a wide-ranging license revocation. Accordingly, as a result of these unforeseeable actions by the FCC that were outside of our control, we entered into the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, as defined below, whereby we agreed to sell a material amount of our spectrum licenses. In August 2025, following these transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business, as defined in “Segments-Wireless” below. Furthermore, we believe the FCC’s actions and the resulting AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions constitute one or more force majeure events under certain of our 5G Network-related contracts.

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On September 8, 2025, we received a follow-up letter from the FCC (the “September 8 Letter”). The September 8 Letter states, among other things, that FCC Chairman Carr has “asked FCC staff to bring the agency’s investigation to conclusion” by directing FCC staff to: “(1) dismiss VTel Wireless’s petition for reconsideration; (2) confirm that EchoStar holds exclusive terrestrial and MSS rights over the AWS-4 spectrum to which it is currently licensed; and (3) find that relevant FCC buildout and other related obligations have been satisfied by EchoStar in view of the company’s current FCC milestones.”

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AT&T License Purchase Agreement

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On August 25, 2025, we and AT&T Mobility II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”) entered into a License Purchase Agreement (the “AT&T License Purchase Agreement,” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “AT&T Transactions”).

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Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the AT&T License Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to sell all our 3.45–3.55 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses, including licenses exchanged as part of the Omega License Purchase Agreement, as defined and detailed in Note 10, (collectively, the “3.45 GHz and 600 MHz Licenses”), and to a 99-year extension of existing leases for AT&T’s exclusive use of certain wireless spectrum licenses in Hawaii for an aggregate purchase price of $22.650 billion in cash, subject to certain potential adjustments (the “Closing Purchase Price”). The AT&T License Purchase Agreement also extends to AT&T the right to lease certain 3.45 GHz licenses from us, which AT&T exercised, subject to a short-term spectrum manager lease, at the end of the third quarter of 2025.

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The Closing Purchase Price is subject to downward adjustment in the event certain 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz Licenses are ultimately excluded by either us or AT&T under certain circumstances. We are not obligated to consummate the AT&T Transactions if the Closing Purchase Price, after giving effect to the aggregate amount of any such adjustments, is less than $18.6 billion (the “Minimum Purchase Price”). However, if the aggregate amount of such reductions would otherwise reduce the Closing Purchase Price below the Minimum Purchase Price, AT&T may elect to pay the Minimum Purchase Price at closing, in which case this condition will be deemed satisfied.

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The AT&T License Purchase Agreement provides that, at the closing of the AT&T Transactions, any amounts outstanding under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated November 26, 2021, between DISH DBS as lender and DISH Network will be repaid in full using proceeds from the AT&T Transactions to the respective holders of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan (the “DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan Payoff”). The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan Payoff includes $2.844 billion due to DISH DBS as of September 30, 2025 for the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2028 Tranche. The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan is secured by the 3.45 GHz Licenses and certain other wireless spectrum licenses. See Note 9 for definitions and further information.

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In addition, all outstanding 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 15, 2027 issued pursuant to that certain Secured Indenture, dated November 15, 2022 (“DISH Secured Indenture”), by and among DISH Network Corporation, the Guarantors identified therein, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, will be redeemed concurrently with the closing in accordance with the terms of the DISH Secured Indenture (the “Redemption”). As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 15, 2027 was $3.5 billion and is secured by the 600 MHz Licenses.

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The AT&T Transactions are subject to a number of terms and conditions set forth in the AT&T License Purchase Agreement. The completion of the AT&T Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, certain government approvals, including, among other things, receipt of certain consents and approvals from the FCC and the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”). The AT&T License Purchase Agreement also provides for specified termination rights by each party in certain circumstances. The closing is expected to occur in the first half of 2026.

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The description of the AT&T License Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the License Purchase Agreement filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Amendments to the Network Services Agreement

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Simultaneously with the execution of the AT&T License Purchase Agreement, DISH Wireless L.L.C., our subsidiary and AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of AT&T, entered into the Fifth Amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) and the Sixth Amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the Network Services Agreement dated as of July 14, 2021 by and among DISH Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Mobility LLC (as amended, the “NSA”). The term of the Fifth Amendment is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2026 and extends certain terms and conditions under the NSA that were previously available only through the end of 2025.

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The Sixth Amendment sets forth new terms including reduced rates if we meet certain minimum data thresholds while transitioning to a Hybrid MNO. Under a Hybrid MNO we operate certain portions of the network infrastructure such as the network core and billing and provisioning software, while our network partner, AT&T, provides certain elements including base stations, radios, radio access network (RAN) software and spectrum frequencies. We plan to transition to a Hybrid MNO and trigger the Sixth Amendment rates as early as the fourth quarter of 2025 and AT&T has agreed to provide these services to us through December 31, 2031. We are not obligated to transition to a Hybrid MNO or meet the specified data thresholds, but will not be entitled to the terms of the Sixth Amendment unless we have met such thresholds. In the fourth quarter of 2025, we gave notice to AT&T that we expect to meet such thresholds and intend to trigger the Sixth Amendment and as such, we have commenced the transition to a Hybrid MNO.

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During the term of the Sixth Amendment, we have the option to extend the Sixth Amendment up to two times for additional extension terms of 2-years each, until either December 31, 2033 or December 31, 2035 (each an “Extension Term”). The Fifth and Sixth amendments, in addition to any Extension Term we exercise, also contain certain minimum purchase commitments.

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SpaceX License Purchase Agreement

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On September 7, 2025, we, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation (“SpaceX”), and Spectrum Business Trust 2025-1, a Nevada Business Trust (“Trust”), entered into a License Purchase Agreement (the “SpaceX License Purchase Agreement,” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “SpaceX Transactions”).

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Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell to SpaceX our rights and licenses related to an aggregate of 50 MHz of spectrum in frequency ranges 2000–2020, 2180–2200, 1915–1920 and 1995– 2000 (the “AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses” and such spectrum, “the Spectrum”) granted by the FCC, together with certain international authorizations, filings, concessions, licenses, rights and priorities related to that spectrum and certain assets associated therewith (collectively, the “Foreign Assets”).

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The transfer of the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will occur in two steps: first, the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will be transferred by us to the Trust (the “Spectrum Transfer Closing”), and second, the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will be transferred by the Trust to SpaceX (the “Spectrum Acquisition Closing”). The Foreign Assets will be transferred directly to SpaceX at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing, to the extent the required regulatory approvals have been obtained by such date; provided, however, that the failure to obtain such approvals will not delay or prevent the Spectrum Acquisition Closing.

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The consideration for the SpaceX Transactions payable at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing is $17 billion (the “Total Consideration Amount”). A portion of the Total Consideration Amount (such amount, the “Total Payoff Consideration Amount”) will be used to: (i) fully pay off all outstanding amounts owed on the 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “10 3/4% Secured Notes”) and the 6 3/4% Senior Secured due 2030 (the “6 3/4% Secured Notes”) and (ii) settle the anticipated redemption and conversions of the 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Convertible Notes due 2030” and, together with the 10 3/4% Secured Notes and the 6 3/4% Secured Notes, the “Seller Notes”). The remaining amount after paying off the Seller Notes (the “Purchase Price”) will be paid by SpaceX to us as follows: (i) up to $8.5 billion will be paid in SpaceX’s Class A Common Stock, valued at $212 per share (the “Equity Amount”); and (ii) any amount of the Purchase Price exceeding $8.5 billion will be paid in cash. If the Total Payoff Consideration Amount exceeds $8.5 billion, we may elect to pay the excess in cash, our Class A Common Stock (with respect to the Convertible Notes due 2030), or both, to maintain our receipt of the full Equity Amount. However, if we elect not to pay such excess amount, the Equity Amount will be reduced dollar-for-dollar to ensure that the combined Equity Amount and Total Payoff Consideration Amount do not exceed the Total Consideration Amount. As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Seller Notes was $9.826 billion and is secured by the AWS-4 and AWS-3 Licenses.

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The Spectrum Acquisition Closing is expected to occur on or about November 30, 2027, following the expiration of the make-whole period for the Seller Notes and the date on which the Convertible Notes due 2030 become eligible for redemption. If SpaceX elects to proceed with the Spectrum Acquisition Closing prior to November 30, 2027, SpaceX will be responsible for any additional amounts required to satisfy the Seller Notes, other than additional amounts payable as a result of a default under the Seller Notes.

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Additionally, in connection with the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement and the SpaceX Transactions, on September 7, 2025, SpaceX and the Trust entered into a Credit Agreement, pursuant to which SpaceX has agreed upon the Spectrum Transfer Closing to loan to the Trust (via automatically cancellable loans) amounts sufficient to make debt service payments on the Seller Notes through at least November 30, 2027 (the “Interim Debt Service”), which will be secured on a junior lien basis by the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses. The aggregate amount of payments for the Interim Debt Service through November 30, 2027 will equal approximately $2 billion and will be settled via a loan between us and SpaceX that automatically cancels upon the completion of the Spectrum Acquisition Closing. The Credit Agreement is generally on standard commercial terms and conditions and, as a beneficiary of the Credit Agreement, we have the ability to enforce the parties obligations under the Agreement.

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The SpaceX Transactions are subject to a number of terms and conditions set forth in the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement. The completion of the SpaceX Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including, among others, receipt of certain consents and approvals from the FCC and DOJ. The SpaceX License Purchase Agreement also provides for specified termination rights.

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The SpaceX License Purchase Agreement also provides for future long-term commercial agreements that will enable us to offer our Wireless subscribers access to SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink Direct to Cell text and voice and broadband services utilizing certain rights and licenses related to the Spectrum that are to be conveyed by us to SpaceX at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing. The commercial agreements will also provide for a fee-based referral program that lets us refer existing HughesNet customers and new Starlink customers to SpaceX.

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The description of the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the License Purchase Agreement filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Future Capital Requirements

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The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

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Our cash and cash equivalents and marketable investment securities totaled $3.915 billion as of September 30, 2025 (“Cash on Hand”). As reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2025, we have $2.0 billion of debt maturing in July 2026 and $1.377 billion of debt maturing in August 2026. In addition, the re-auction of certain AWS-3 licenses previously awarded to Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless has been designated as Auction 113 and the FCC is required to initiate Auction 113 by June 23, 2026. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of Auction 113, however, we may be required to make a maximum payment up to approximately $2.921 billion for the Northstar Re-Auction Payment and SNR Re-Auction Payment. See Note 10 for definitions and further information.

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As detailed above, upon the closing of the AT&T Transactions, subject to certain conditions and adjustments, we will receive $22.650 billion in cash and upon the closing of the SpaceX Transactions, subject to certain conditions, we will receive $19 billion in consideration which includes $17 billion in a combination of cash and the Equity Amount (as defined above in “SpaceX Transactions”), and payments for the Interim Debt Service of $2 billion. These transactions also contemplate the repayment of certain of our debt as described above in “AT&T Transactions” and “SpaceX Transactions.” However, until the closing of these transactions, which are subject to receipt of government approvals and other customary conditions, funding is not deemed committed and because we do not currently have the necessary Cash on Hand and/or projected future cash flows or committed financing to fund our obligations for at least twelve months from the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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We cannot provide assurances that the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions will be approved and consummated on the predicted timeline or at all.

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The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amount and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary should we not continue as a going concern.

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Impairments and Other

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Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

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We do not amortize indefinite-lived intangible assets, primarily consisting of FCC licenses, but test these assets for impairment annually, during the fourth quarter or more often if indicators of impairment arise. We have the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. However, we may elect to bypass the qualitative assessment in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test.

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Management has the option to perform a qualitative assessment or go directly to a quantitative assessment that utilizes the market approach or the income approach to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of these licenses exceeds the carrying amount. The market approach assesses the value of our spectrum using benchmarks, based on market transactions, which may include spectrum auctions and secondary market transactions, such as acquisitions of spectrum or of businesses for which spectrum values can reliably be inferred.

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During the third quarter of 2025, as a result of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model resulting in a significant adverse change in the intended use of such assets. These developments were considered triggering events and resulted in the performance of an impairment assessment of our Wireless segment spectrum licenses and certain international licenses. Historically, we determined that substantially all of our spectrum assets were acquired to construct a single asset and as such were treated as one unit of accounting for impairment testing. However, as certain bands of our Wireless segment spectrum licenses are being or could be sold independent of our other holdings, each band of spectrum licenses (each a “Spectrum Asset”) is now considered a separate unit of accounting. Accordingly, the carrying value of each Spectrum Asset, which consists of the original purchase price plus capitalized interest, was tested for impairment individually.

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As of September 30, 2025, management performed a quantitative assessment to determine whether the fair value of each Spectrum Asset exceeded its respective carrying amount. The quantitative assessment consisted of a market approach performed by a third-party and reviewed by management using benchmarks, based on market transactions, which may include spectrum auctions and secondary market transactions, either acquisitions of spectrum or of businesses for which spectrum values can be reliably inferred. Through this assessment, we concluded that the fair value was less than the carrying amount, which is inclusive of cumulative capitalized interest. This conclusion was made in connection with the preparation and review of the financial statements required to be included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As a result, we partially impaired certain Spectrum Assets related to our Wireless segment, and certain international licenses related to our Broadband and Satellite Services segment, resulting in non-cash impairment charges in “Impairments and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). None of the Spectrum Assets included in the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions were impaired based on their respective sale price.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

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We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For assets which are held and used in operations, the asset may not be recoverable if the carrying amount of the asset (or asset group) exceeds its undiscounted future net cash flows. When an asset fails the recoverability test, the actual impairment recognized is the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value as estimated using one of the following approaches: income, cost and/or market. In the event of an impairment, a loss is recorded in “Impairments and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset or asset group. Assets which are to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

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Fair value, using the income approach, is determined primarily using a discounted cash flow model that uses the estimated cash flows associated with the asset or asset group under review, discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Fair value, utilizing the cost approach, is determined based on the replacement cost of the asset reduced for, among other things, depreciation and obsolescence. Fair value, utilizing the market approach, is determined by estimating the amount that a market participant would receive when selling the asset.

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During the third quarter of 2025, as a result of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model resulting in a significant adverse change in the intended use of such assets. These developments were considered triggering events and resulted in our review for impairment of the capitalized costs of our right of use (“ROU”) lease assets associated with the 5G Network, 5G Network equipment and other assets such as software and capitalized asset retirement costs, that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business and certain international assets, as an asset or asset group. Management determined based on our undiscounted future net cash flows that the carrying amount of certain assets, individually or as part of an asset group were not recoverable. This conclusion was made in connection with the preparation and review of the financial statements required to be included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Management then determined the fair value of certain assets or asset groups using the market approach. Due to the specialized use and company specific nature of each asset or asset group, management determined the fair values to be nominal, resulting in non-cash impairment charges in “Impairments and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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“Impairments and other” recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 consisted of the following:

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Prepaids and other (1) | ​ | $ | 391,431 | ​ | $ | 541 | ​ | $ | 391,972
Regulatory authorizations | ​ | ​ | 5,359,211 | ​ | ​ | 50,306 | ​ | ​ | 5,409,517
Property and equipment, net | ​ | ​ | 5,487,286 | ​ | ​ | 194,940 | ​ | ​ | 5,682,226
Operating lease assets (1) | ​ | ​ | 4,191,133 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,191,133
Exit and disposal costs (2) | ​ | ​ | 770,283 | ​ | ​ | 36,337 | ​ | ​ | 806,620
Impairments and other | ​ | $ | 16,199,344 | ​ | $ | 282,124 | ​ | $ | 16,481,468

(1) | The developments discussed above resulted in, among other things, our review of communication tower lease obligations related to our 5G Network, through which we determined we will no longer take on any new communication tower leases, including those under our take or pay arrangements with certain vendors. Consequently, all future cash flows associated with certain communication tower leases not previously commenced under the take or pay arrangements were attributed to existing leases and certain lease liabilities were remeasured and we recorded $1.284 billion as an ROU asset and liability on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025, and the ROU assets associated with such remeasured leases were impaired in the same period. As a result, a one-time charge for variable lease payment expense resulting from this remeasurement event of $457 million, which is included in “Prepaids and other,” and “Operating lease assets” related to our 5G Network was recorded in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

(2) | Exit and disposal costs include, among other things, one-time employee termination benefits, costs to terminate contracts that are not a lease and other exit and disposal costs.

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The following table presents the activity relating to our exit and disposal costs, included in “Other accrued expenses and liabilities” and “Long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

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​ | ​ | One-Time Employee Termination Benefits | ​ | Contract Termination Costs | ​ | Total
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Balance, July 1, 2025 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | —
Costs incurred and charged to expense | ​ | ​ | 14,192 | ​ | ​ | 792,428 | ​ | ​ | 806,620
Costs paid or settled | ​ | ​ | (4,234) | ​ | ​ | (6,489) | ​ | ​ | (10,723)
Other adjustments (1) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 48,402 | ​ | ​ | 48,402
Accretion | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,475 | ​ | ​ | 4,475
Balance, September 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 9,958 | ​ | $ | 838,816 | ​ | $ | 848,774

| (1) | Primarily includes amounts for contracts previously accrued that are included in our exit and disposal costs as a result of the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, discussed above.

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Segments

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We currently operate three primary business segments: (1) Pay-TV; (2) Wireless; and (3) Broadband and Satellite Services.

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Pay-TV

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We offer pay-TV services under the DISH® brand and the SLING® brand (collectively “Pay-TV” services). The DISH branded pay-TV service consists of, among other things, FCC licenses authorizing us to use direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) and Fixed Satellite Service (“FSS”) spectrum, our owned and leased satellites, receiver systems, broadcast operations, a leased fiber optic network, in-home service and call center operations and certain other assets utilized in our operations (“DISH TV”). We also design, develop and distribute receiver systems and provide digital broadcast operations, including satellite uplinking/downlinking, transmission and other services to third-party pay-TV providers.

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The SLING branded pay-TV services consist of, among other things, multichannel, live-linear and on-demand streaming over-the-top (“OTT”) Internet-based domestic, international, Latino and Freestream video programming services (“SLING TV”). As of September 30, 2025, we had 7.166 million Pay-TV subscribers in the United States, including 5.171 million DISH TV subscribers and 1.995 million SLING TV subscribers.

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Wireless

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Our Wireless segment provides wireless communication services (“Wireless” services) and products. We offer nationwide Wireless services to subscribers primarily under our Boost Mobile® and Gen Mobile® brands. We currently offer a broad range of premium wireless devices, including the latest generation iPhones, as well as a wide selection of Samsung, Motorola and other premium devices. As of September 30, 2025, we had 7.520 million Wireless subscribers.

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We have terminated our deployment of the nation’s first cloud-native, Open Radio Access Network (“O-RAN”) based 5G VoNR and broadband network (our “5G Network”), after meeting certain interim and final build-out requirements established by the FCC. We had commenced our transition to a mobile network operator (“MNO”) as our 5G Network became commercially available and we grew our customer base on our 5G Network.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, as defined below. We are currently operating primarily as a mobile virtual network operator (“MVNO”). Within our MVNO operations, today we depend in part on either T-Mobile or AT&T to provide us with network services under the amended Master Network Services Agreement (as amended, the “MNSA”) and Network Services Agreement (as amended, the “NSA”), respectively. In light of the AT&T Transactions, we are transitioning to a hybrid MNO business model under which we will continue to operate our 5G Network core and utilize AT&T’s network services (“Hybrid MNO”). We are actively migrating customer traffic from our 5G Network to AT&T’s network as we transition to a Hybrid MNO.

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We have invested a total of over $30 billion in Wireless spectrum licenses. The $30 billion of investments related to Wireless spectrum licenses does not include $10 billion of capitalized interest related to the carrying value of such licenses. See Note 2 for further information. A significant number of these licenses are included in the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions announced during the third quarter of 2025 as detailed above in “Recent Developments.”

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Our Wireless spectrum licenses are subject to certain interim and final build-out requirements, as well as certain renewal requirements. In September 2024, the FCC conditionally granted our requests to extend the 5G deployment deadlines for certain of our Wireless spectrum licenses based on several commitments and in a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified to meeting the accelerated build-out (Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request) and the nationwide 80% coverage obligations (Commitment #1 of the Extension Request) due by December 31, 2024. Thus, pursuant to the Extension Request, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be extended to December 14, 2026.

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While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. In addition, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be further extended to June 14, 2028 since we satisfied the remaining Extension Request commitments. See Note 10 for definitions and further information. Also see above “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

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We may need to raise additional capital in the future if the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions are not completed, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all, to, among other things, make any potential Northstar Re-Auction Payment and SNR Re-Auction Payment for the AWS-3 licenses retained by the FCC. See Note 10 for definitions and further information.

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Broadband and Satellite Services

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We offer broadband satellite technologies and broadband internet products and services to consumer customers. We provide broadband network technologies, managed services, equipment, hardware, satellite services and communications solutions to government and enterprise customers. We also design, provide and install gateway and terminal equipment to customers for other satellite systems. In addition, we design, develop, construct and provide telecommunication networks comprising satellite ground segment systems and terminals to mobile system operators and our enterprise customers.

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We offer a robust suite of integrated, multi-transport solutions to enable airline and airline service providers to deliver reliable in-flight network connectivity serving both commercial and business aviation. Revenue in our satellite services business depends largely on our ability to make continuous use of our available satellite capacity on behalf of existing customers and our ability to enter into commercial relationships with new customers. As of September 30, 2025, we had 783,000 Broadband subscribers.

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Basis of Presentation

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The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, these statements do not include all of the information and notes required for complete financial statements prepared under GAAP. In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Our results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

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Principles of Consolidation

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We consolidate all majority owned subsidiaries, investments in entities in which we have controlling influence and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where we have been determined to be the primary beneficiary. The portion of equity in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to us are recorded as noncontrolling interests or redeemable noncontrolling interests. See below for further information.

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Non-consolidated investments are accounted for using the equity method when we have the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the investee. When we do not have the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of an investee, these equity securities are classified as either marketable investment securities or other investments, which will be initially recorded at cost, and based on observable market prices, will be adjusted to their fair value. We record fair value adjustments in “Other, net” within “Other Income (Expense)” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

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SNR Wireless. SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC (“SNR Wireless”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC (“SNR HoldCo”), which is an entity wholly-owned by us and, prior to February 16, 2024, by us and SNR Wireless Management, LLC (“SNR Management”). On February 16, 2024, the FCC consented to the sale of SNR Management’s ownership interests in SNR HoldCo, which was purchased by our direct wholly-owned subsidiary EchoStar SNR HoldCo L.L.C. for a total of approximately $442 million. This purchase resulted in the elimination of all of our redeemable noncontrolling interest as it related to SNR HoldCo as of the purchase date and we continue to consolidate the SNR Entities as wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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Use of Estimates

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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense for each reporting period. Estimates are based on historical experience, observable market inputs, and other reasonable assumptions in accounting for, among other things, allowances for credit losses (including those related to our installment billing programs), self-insurance obligations, deferred taxes and related valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, loss contingencies, fair value of financial instruments including embedded derivatives, fair value of options granted under our stock-based compensation plans, fair value of assets and liabilities acquired in business combinations or as part of an asset acquisition, fair value of exit or disposal cost obligations, timing and amount of asset retirement obligations, inputs or outputs used to recognize revenue over time, including the relative standalone selling prices of performance obligations, finance leases, asset impairments, estimates of future cash flows used to evaluate and recognize impairments, useful lives of property, equipment and intangible assets, incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) on lease right of use assets, estimates of the timing of future cash flows used to pay principal on certain debt obligations, estimated credit risk underlying installment receivables, nonrefundable upfront fees, independent third-party retailer incentives, programming expenses, subscriber lives and likelihood of certain contingent events. Economic conditions may increase the inherent uncertainty in the estimates and assumptions indicated above. Actual results may differ from previously estimated amounts, and such differences may be material to our condensed consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of revisions are reflected prospectively in the period they occur.

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Capitalized Interest

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We capitalize interest associated with the acquisition or construction of certain assets, including, among other things, our Wireless spectrum licenses, build-out costs associated with our 5G Network deployment and satellites. Capitalization of interest begins when, among other things, steps are taken to prepare the asset for its intended use and ceases when the asset is ready for its intended use or when substantially all activities related to the project are suspended.

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While we were commercializing our 5G Network, the interest expense was being capitalized based on the carrying amount of the 5G Network qualifying assets and the capitalization rate applied to those assets. As the qualifying assets, including markets within certain bands of wireless spectrum licenses, were placed into service with the deployment of our 5G Network, we no longer capitalized interest on those assets. As a result of the termination of the deployment of our 5G Network, we no longer have 5G Network activities that qualify for capitalization and as such ceased capitalizing interest on the 5G Network qualifying assets at the end of August 2025.

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Capitalized interest totaled $211 million and $269 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $837 million and $794 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which reduced “Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). As of September 30, 2025, substantially all capitalized interest has ceased, except for capitalized interest on our satellites under construction.

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Fair Value Measurements

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We determine fair value based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Market or observable inputs are the preferred source of values, followed by unobservable inputs or assumptions based on hypothetical transactions in the absence of market inputs. We apply the following hierarchy in determining fair value:

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| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs being quoted prices in active markets for identical assets;

| ● | Level 2, defined as observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, including quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; and quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs for which little or no market data exists, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other participants therefore requiring assumptions based on the best information available.

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As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying amount for cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable (net of allowance for credit losses) and current liabilities (excluding the “Current portion of debt, finance lease and other obligations”) was equal to or approximated fair value due to their short-term nature or proximity to current market rates.

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Fair values of our marketable investment securities are measured on a recurring basis based on a variety of observable market inputs. For our investments in publicly traded equity securities and U.S. government securities, fair value ordinarily is determined based on Level 1 measurements that reflect quoted prices for identical securities in active markets. Fair values of our investments in other marketable debt securities are generally based on Level 2 measurements as the markets for such debt securities are less active. We consider trades of identical debt securities on or near the measurement date as a strong indication of fair value and matrix pricing techniques that consider par value, coupon rate, credit quality, maturity and other relevant features may also be used to determine fair value of our investments in marketable debt securities. Additionally, we use fair value measurements from time to time in connection with other investments, asset impairment testing, exit or disposal cost obligations and the assignment of purchase consideration to assets in a non-cash exchange of assets and for assets and liabilities of acquired companies. Those fair value measurements typically include significant unobservable inputs and are categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between levels in the fair value hierarchy are considered to occur at the beginning of the quarterly accounting period. See Note 5 for the fair value of our marketable investment securities and derivative instruments.

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Fair values for our publicly traded debt securities are based on quoted market prices, when available. The fair values of non-publicly traded debt are based on, among other things, available trade information, valuations performed by a third-party, and/or an analysis in which we evaluate market conditions, related securities, various public and private offerings, and other publicly available information. In performing this analysis, we make various assumptions regarding, among other things, credit spreads, and the impact of these factors on the value of the debt securities. The non-publicly traded debt is categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 9 for the fair value of our debt.

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Assets Recognized Related to the Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer

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We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year. We have determined that certain sales incentive programs, including those with our independent third-party retailers, meet the requirements to be capitalized, and payments made under these programs are capitalized and amortized to expense over the estimated customer life or the contract term. These amounts are capitalized in “Prepaids and other assets” and “Other noncurrent assets, net” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and then amortized in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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Advertising Costs

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We recognize advertising expense when incurred as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). Advertising expenses totaled $202 million and $210 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Advertising expenses totaled $628 million and $538 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Research and Development

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Research and development costs, not incurred in connection with customer requirements, are expensed as incurred and are included as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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Additionally, customer-related research and development costs are incurred in connection with the specific requirements of a customer’s order; in such instances, the amounts for these customer funded development efforts are also included in “Cost of sales–equipment and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). Research and development costs totaled $19 million and $20 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Research and development costs totaled $53 million and $74 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

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Not Yet Adopted

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Income Taxes. On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-9, Income Taxes (Topic 740):

Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which will enhance income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires among other items disaggregated information in a reporting entity’s rate reconciliation table, clarification on uncertain tax positions and the related financial statement impact as well as information on income taxes paid on a disaggregated basis. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We will adopt the standard when it becomes effective for us beginning in our fiscal year 2025 annual financial statements, and the adoption of the standard will impact certain of our income tax disclosures.

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Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. On November 5, 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) (“ASU 2024-03”), which will enhance financial statement reporting by providing additional information about specific expense categories, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2024-03 will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements, related disclosures and control environment.

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Financial Instruments – Credit Losses. On July 30, 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (“ASU 2025-05”), which allows entities to elect a practical expedient to assume current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions under Topic 606 on revenue from contracts with customers. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. We plan to adopt the standard in our 2025 annual financial statements, and we expect the adoption of the standard will have an immaterial impact on our allowance for credit losses.

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Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software. On September 18, 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”), which removes the references to the sequential software development stages from the guidance in Subtopic 350-40. Upon the adoption of ASU 2025-06, an entity is required to start capitalizing software costs when both of the following occur: (1) management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and (2) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2025-06 will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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3. | Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share

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We present both basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS. Basic EPS excludes potential dilution and is computed by dividing “Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar” by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if stock awards were exercised and if, our Existing DISH Convertible Notes and EchoStar Convertible Notes, as defined in Note 9, (together the “Convertible Notes,”) were converted. The potential dilution from stock awards is accounted for using the treasury stock method based on the average market value of our Class A common stock for the reporting period. The potential dilution from conversion of the Convertible Notes is accounted for using the if-converted method, which requires that all of the shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes will be included in the calculation of diluted EPS assuming conversion of the Convertible Notes at the beginning of the reporting period (or at time of issuance, if later).

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The following table presents EPS amounts for all periods and the basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding used in the calculation.

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
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Net income (loss) |  | $ | (12,781,348) |  | $ | (143,801) |  | $ | (13,291,473) |  | $ | (459,634)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | ​ |  | (152) | ​ |  | (1,989) | ​ |  | (1,476) | ​ |  | (4,855)
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar - Basic |  | ​ | (12,781,196) |  | ​ | (141,812) |  | ​ | (13,289,997) |  | ​ | (454,779)
Interest on dilutive Convertible Notes, net of tax (1) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar - Diluted | ​ | $ | (12,781,196) | ​ | $ | (141,812) | ​ | $ | (13,289,997) | ​ | $ | (454,779)
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Weighted-average common shares outstanding - Class A and B common stock: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic (2) | ​ |  | 288,051 | ​ |  | 271,736 | ​ |  | 287,362 | ​ |  | 271,616
Dilutive impact of Convertible Notes (1) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | -
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding (1) | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | —
Diluted | ​ |  | 288,051 | ​ |  | 271,736 | ​ |  | 287,362 | ​ |  | 271,616
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Earnings per share - Class A and B common stock: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to EchoStar |  | $ | (44.37) |  | $ | (0.52) |  | $ | (46.25) |  | $ | (1.67)
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to EchoStar |  | $ | (44.37) |  | $ | (0.52) |  | $ | (46.25) |  | $ | (1.67)

(1) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the interest on dilutive Convertible Notes and the dilutive impact of weighted-average shares of Class A common stock were excluded from the computation of “Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to EchoStar” because the effect would have been anti-dilutive as a result of the net loss attributable to EchoStar in the period. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, our Convertible Notes may be converted into 59 million shares and 33 million shares, respectively.

(2) | On November 12, 2024, we issued and sold 14.265 million shares of our Class A Common Stock to certain PIPE investors.

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Certain stock awards to acquire our Class A common stock are not included in the weighted-average common shares outstanding above, as their effect is anti-dilutive. In addition, vesting of performance/market based options and rights to acquire shares of our Class A common stock granted pursuant to our performance based stock incentive plans (“Restricted Performance Units”) are both contingent upon meeting certain goals, some of which are not yet probable of being achieved. Furthermore, the warrants that we issued to certain option counterparties in connection with the Convertible Notes due 2026 are only exercisable at their expiration if the market price per share of our Class A common stock is greater than the strike price of the warrants, which strike prices range between approximately $185.75 to $245.33 per share, subject to certain adjustments. As a consequence, the following are not included in the diluted EPS calculation.

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​ | ​ | As of September 30,
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| ​ | (In thousands)
Anti-dilutive stock awards | ​ | 1,911 | ​ | 7,195
Performance/market based options |  | 4,225 | ​ | 4,418
Common stock warrants | ​ | 16,151 | ​ | 16,151
Total | ​ | 22,287 | ​ | 27,764

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4. | Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows

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The following table presents certain supplemental cash flow and other non-cash data. See Note 8 for supplemental cash flow and non-cash data related to leases.

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​ | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
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Cash paid for interest (including capitalized interest) |  | $ | 1,229,524 | ​ | $ | 895,504
Interest paid in kind on long-term debt (1) | ​ | ​ | 125,559 | ​ | ​ | —
Cash paid for income taxes, net of (refunds) | ​ | ​ | 27,954 | ​ | ​ | (17,679)
Total capitalized interest (2) | ​ | ​ | 837,140 | ​ | ​ | 793,532
Employee benefits paid in Class A common stock | ​ | ​ | 16,834 | ​ | ​ | —
Accrued capital expenditures | ​ | ​ | 123,486 | ​ | ​ | 114,413
Remeasured right of use asset and liability (3) | ​ | ​ | 1,283,916 | ​ | ​ | —
Asset retirement obligation (4) | ​ | ​ | 85,681 | ​ | ​ | 14,010

(1) | See Note 9 for further information.

(2) | See Note 2 for further information.

(3) | See Note 8 for further information.

(4) | See Note 7 for further information.

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5. | Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investments

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Our marketable investment securities, restricted cash and cash equivalents, and other investments consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
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Marketable investment securities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Current marketable investment securities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Strategic - available-for-sale | ​ | $ | 51 | ​ | $ | 51
Strategic - trading/equity | ​ | ​ | 52,472 | ​ | ​ | 26,454
Other | ​ | ​ | 1,430,305 | ​ | ​ | 1,215,531
Total current marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 1,482,828 | ​ | ​ | 1,242,036
Restricted marketable investment securities (1) | ​ | ​ | 65,840 | ​ | ​ | 32,114
Total marketable investment securities | ​ | ​ | 1,548,668 | ​ | ​ | 1,274,150
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Restricted cash and cash equivalents (1) | ​ | ​ | 278,087 | ​ | ​ | 288,411
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Other investments, net: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Equity method investments | ​ | ​ | 83,357 | ​ | ​ | 83,423
Other investments | ​ | ​ | 109,915 | ​ | ​ | 118,904
Total other investments, net | ​ | ​ | 193,272 | ​ | ​ | 202,327
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Total marketable investment securities, restricted cash and cash equivalents, and other investments, net | ​ | $ | 2,020,027 | ​ | $ | 1,764,888

(1) | Restricted marketable investment securities and restricted cash and cash equivalents are included in “Current restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities” and “Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and discussed below.

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Marketable Investment Securities

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Our marketable investment securities portfolio may consist of debt and equity instruments. All equity securities are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in “Other, net” within “Other Income (Expense)” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). All debt securities are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at fair value. We report the temporary unrealized gains and losses related to changes in market conditions of marketable debt securities as a separate component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” within “Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit),” net of related deferred income tax on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The corresponding changes in the fair value of marketable debt securities, which are determined to be company specific credit losses are recorded in “Other, net” within “Other Income (Expense)” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 2 for further information.

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Current Marketable Investment Securities – Strategic

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Our current strategic marketable investment securities portfolio includes and may include strategic and financial debt and/or equity investments in private and public companies that are highly speculative and have experienced and continue to experience volatility. As of September 30, 2025, this portfolio consisted of securities of a small number of issuers, and as a result the value of that portfolio depends, among other things, on the performance of those issuers. The fair value of certain of the debt and equity securities in this portfolio can be adversely impacted by, among other things, the issuers’ respective performance and ability to obtain any necessary additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all.

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Current Marketable Investment Securities – Other

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Our current other marketable investment securities portfolio includes investments in various debt instruments including, among others, commercial paper, corporate securities and United States treasury and/or agency securities. Commercial paper consists mainly of unsecured short-term, promissory notes issued primarily by corporations with maturities ranging up to 365 days. Corporate securities consist of debt instruments issued by corporations with various maturities normally less than 18 months. U.S. Treasury and agency securities consist of debt instruments issued by the federal government and other government agencies.

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Restricted Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Investment Securities

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As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, our restricted marketable investment securities, together with our restricted cash and cash equivalents, included amounts required as collateral for our letters of credit, surety bonds and trusts.

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Current restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had $170 million and $151 million, respectively, included in “Current restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that primarily consists of amounts required as collateral for our letters of credit and funds received by our subsidiary, DISH DBS Issuer LLC (“DBS SubscriberCo”), from subscriber payments and certain other revenue, which are required to be restricted per the terms of the debt issued by DBS SubscriberCo. DBS SubscriberCo holds certain DISH TV subscribers and their related subscription and equipment agreements which collateralizes certain debt obligations.

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Other Investments, net

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We have strategic investments in certain debt and/or equity securities that are included in noncurrent “Other investments, net” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our debt securities are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at fair value. Generally, our debt investments in non-publicly traded debt instruments without a readily determinable fair value are recorded at amortized cost. Our equity investments where we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Certain of our equity method investments are detailed below.

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NagraStar L.L.C. We own a 50% interest in NagraStar L.L.C. (“NagraStar”), a joint venture that is our primary provider of encryption and related security systems intended to assure that only authorized customers have access to our programming. The three main technologies NagraStar provides to its customers are microchips, set-top box software and uplink computer systems. NagraStar also provides end-to-end platform security testing services.

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Invidi Technologies Corporation. We own a 35% interest in Invidi Technologies Corporation (“Invidi”), an entity that provides proprietary software for the addressable advertising market. Invidi contracts with multichannel video programming distributers to include its software in their respective set-top boxes and DVRs in order to deliver targeted advertisements based on a variety of demographic attributes selected by the advertisers. Invidi has also developed a cloud-based solution for internet protocol-based platforms.

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TerreStar Solutions, Inc. We own a 33% interest in TerreStar Solutions, Inc. (“TSI”), an entity that provides wireless mobile communication coverage in Canada using a satellite user terminal. TSI’s wireless communications system is based on a satellite and ground-based technology, which provides communication services in hard-to-reach areas and provides a nationwide interoperable, survivable and critical communications infrastructure. TSI also holds and leases certain 2 GHz wireless spectrum licenses in Canada.

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Deluxe/EchoStar LLC. We own 50% of Deluxe/EchoStar LLC (“Deluxe”), a joint venture that we entered into in 2010 to build an advanced digital cinema satellite distribution network targeting delivery to digitally equipped theaters in the U.S. and Canada.

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Broadband Connectivity Solutions (Restricted) Limited. We own 20% of Broadband Connectivity Solutions (Restricted) Limited (together with its subsidiaries, “BCS”), a joint venture that we entered into in 2018 to provide commercial Ka-band satellite broadband services across Africa, the Middle East and southwest Asia operating over Yahsat’s Al Yah 2 and Al Yah 3 Ka-band satellites. The Al Yah 3 Ka-band satellite is no longer in service.

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We also hold investments that are not accounted for using the equity method of accounting, which are measured at fair value. Investments in equity securities without readily determinable fair values are accounted for at cost, less impairment, and adjusted for observable price changes for identical or similar investments of the same issuer.

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Our ability to realize value from our strategic investments in securities that are not publicly traded depends on, among other things, the success of the issuers’ businesses and their ability to obtain sufficient capital, on acceptable terms or at all, and to execute their business plans. Because private markets are not as liquid as public markets, there is also increased risk that we will not be able to sell these investments, or that when we desire to sell them we will not be able to obtain fair value for them.

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Our investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:

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​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, 2025 | ​ | December 31, 2024
​ |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
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Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash | ​ | $ | 530,208 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 530,208 | ​ | $ | 594,654 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 594,654
Cash equivalents | ​ | ​ | 243,819 | ​ | ​ | 1,935,802 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,179,621 | ​ | ​ | 255,118 | ​ | ​ | 3,744,032 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 3,999,150
Total | ​ | $ | 774,027 | ​ | $ | 1,935,802 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 2,709,829 | ​ | $ | 849,772 | ​ | $ | 3,744,032 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 4,593,804
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Debt securities (including restricted): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
U.S. Treasury and agency securities | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 8,163 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 8,163
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 503,343 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 503,343 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 596,568 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 596,568
Corporate securities | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 976,181 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 976,181 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 629,115 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 629,115
Other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,621 | ​ | ​ | 51 | ​ | ​ | 16,672 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 13,799 | ​ | ​ | 51 | ​ | ​ | 13,850
Equity securities | ​ | ​ | 52,472 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 52,472 | ​ | ​ | 26,454 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 26,454
Total | ​ | $ | 52,472 | ​ | $ | 1,496,145 | ​ | $ | 51 | ​ | $ | 1,548,668 | ​ | $ | 34,617 | ​ | $ | 1,239,482 | ​ | $ | 51 | ​ | $ | 1,274,150

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As of September 30, 2025, restricted and non-restricted marketable investment securities included debt securities of $761 million with contractual maturities within one year and $735 million with contractual maturities extending longer than one year through and including five years. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities as a result of our ability to sell these securities prior to maturity.

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Gains and Losses on Sales and Changes in Carrying Amounts of Investments and Other

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“Other, net” within “Other Income (Expense)” included on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) is as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
Other, net: |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| ​ | (In thousands)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) and impairments on investments and other | ​ | $ | 1,494 | ​ | $ | 7,383 | ​ | $ | 17,419 | ​ | $ | (41,929)
Gains (losses) related to early redemption of debt | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 11,465 | ​ | ​ | —
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) | ​ | ​ | 4,085 | ​ | ​ | 847 | ​ | ​ | 9,763 | ​ | ​ | (2,482)
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates | ​ | ​ | 726 | ​ | ​ | (5,276) | ​ | ​ | 4,909 | ​ | ​ | (74,459)
Asset sales and other gains (losses) (1) | ​ | ​ | 22,033 | ​ | ​ | 50,418 | ​ | ​ | 59,474 | ​ | ​ | 50,418
Other | ​ | ​ | 615 | ​ | ​ | (1,265) | ​ | ​ | 2,450 | ​ | ​ | 2,951
Total | ​ | $ | 28,953 | ​ | $ | 52,107 | ​ | $ | 105,480 | ​ | $ | (65,501)

(1) | Asset sales and other assets gains (losses) includes, among other things, gains and (losses) related to the Omega Transaction and sale of the Fiber business during 2025 and the Liberty Puerto Rico asset sale during 2024.

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6. | Inventory

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Inventory consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Finished goods | ​ | $ | 302,382 | ​ | $ | 353,401
Work-in-process and service repairs | ​ | ​ | 68,935 | ​ | ​ | 58,028
Consignment | ​ | ​ | 6,913 | ​ | ​ | 10,110
Raw materials | ​ | ​ | 37,838 | ​ | ​ | 33,658
Total inventory | ​ | $ | 416,068 | ​ | $ | 455,197

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7. | Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

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Property and Equipment

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Property and equipment consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Depreciable | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | Life | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | (In Years) |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers | ​ | 2 | - | 5 | ​ | $ | 1,699,486 | ​ | $ | 1,784,801
Satellites (1) | ​ | 5 | - | 15 | ​ | ​ | 3,435,260 | ​ | ​ | 3,872,664
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements | ​ | ​ | 15 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 358,754 | ​ | ​ | 344,972
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other | ​ | 1 | - | 20 | ​ | ​ | 1,602,421 | ​ | ​ | 1,686,992
5G Network equipment/Hybrid MNO (1)(2) | ​ | 3 | - | 15 | ​ | ​ | 89,633 | ​ | ​ | 5,382,706
Software and computer equipment (1) | ​ | 1 | - | 8 | ​ | ​ | 1,625,774 | ​ | ​ | 2,216,007
Buildings and improvements | ​ | 1 | - | 40 | ​ | ​ | 515,635 | ​ | ​ | 513,419
Land | ​ | ​ | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 42,985 | ​ | ​ | 42,842
Construction in progress (1) | ​ | ​ | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 484,256 | ​ | ​ | 1,570,275
Total property and equipment | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 9,854,204 | ​ | ​ | 17,414,678
Accumulated depreciation | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (6,769,411) | ​ | ​ | (8,227,546)
Property and equipment, net (3) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 3,084,793 | ​ | $ | 9,187,132

(1) | This change primarily resulted from the non-cash impairment of long-lived assets. See Note 1 for further information.

(2) | Historically, includes 5G Network assets acquired under finance lease agreements.

(3) | As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no refunds and other receipts of purchases of property and equipment.

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Depreciation and amortization expense consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers | ​ | $ | 56,221 | ​ | $ | 83,778 | ​ | $ | 177,243 | ​ | $ | 214,723
Satellites | ​ | ​ | 55,829 | ​ | ​ | 74,464 | ​ | ​ | 186,092 | ​ | ​ | 225,365
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 24,106 | ​ | ​ | 20,685 | ​ | ​ | 85,377 | ​ | ​ | 96,105
5G Network equipment/Hybrid MNO | ​ | ​ | 159,115 | ​ | ​ | 187,281 | ​ | ​ | 584,029 | ​ | ​ | 533,575
Software and computer equipment | ​ | ​ | 82,517 | ​ | ​ | 94,193 | ​ | ​ | 298,677 | ​ | ​ | 278,746
Intangible assets and other amortization expense | ​ | ​ | 13,503 | ​ | ​ | 17,033 | ​ | ​ | 41,261 | ​ | ​ | 121,845
Total depreciation and amortization | ​ | $ | 391,291 | ​ | $ | 477,434 | ​ | $ | 1,372,679 | ​ | $ | 1,470,359

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Cost of sales and operating expense categories included in our accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) do not include depreciation and amortization expense related to satellites, equipment leased to customers, or our 5G Network equipment and software, and amortization of development costs of externally marketed software.

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Activity relating to our asset retirement obligations, included in “Long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, was as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2025 |  | 2024 | ​ | 2025 | ​ | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Balance, beginning of period | ​ | $ | 347,720 | ​ | $ | 300,475 | ​ | $ | 327,031 | ​ | $ | 278,287
Liabilities incurred | ​ | ​ | 337 | ​ | ​ | 5,051 | ​ | ​ | 5,222 | ​ | ​ | 14,010
Accretion expense | ​ | ​ | 9,115 | ​ | ​ | 7,114 | ​ | ​ | 24,919 | ​ | ​ | 20,343
Remeasurement of estimate | ​ | ​ | 80,459 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 80,459 | ​ | ​ | —
Balance, end of period | ​ | $ | 437,631 | ​ | $ | 312,640 | ​ | $ | 437,631 | ​ | $ | 312,640

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During the third quarter of 2025, our asset retirement obligations were revised as the timing associated with the obligations to remediate leased property on our communication towers was accelerated.

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The corresponding assets, net of accumulated depreciation, related to asset retirement obligations were impaired as of September 30, 2025, resulting in a net book value of zero and $216 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. See Note 1 for further information.

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Satellites Pay-TV Segment

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Our Pay-TV segment currently utilizes eight satellites in geosynchronous orbit approximately 22,300 miles above the equator, seven of which we own and depreciate over their estimated useful life. We also lease one satellite from a third party, Nimiq 5, which is accounted for as an operating lease.

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As of September 30, 2025, our Pay-TV segment satellite fleet consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Degree | ​ | Lease
​ | ​ | Launch | ​ | Orbital | ​ | Termination
Satellites |  | Date |  | Location |  | Date
Owned: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
EchoStar X | ​ | February 2006 | ​ | 110 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XI | ​ | July 2008 | ​ | 110 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XIV | ​ | March 2010 | ​ | 119 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XV | ​ | July 2010 | ​ | 119 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XVI | ​ | November 2012 | ​ | 61.5 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XVIII | ​ | June 2016 | ​ | 61.5 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XXIII | ​ | March 2017 | ​ | 110 | ​ | N/A
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Under Construction: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
EchoStar XXV | ​ | 2026 | ​ | 110 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XXVI | ​ | 2028 | ​ | 119 | ​ | N/A
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Leased from Other Third-Party: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Nimiq 5 | ​ | September 2009 | ​ | 72.7 | ​ | October 2029

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As of April 2025, we no longer lease the Anik F3 satellite.

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Satellites Under Construction

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EchoStar XXV. On March 20, 2023, we entered into a contract with Lanteris Space LLC for the construction of EchoStar XXV, a DBS satellite that is capable of providing service to the continental United States (“CONUS”) and is intended to be used at the 110 degree orbital location. During the fourth quarter of 2023, we entered into an agreement with SpaceX for launch services for this satellite, which is expected to be launched during 2026.

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EchoStar XXVI. On May 15, 2025, we entered into a contract with Lanteris Space LLC for the construction of EchoStar XXVI, a DBS satellite that is capable of providing service to the CONUS and is intended to be used at the 119 degree orbital location. During the third quarter of 2025, we entered into an agreement with SpaceX for launch services for this satellite, which is expected to be launched during 2028.

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Satellites - Broadband and Satellite Services Segment

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Our Broadband and Satellite Services segment currently utilizes seven satellites in geosynchronous orbit approximately 22,300 miles above the equator, four of which we own and depreciate over their estimated useful life. We also lease three satellites from third parties, which are accounted for as finance leases and are depreciated over their economic life.

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As of September 30, 2025, our Broadband and Satellite Services segment satellite fleet consisted of the following:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Degree | ​ | Lease
​ | ​ | Launch | ​ | Orbital | ​ | Termination
Satellites |  | Date |  | Location |  | Date
Owned: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
EchoStar XVII | ​ | July 2012 | ​ | 107 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XIX | ​ | December 2016 | ​ | 97.1 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XXI (1) | ​ | June 2017 | ​ | 10.25 | ​ | N/A
EchoStar XXIV | ​ | July 2023 | ​ | 95.2 | ​ | N/A
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Leased from Other Third-Party: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Eutelsat 65 West A | ​ | March 2016 | ​ | 65 | ​ | July 2031
Telesat T19V | ​ | July 2018 | ​ | 63 | ​ | August 2033
EchoStar 105/SES-11 | ​ | October 2017 | ​ | 105 | ​ | November 2030

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| (1) | As of September 30, 2025, we impaired the EchoStar XXI satellite and wrote down the carrying value of the satellite to the estimated fair value of zero. See Note 1 for further information.

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As of June 2025, all commercial traffic on the Al Yah 3 satellite had been transferred to other satellites in our fleet and the Al Yah 3 satellite is no longer operational and is no longer in service.

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In addition, all commercial traffic on the EchoStar IX satellite has been transferred to other satellites in our fleet and the EchoStar IX satellite is no longer in service. During the second quarter of 2025, we began the disposal process for the EchoStar IX satellite and the disposal process was completed in the third quarter of 2025.

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8. | Leases

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Lessee Accounting

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We enter into non-cancelable operating and finance leases for, among other things, communication towers, satellites, satellite-related ground infrastructure, data centers, office space, dark fiber and transport equipment, warehouses and distribution centers, vehicles and other equipment. Substantially all of our leases have remaining lease terms from one to 13 years, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 1.1 to 9.7 years, some of which include renewal options, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within one year. For certain arrangements, the lease term includes the non-cancelable period plus the renewal period that we are reasonably certain to exercise.

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Our Eutelsat 65 West A, Telesat T19V and EchoStar 105/SES-11 satellites are accounted for as finance leases within our Broadband and Satellite Services segment. Through the third quarter of 2024, our Nimiq 5 satellite was accounted for as finance lease within our Pay-TV segment. However, during October 2024, we extended the Nimiq 5 lease and as a result it is currently accounted for as an operating lease. In addition, through the first quarter of 2025, our Anik F3 satellite was accounted for as an operating lease within our Pay-

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TV segment and as of April 2025 we no longer lease this satellite. Substantially all of our remaining leases are accounted for as operating leases.

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The components of lease expense were as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Operating lease cost | ​ | $ | 159,215 | ​ | $ | 156,172 | ​ | $ | 493,077 | ​ | $ | 478,662
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Short-term lease cost (1) | ​ | ​ | 2,119 | ​ | ​ | 1,183 | ​ | ​ | 10,460 | ​ | ​ | 3,234
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Finance lease cost: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Amortization of right-of-use assets | ​ | ​ | 10,973 | ​ | ​ | 25,561 | ​ | ​ | 37,442 | ​ | ​ | 58,239
Interest on lease liabilities | ​ | ​ | 1,184 | ​ | ​ | 1,980 | ​ | ​ | 4,028 | ​ | ​ | 7,169
Total finance lease cost | ​ | ​ | 12,157 | ​ | ​ | 27,541 | ​ | ​ | 41,470 | ​ | ​ | 65,408
Total lease costs | ​ | $ | 173,491 | ​ | $ | 184,896 | ​ | $ | 545,007 | ​ | $ | 547,304

(1) | Leases that have terms of 12 months or less.

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Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating cash flows from operating leases | ​ | $ | 453,102 | ​ | $ | 368,793
Operating cash flows from finance leases | ​ | $ | 3,483 | ​ | $ | 7,363
Financing cash flows from finance leases | ​ | $ | 18,488 | ​ | $ | 49,648
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | $ | 154,540 | ​ | $ | 406,101
Finance leases | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | —
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Remeasured right of use asset and liability | ​ | $ | 1,283,916 | ​ | $ | —

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Operating Leases: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating lease assets (1) | ​ | $ | 291,846 | ​ | $ | 3,260,768
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Other current liabilities (1) | ​ | $ | 747,178 | ​ | $ | 528,542
Operating lease liabilities (1) | ​ | ​ | 4,266,240 | ​ | ​ | 3,211,407
Total operating lease liabilities (1) | ​ | $ | 5,013,418 | ​ | $ | 3,739,949
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Finance Leases: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Property and equipment, gross | ​ | $ | 364,779 | ​ | $ | 466,074
Accumulated depreciation | ​ | ​ | (191,737) | ​ | ​ | (235,001)
Property and equipment, net | ​ | $ | 173,042 | ​ | $ | 231,073
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Other current liabilities | ​ | $ | 33,894 | ​ | $ | 30,381
Other long-term liabilities | ​ | ​ | 14,817 | ​ | ​ | 36,818
Total finance lease liabilities | ​ | $ | 48,711 | ​ | $ | 67,199
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | ​ | 9.7 years | ​ | ​ | 9.7 years
Finance leases | ​ | ​ | 1.1 years | ​ | ​ | 1.7 years
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Weighted Average Discount Rate: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | ​ | 9.9% | ​ | ​ | 10.2%
Finance leases | ​ | ​ | 9.7% | ​ | ​ | 9.3%

(1) | During the third quarter of 2025, as a result of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, resulting in a significant adverse change in the intended use of such assets. These developments were considered triggering events and resulted in, among other things, our review of communication tower lease obligations related to our 5G Network, through which we determined we will no longer take on any new communication tower leases, including those under our take or pay arrangements with certain vendors. Consequently, all future cash flows associated with certain communication tower leases not previously commenced under the take or pay arrangements were attributed to existing leases and certain lease liabilities were remeasured and we recorded $1.284 billion as an ROU asset and liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025, and the ROU assets associated with such remeasured leases were impaired in the same period and we recorded $4.191 billion in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) in the same period. As a result, a one-time charge for variable lease payment expense resulting from this remeasurement event related to our 5G Network was recorded in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 1 for further information.

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Maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2025 were as follows:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Maturities of Lease Liabilities
​ | ​ | Operating | ​ | Finance | ​ | ​ | ​
For the Years Ending December 31, |  | Leases |  | Leases |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
2025 (remaining three months) | ​ | $ | 196,802 | ​ | $ | 13,425 | ​ | $ | 210,227
2026 | ​ | ​ | 820,131 | ​ | ​ | 36,588 | ​ | ​ | 856,719
2027 | ​ | ​ | 819,578 | ​ | ​ | 2,574 | ​ | ​ | 822,152
2028 | ​ | ​ | 758,849 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 758,849
2029 | ​ | ​ | 723,097 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 723,097
Thereafter | ​ | ​ | 4,589,921 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,589,921
Total lease payments | ​ | ​ | 7,908,378 | ​ | ​ | 52,587 | ​ | ​ | 7,960,965
Less: Imputed interest | ​ | ​ | (2,894,960) | ​ | ​ | (3,876) | ​ | ​ | (2,898,836)
Total | ​ | ​ | 5,013,418 | ​ | ​ | 48,711 | ​ | ​ | 5,062,129
Less: Current portion | ​ | ​ | (747,178) | ​ | ​ | (33,894) | ​ | ​ | (781,072)
Long-term portion of lease obligations | ​ | $ | 4,266,240 | ​ | $ | 14,817 | ​ | $ | 4,281,057

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Lessor Accounting

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We lease satellite capacity, communications equipment and real estate to certain of our customers.

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The following table presents our lease revenue by type of lease:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Lease revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Sales-type lease revenue | ​ | $ | 1,152 | ​ | $ | 2,984 | ​ | $ | 5,136 | ​ | $ | 5,607
Operating lease revenue | ​ | ​ | 7,254 | ​ | ​ | 2,732 | ​ | ​ | 11,669 | ​ | ​ | 12,216
Total lease revenue | ​ | $ | 8,406 | ​ | $ | 5,716 | ​ | $ | 16,805 | ​ | $ | 17,823

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Substantially all of our net investment in sales-type leases consisted of lease receivables totaling $21 million and $26 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

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The following table presents future operating lease payments to be received as of September 30, 2025:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​
For the Years Ending December 31, |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
2025 (remaining three months) | ​ | $ | 4,078
2026 | ​ | ​ | 10,074
2027 | ​ | ​ | 6,450
2028 | ​ | ​ | 4,152
2029 | ​ | ​ | 3,303
Thereafter | ​ | ​ | 1,997
Total lease payments to be received | ​ | $ | 30,054

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9. | Debt and Finance Lease Obligations

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Fair Value of our Debt

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The following table summarizes the carrying amount and fair value of our debt facilities as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

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​ | ​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | ​ | September 30, 2025 | ​ | December 31, 2024
​ | Issuer |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
​ | ​ | ​ | (In thousands)
0% Convertible Notes due 2025 | DISH | ​ | $ | 138,403 | ​ | $ | 136,766 | ​ | $ | 138,403 | ​ | $ | 124,916
Term Loan due 2025 (1) | DBS SubscriberCo | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 500,000 | ​ | ​ | 500,000
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026 (2) | DDBS | ​ | ​ | 2,000,000 | ​ | ​ | 1,985,900 | ​ | ​ | 2,000,000 | ​ | ​ | 1,678,640
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (2)(3) | HSSC | ​ | ​ | 627,283 | ​ | ​ | 615,979 | ​ | ​ | 750,000 | ​ | ​ | 686,475
6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2026 (2) | HSSC | ​ | ​ | 750,000 | ​ | ​ | 715,380 | ​ | ​ | 750,000 | ​ | ​ | 595,725
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 (2) | DISH | ​ | ​ | 45,209 | ​ | ​ | 43,708 | ​ | ​ | 45,209 | ​ | ​ | 38,495
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | DDBS | ​ | ​ | 2,750,000 | ​ | ​ | 2,702,315 | ​ | ​ | 2,750,000 | ​ | ​ | 2,507,780
11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | DISH | ​ | ​ | 3,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 3,653,755 | ​ | ​ | 3,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 3,708,460
7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2028 | DDBS | ​ | ​ | 1,000,000 | ​ | ​ | 922,180 | ​ | ​ | 1,000,000 | ​ | ​ | 715,680
5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 | DDBS | ​ | ​ | 2,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 2,399,625 | ​ | ​ | 2,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 2,143,350
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2029 | DDBS | ​ | ​ | 1,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 1,287,825 | ​ | ​ | 1,500,000 | ​ | ​ | 959,610
Term Loan due 2029 (4) | DBS SubscriberCo | ​ | ​ | 1,800,000 | ​ | ​ | 1,770,922 | ​ | ​ | 1,800,000 | ​ | ​ | 1,800,000
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares due 2029 (4)(5) | DBS SubscriberCo | ​ | ​ | 200,000 | ​ | ​ | 196,211 | ​ | ​ | 200,000 | ​ | ​ | 200,000
10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (6) | SATS | ​ | ​ | 5,506,000 | ​ | ​ | 6,063,813 | ​ | ​ | 5,356,000 | ​ | ​ | 5,763,110
3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (7)(8) | SATS | ​ | ​ | 1,946,856 | ​ | ​ | 4,775,424 | ​ | ​ | 1,906,229 | ​ | ​ | 2,029,715
6 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (9) | SATS | ​ | ​ | 2,372,670 | ​ | ​ | 2,448,548 | ​ | ​ | 2,287,738 | ​ | ​ | 2,070,952
Other notes payable | ​ | ​ | ​ | 76,794 | ​ | ​ | 76,794 | ​ | ​ | 108,072 | ​ | ​ | 108,072
Subtotal | ​ | ​ | ​ | 26,713,215 | ​ | $ | 29,795,145 | ​ | ​ | 27,091,651 | ​ | $ | 25,630,980
Unamortized deferred financing costs and other debt discounts, net | ​ | ​ | ​ | (451,056) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (555,533) | ​ | ​ | ​
Finance lease obligations (10) | ​ | ​ | ​ | 48,711 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 67,199 | ​ | ​ | ​
Total | ​ | ​ | ​ | 26,310,870 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 26,603,317 | ​ | ​ | ​
Less: current portion (4) | ​ | ​ | ​ | (4,519,619) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (943,029) | ​ | ​ | ​
Total debt, finance lease and other obligations, net of current portion | ​ | ​ | $ | 21,791,251 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 25,660,288 | ​ | ​ | ​

(1) | We redeemed the principal balance of our Term Loan due 2025 as of September 30, 2025, the instrument’s maturity date.

(2) | These notes have been reclassified to “Current portion of debt, finance lease and other obligations” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025.

(3) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we repurchased approximately $123 million of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 in open market trades. The remaining balance of approximately $627 million matures on August 1, 2026.

(4) | A portion of the principal balance of these instruments is classified as “Current portion of debt, finance lease and other obligations” due to payment terms upon which we will pay a portion of principal balance based on the variable cash flows for certain Pay-TV business metrics which are an estimate and could change significantly based on actual performance.

(5) | Due to the June 30, 2029 mandatory redemption feature of this instrument, it is considered a debt instrument.

(6) | On May 8, 2025, we issued an additional $150 million aggregate principal amount of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 30, 2029.

(7) | Beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending at the close of business on December 31, 2025, o ur 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 are convertible, at the option of the holders. These notes are convertible, at our election, into cash, approximately 58 million shares of our Class A common stock or a combination thereof. See the description of our 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 below for further information.

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(8) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we elected to make our semi-annual interest payment of approximately $41 million in kind.

(9) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we elected to make our semi-annual interest payment of approximately $85 million in kind.

(10) | Disclosure regarding fair value of finance leases is not required.

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We estimated the fair value of our publicly traded long-term debt using market prices in less active markets (Level 2). We estimated the fair value of our non-publicly traded debt based on, among other things, available trade information and/or valuations performed by a third-party (Level 3).

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Senior Notes and Convertible Notes

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The below summaries are not complete and are qualified in entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the applicable indentures.

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EchoStar Senior Secured Notes and Convertible Secured Notes

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The EchoStar Senior Secured Notes and Convertible Secured Notes are:

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| ● | senior unsecured obligations of EchoStar and guaranteed by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors (as defined below) and the Equity Pledge Guarantors (as defined below) on a senior secured basis;

| ● | secured equally and ratably with certain other secured indebtedness on a first-priority basis, subject to permitted liens, certain exceptions and the first lien intercreditor agreement, by: (i) a lien on all licenses, authorizations and permits issued from time to time by the FCC for use of the AWS-3 Spectrum and for the use of the AWS-4 Spectrum (the “Spectrum Assets”) held by certain of our subsidiaries that hold any Spectrum Assets (each, a “Spectrum Assets Guarantor”); (ii) the proceeds of any Spectrum Assets sale; (iii) other wireless licenses (valued by third-party) of similar value which can be substituted for the Spectrum Assets; and (iv) a lien on the equity interests held by an entity that directly owns any equity interests in any Spectrum Assets Guarantor (each, a “Equity Pledge Guarantor”);

| ● | ranked equally in right of payment, without giving effect to collateral arrangements, with all of our and the Spectrum Assets Guarantors’ or Equity Pledge Guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness;

| ● | ranked senior in right of payment to any of our and the Spectrum Assets Guarantors or Equity Pledge Guarantors’ subordinated existing and future indebtedness and effectively senior to any of the Spectrum Assets Guarantors or Equity Pledge Guarantors unsecured indebtedness and indebtedness secured by junior liens on the collateral to the extent of the value of the collateral and effectively junior to all the existing and future obligations of any of our subsidiaries that are not Spectrum Assets Guarantors or Equity Pledge Guarantors.

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The indentures related to our EchoStar Senior Secured Notes and Convertible Secured Notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, impose limitations on the ability of EchoStar and the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and the Equity Pledge Guarantors to:

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| ● | incur or guarantee additional debt;

| ● | make certain investments and other restricted payments;

| ● | create liens;

| ● | enter into transactions with affiliates;

| ● | merge or consolidate with another company;

| ● | transfer or sell assets;

| ● | allow to exist certain restrictions on paying dividends or other payments; and

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| ● | engage in new activities (applicable to guarantors).

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Pursuant to the related indenture, we were required to appoint independent appraisers to determine the aggregate Appraised Value (as defined in the related indenture) of the Spectrum Assets within 60 days following the issue date of the EchoStar Senior Secured Notes and Convertible Secured Notes. Based on the independent appraisals and in accordance with the definition of “Appraised Value” in the related indenture, the Initial Appraisal (as defined in the related indenture) was determined to be $33.1 billion, with a LTV Ratio (as defined in the related indenture) of approximately 0.3 to 1.00.

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We will also be required to obtain a forfeiture appraisal of the Spectrum Assets (the “Spectrum Assets Forfeiture Appraisal”) within 60 days of the forfeiture date if wireless spectrum licenses that form part of the Spectrum Assets accounting for more than 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs of all such licenses constituting the Spectrum Assets are forfeited to the FCC as a result of our failure to meet its build-out milestones with respect to such forfeited licenses.

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If the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Spectrum Assets as of the date of the Spectrum Assets Forfeiture Appraisal is greater than 0.375 to 1.00, then within 60 days following the date of the delivery of the Spectrum Assets Forfeiture Appraisal, we will be required to add additional Spectrum Assets Guarantors and/or pledge (or cause to be pledged) cash or additional wireless spectrum licenses as Spectrum Assets to comply with the required loan-to-value ratio of 0.375 to 1.00.

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10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029

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On November 12, 2024 and on May 8, 2025, we issued $5.356 billion and $150 million, respectively, aggregate principal amount of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 30, 2029. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 10 3/4% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on May 30 and November 30 of each year, which commenced on May 30, 2025. We elected not to make the approximately $326 million cash interest payment due on May 30, 2025 (the “10 3/4% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 10 3/4% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On June 27, 2025, we made the scheduled 10 3/4% Interest Payment originally due May 30, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030

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On November 12, 2024, we issued $1.906 billion aggregate principal amount of our 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due November 30, 2030 (“Convertible Notes due 2030”). Interest accrues at an annual rate of 3 7/8% and is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 of each year, commencing on May 30, 2025. Interest payments are, at our option, payable in cash or in kind for the first four interest payment periods; provided that no payment in kind interest may be paid for any interest period if the payment of interest on the 6 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 or certain other indebtedness during such period is made in cash. Interest payments from and including the fifth interest payment period (which will be payable on May 30, 2027) and thereafter must be paid in cash.

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We may not redeem the Convertible Notes due 2030 prior to November 30, 2027. The Convertible Notes due 2030 are redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time on or after November 30, 2027 at the redemption prices and subject to the conversion rights and other conditions specified in the related indenture.

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If a “fundamental change” (as defined in the related indenture) occurs prior to the maturity date of the Convertible Notes due 2030, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their Convertible Notes due 2030 at a specified make-whole price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Convertible Notes due 2030, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the fundamental change repurchase date.

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Subject to the terms of the related indenture, the Convertible Notes due 2030 may be converted at an initial conversion rate of 29.73507 shares of our Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes due 2030 (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $33.63 per share of our Class A common stock) (the “Initial Conversion Rate”), at any time on or after May 30, 2030 through the second scheduled trading day preceding the maturity date. Holders of the Convertible Notes due 2030 will also have the right to convert the Convertible Notes due 2030 at the Initial Conversion Rate prior to May 30, 2030, but only upon the occurrence of specified events described in the related indenture. The conversion rate is subject to anti-dilution adjustments if certain events occur.

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Beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending at the close of business on December 31, 2025, the Convertible Notes due 2030 are convertible, at the option of the holders. The Convertible Notes due 2030 are convertible, at our election, into cash, approximately 58 million shares of our Class A common stock or a combination thereof. Any determination regarding the convertibility of the Convertible Notes due 2030 during future periods will be made in accordance with the terms of the related indenture. The Convertible Notes due 2030 became convertible because the last reported sale price of shares of our Class A common stock, for at least 20 trading days during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2025, was greater than 130% of the conversion price in effect on each applicable trading day.

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Existing DISH Convertible Notes

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0% Convertible Notes due 2025

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On December 21, 2020, we issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes due December 15, 2025 in a private placement. A portion of these notes were tendered for exchange and cancelled and an aggregate principal amount of $138 million remains outstanding. These notes will not bear interest, and the principal amount of the Notes will not increase over time.

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The Convertible Notes due 2025 are:

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| ● | our general unsecured obligations;

| ● | ranked senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes due 2025;

| ● | ranked equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness;

| ● | ranked effectively junior to any of our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness;

| ● | ranked structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries; and

| ● | not guaranteed by our subsidiaries.

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We may not redeem the Convertible Notes due 2025 prior to the maturity date. If a “fundamental change” (as defined in the related indenture) occurs prior to the maturity date of the Convertible Notes due 2025, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their Convertible Notes due 2025 at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Convertible Notes due 2025, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the fundamental change repurchase date.

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The indenture related to the Convertible Notes due 2025 does not contain any financial covenants and does not restrict us from paying dividends, issuing or repurchasing our other securities, issuing new debt (including secured debt) or repaying or repurchasing our debt.

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Subject to the terms of the related indenture, the Convertible Notes due 2025 may be converted at an initial conversion rate of 8.566 shares of our Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes due 2025 (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $116.74 per share of our Class A common stock) (the “Initial Conversion Rate”), at any time on or after July 15, 2025 through the second scheduled trading day preceding the maturity date. Holders of the Convertible Notes due 2025 also had the right to convert the Convertible Notes due 2025 at the Initial Conversion Rate prior to July 15, 2025, but only upon the occurrence of specified events described in the related indenture.

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The conversion rate is subject to anti-dilution adjustments if certain events occur. Upon any conversion, we will settle our conversion obligation in cash, shares of our Class A common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our Class A common stock, at our election.

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3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026

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On August 8, 2016, we issued $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes due August 15, 2026 in a private offering. A portion of these notes were tendered for exchange and cancelled and an aggregate principal amount of $45 million remains outstanding. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 3 3/8% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year.

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The Convertible Notes due 2026 are:

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| ● | our general unsecured obligations;

| ● | ranked senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes due 2026;

| ● | ranked equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness;

| ● | ranked effectively junior to any of our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness;

| ● | ranked structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries; and

| ● | not guaranteed by our subsidiaries.

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We may not redeem the Convertible Notes due 2026 prior to the maturity date. If a “fundamental change” (as defined in the related indenture) occurs prior to the maturity date of the Convertible Notes due 2026, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their Convertible Notes due 2026 at a specified make-whole price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Convertible Notes due 2026, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the fundamental change repurchase date.

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The indenture related to the Convertible Notes due 2026 does not contain any financial covenants and does not restrict us from paying dividends, issuing or repurchasing our other securities, issuing new debt (including secured debt) or repaying or repurchasing our debt.

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Subject to the terms of the related indenture, the Convertible Notes due 2026 may be converted at an initial conversion rate of 5.383 shares of our Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes due 2026 (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $185.76 per share of our Class A common stock) (the “Initial Conversion Rate”), at any time on or after March 15, 2026 through the second scheduled trading day preceding the maturity date. Holders of the Convertible Notes due 2026 will also have the right to convert the Convertible Notes due 2026 at the Initial Conversion Rate prior to March 15, 2026, but only upon the occurrence of specified events described in the related indenture.

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The conversion rate is subject to anti-dilution adjustments if certain events occur. Upon any conversion, we will settle our conversion obligation in cash, shares of our Class A common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our Class A common stock, at our election.

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DISH DBS Unsecured Senior Notes

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7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026

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On June 13, 2016, we issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of our ten-year 7 3/4% Senior Notes due July 1, 2026. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 7 3/4% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year. We elected not to make the approximately $78 million cash interest payment due on July 1, 2025 (the “7 3/4% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 7 3/4% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On July 30, 2025, we made the scheduled 7 3/4% Interest Payment originally due July 1, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2028

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On July 1, 2020, we issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of our 7 3/8% Senior Notes due July 1, 2028. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 7 3/8% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year. We elected not to make the approximately $37 million cash interest payment due on July 1, 2025 (the “7 3/8% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 7 3/8% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On July 30, 2025, we made the scheduled 7 3/8% Interest Payment originally due July 1, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2029

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On May 24, 2021, we issued $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of our 5 1/8% Senior Notes due June 1, 2029. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 5 1/8% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. We elected not to make the approximately $38 million cash interest payment due on June 2, 2025 (the “5 1/8% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 5 1/8% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On June 27, 2025, we made the scheduled 5 1/8% Interest Payment originally due June 2, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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DISH DBS Senior Secured Notes

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5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026

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On November 26, 2021, we issued $2.750 billion aggregate principal amount of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due December 1, 2026. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 5 1/4% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. We elected not to make the approximately $72 million cash interest payment due on June 2, 2025 (the “5 1/4% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 5 1/4% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On June 27, 2025, we made the scheduled 5 1/4% Interest Payment originally due June 2, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028

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On November 26, 2021, we issued $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of our 5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due December 1, 2028. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 5 3/4% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. We elected not to make the approximately $72 million cash interest payment due on June 2, 2025 (the “5 3/4% Interest Payment”). Under the related indenture, such non-payment is a default and we had a 30-day grace period to make the 5 3/4% Interest Payment before such non-payment would have been an Event of Default, as defined in the related indenture. On June 27, 2025, we made the scheduled 5 3/4% Interest Payment originally due June 2, 2025, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace period to make such interest payment.

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Intercompany Loans

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DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan

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The net proceeds from the offering of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and our 5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “DISH DBS Senior Secured Notes”) issued on November 26, 2021 were used by DISH DBS to make an intercompany loan to DISH Network pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement dated November 26, 2021 (together with potential future advances to DISH Network, the “DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan”) between DISH DBS and DISH Network in order to finance the purchase of wireless spectrum licenses and for general corporate purposes, including our 5G Network deployment.

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The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan matures in two tranches, with the first tranche maturing on December 1, 2026 (the “DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche”) and the second tranche maturing on December 1, 2028 (the “DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2028 Tranche”). DISH DBS may make additional advances to DISH Network under the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan, and on February 11, 2022, DISH DBS advanced an additional $1.5 billion to DISH Network under the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche.

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Interest accrues and is payable semiannually, and interest payments with respect to the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan were, at our option, payable in kind for the first two years from the issuance date of November 2021. In the third year post issuance date, a minimum of 50% of each interest payment due with respect to each tranche of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan were required to be paid in cash. Currently and prospectively, interest payments must be paid in cash. Interest accrues: (a) when paid in cash, at a fixed rate of 0.25% per annum in excess of the interest rate applicable to, in the case of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche, the 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, and in the case of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2028 Tranche, the 5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (each, the “Cash Accrual Rate” with respect to the applicable tranche); and (b) when paid in kind, at a rate of 0.50% per annum in excess of the Cash Accrual Rate for the applicable tranche.

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As of September 30, 2025, the total DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan amount outstanding plus interest paid in kind was $7.612 billion.

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DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche. In January 2024, we completed a series of assignments resulting in the transfer of the receivable in respect to the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche of $4.7 billion from DISH DBS to EchoStar Intercompany Receivable Company L.L.C., our direct wholly-owned subsidiary, such that amounts owed in respect of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche will now be paid by DISH Network to EchoStar Intercompany Receivable Company L.L.C. As of September 30, 2025, the total DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2026 Tranche amount outstanding plus interest paid in kind was $4.767 billion.

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The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan was initially secured by interest in the wireless spectrum licenses for the 3.45-3.55 GHz Licenses up to the total loan amount outstanding including interest paid in kind. Pursuant to the terms of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan, under certain circumstances, DISH Network wireless spectrum licenses (valued based upon a third-party valuation) may be substituted for the collateral. During the first quarter of 2025, we exercised our right to exchange certain of the 3.45-3.55 GHz Licenses for certain other previously unencumbered wireless spectrum licenses of equal or greater value based upon the most recent third-party valuation. The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan is not included as collateral for the DISH DBS Senior Secured Notes, and the DISH DBS Senior Secured Notes are subordinated to DISH DBS’s existing and certain future unsecured notes with respect to certain realizations under the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan and any collateral pledged as security for the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan.

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DISH Q2 2024 Intercompany Loan

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In June 2024, DISH Network entered into an intercompany loan with DISH DBS (the “DISH Q2 2024 Intercompany Loan”) for an initial principal amount of $1.508 billion. The DISH Q2 2024 Intercompany Loan matures on August 13, 2028. Interest accrues and is payable monthly and interest payments are payable in kind. The interest rate with respect to the DISH Q2 2024 Intercompany Loan is at a variable rate. As of September 30, 2025, the total DISH Q2 2024 Intercompany Loan amount outstanding plus interest paid in kind was $1.659 billion.

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DISH Q3 2024 Intercompany Loan

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In September 2024, DISH Network entered into an intercompany loan with DISH DBS (the “DISH Q3 2024 Intercompany Loan”) for an initial principal amount of $481 million. The DISH Q3 2024 Intercompany Loan matures on November 13, 2028. Interest accrues and is payable monthly and interest payments are payable in kind. The interest rate with respect to the DISH Q3 2024 Intercompany Loan is at a variable rate. As of September 30, 2025, the total DISH Q3 2024 Intercompany Loan amount outstanding plus interest paid in kind was $518 million.

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EchoStar 2024 Intercompany Loan

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In November 2024, EchoStar Financing L.L.C., our subsidiary, entered into an intercompany loan with DISH Wireless L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network, for a borrowing principal amount of up to $4.500 billion (the “EchoStar 2024 Intercompany Loan”). The EchoStar 2024 Intercompany Loan matures on November 30, 2030. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 11.50% and is payable monthly. Interest payments are payable in kind. DISH Wireless L.L.C., at its option, may elect to repay the EchoStar 2024 Intercompany Loan amount outstanding prior to maturity in cash or assets at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount. As of September 30, 2025, the total EchoStar 2024 Intercompany Loan amount outstanding plus interest paid in kind was $3.399 billion.

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Commitments

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Future maturities of our long-term debt, finance lease and contractual obligations as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 have not changed materially, other than those disclosed below, which in general relate to certain “Other long-term obligations” being reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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“Other long-term obligations” totaled $4.453 billion as of September 30, 2025 and $9.746 billion as of December 31, 2024. This decrease primarily resulted from the non-cash remeasurement of communication tower leases not previously commenced under the take or pay arrangements that were attributed to existing leases and were recorded as “Operating lease assets” and “Operating lease liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, the restructuring of certain contractual commitments and exit, disposal or other costs associated with certain contractual commitments, as well as payments made for 2025 obligations. As of September 30, 2025, our future “Other long-term obligations” were as follows:

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For the Years Ending December 31, |  | Other Long-Term Obligations (1)
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2025 (remaining three months) | ​ | $ | 132,162
2026 | ​ | ​ | 1,338,957
2027 | ​ | ​ | 742,709
2028 | ​ | ​ | 677,194
2029 | ​ | ​ | 622,942
Thereafter | ​ | ​ | 939,169
Total | ​ | $ | 4,453,133

(1) | Represents minimum contractual commitments related to obligations for our Hybrid MNO, certain wireless device purchases and marketing obligations, and satellite related and other obligations.

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5G Network

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We have invested a total of over $30 billion in Wireless spectrum licenses. The $30 billion of investments related to Wireless spectrum licenses does not include $10 billion of capitalized interest related to the carrying value of such licenses. See Note 2 for further information. A significant number of these licenses are included in the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions announced during the third quarter of 2025 as detailed in Note 1 “Recent Developments.”

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Omega License Purchase Agreement. On February 21, 2025, we entered into a License Purchase Agreement providing for the non-cash sale of certain unencumbered 3.45 GHz wireless spectrum licenses in exchange for certain 600 MHz wireless spectrum licenses and our one-time payment of $8 million (the “Omega Transaction”). The Omega Transaction was approved by the FCC and DOJ and closed in the third quarter of 2025. The difference between our net carrying value of the assets sold and the fair value of the licenses received resulted in a gain which was recorded in “Other, net” within “Other Income (Expense)” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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Wireless Spectrum Licenses

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Our Wireless spectrum licenses are subject to certain build-out requirements, as well as certain renewal requirements that are summarized in the table below:

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​ |  | Carrying Amount |  | Interim |  | Accelerated License Areas |  | Extension License Areas |  | Expiration Date
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SpaceX Transactions: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
AWS-4 Licenses (1) | ​ | $ | 1,928,688 | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2024 (4) | ​ | June 14, 2025 (6) | ​ | June 2033
H Block Licenses (1) | ​ | ​ | 1,671,506 | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2024 (4) | ​ | June 14, 2025 (7) | ​ | June 2033
AT&T Transactions: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
600 MHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 6,447,728 | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2024 (5) | ​ | June 14, 2025 (8) | ​ | June 2029
3.45–3.55 GHz Licenses (2) | ​ | ​ | 7,199,380 | ​ | May 4, 2026 (9) | ​ | ​ | ​ | May 4, 2030 (9) | ​ | May 2037
Remaining Wireless spectrum licenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
DBS Licenses (3) | ​ | ​ | 677,409 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
700 MHz Licenses (1) | ​ | ​ | 701,803 | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2024 (4) | ​ | June 14, 2025 (6) | ​ | June 2033
MVDDS Licenses (3) | ​ | ​ | 24,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | July, August, September 2034
LMDS Licenses (3) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | September 2028
28 GHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 2,883 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | October 2, 2029 (10) | ​ | October 2029
24 GHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 11,772 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 11, 2029 (10) | ​ | December 2029
37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 202,392 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | June 4, 2030 (10) | ​ | June 2030
3550-3650 MHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 912,200 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | March 12, 2031 (10) | ​ | March 2031
3.7-3.98 GHz Licenses | ​ | ​ | 2,969 | ​ | July 23, 2029 (10) | ​ | ​ | ​ | July 23, 2033 (10) | ​ | July 2036
1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz (1) | ​ | ​ | 972 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | March 2026
AWS-3 | ​ | ​ | 9,829,287 | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2024 (11) | ​ | October 25, 2025 (12) | ​ | October 2025 (12)
Subtotal | ​ | ​ | 29,612,989 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
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Capitalized Interest (13) | ​ | ​ | 10,270,436 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets (14) | ​ | ​ | (5,359,211) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Total as of September 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 34,524,214 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​

(1) | The interim build-out deadlines for these licenses are in the past.

(2) | Subject to the terms of the AT&T License Purchase Agreement, at the end of the third quarter of 2025, AT&T, subject to a short-term spectrum manager lease, exercised its right to lease certain 3.45 GHz licenses from us.

(3) | The build-out deadlines for these licenses have been met.

(4) | In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we were offering 5G broadband service for certain of these license areas to at least 85% of the population in each Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC), and offering 5G broadband service for certain other licenses to at least 80% of the population in each Economic Area by this date (part of Commitments #2 and #3 of the September 2024 FCC Extension Request “Extension Request”). These licenses are set forth in Appendices A and D of the Extension Request. Under the Extension Request, if we successfully fulfill Commitments #2 and #3, the final construction deadline for the AWS-4 licenses, the AWS H Block licenses, and the Lower 700 MHz E Block licenses listed in Appendix G-1 of the Extension Request shall be extended from June 14, 2025 to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

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(5) | In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we were offering 5G broadband service for certain of these license areas to at least 85% of the population in each Partial Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC), and offering 5G broadband service for certain other licenses to at least 80% of the population in each Partial Economic Area by this date (part of Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request). These licenses are set forth in Appendices B and E of the Extension Request. Under the Extension Request, if we successfully fulfill Commitments #2 and #3, the final construction deadline for the 600 MHz licenses listed in Appendix G-2 of the Extension Request shall be extended from June 14, 2025 to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(6) | For the 700 MHz and AWS-4 licenses set forth in Appendix G-1 of the Extension Request, we have certified to meeting the accelerated build-out obligations described in footnotes 3, 4 and 10 herein (thus fulfilling Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request), and as a result the final deadline for us to offer 5G broadband service to at least 70% of the population in each Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) with respect to these licenses shall be extended to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. Under the Extension Request, the final construction deadline shall be further extended to June 14, 2028, if: by December 31, 2024, we have offered 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population; and, by June 14, 2025 (a) we have offered a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide; (b) we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites; (c) we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17; and (d) we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that, as of December 31, 2024: (i) we were offering 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population and (ii) we were offering a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide. In a March 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17. In a May 5, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites. In a June 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(7) | For the H-Block licenses set forth in Appendix G-1 of the Extension Request, we have certified to meeting the accelerated build-out obligations described in footnotes 3, 4 and 10 herein (thus fulfilling Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request), and as a result the final deadline for us to offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) with respect to these licenses shall be extended to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. Under the Extension Request, the final construction deadline shall be further extended to June 14, 2028, if: by December 31, 2024, we have offered 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population; and, by June 14, 2025 (a) we have offered a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide; (b) we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites; (c) we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17; and (d) we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that, as of December 31, 2024: (i) we were offering 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population and (ii) we were offering a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide. In a March 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17.

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In a May 5, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites. In a June 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(8) | For the 600 MHz licenses set forth in Appendix G-2 of the Extension Request, we have certified to meeting the accelerated build-out obligations described in footnotes 3, 4 and 10 herein (thus fulfilling Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request), and as a result the final deadline for us to offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Partial Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) with respect to these licenses shall be extended to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. Under the Extension Request, the final construction deadline shall be further extended to June 14, 2028, if: by December 31, 2024, we have offered 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population; and, by June 14, 2025 (a) we have offered a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide; (b) we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites; (c) we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17; and (d) we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that, as of December 31, 2024: (i) we were offering 5G broadband service to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population and (ii) we were offering a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide. In a March 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17. In a May 5, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites. In a June 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(9) | There are a variety of build-out options and associated build-out metrics associated with these licenses. If the interim build-out requirement is not met, the final build-out requirement may be accelerated by one year from May 2030 to May 2029.

(10) | There are a variety of build-out options and associated build-out metrics associated with these licenses.

(11) | In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we were offering reliable signal coverage for certain of these license areas and offering service for certain accelerated licenses to at least 85% of the population of each license area and for certain other accelerated licenses to at least 80% of the population of each license area by this date (part of Commitments #2 and #3 the Extension Request). These accelerated licenses are set forth in Appendices C and F of the Extension Request. Under the Extension Request, if we successfully fulfill Commitment #2 and Commitment #3, the final construction deadlines for the AWS-3 licenses listed in Appendix G-3 of the Extension Request shall be extended from June 14, 2025 to December 14, 2026. While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(12) | For the AWS-3 licenses set forth in Appendix G-3 of the Extension Request, we have certified to meeting the accelerated build-out obligations described in footnotes 3, 4 and 10 herein (thus fulfilling Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request), and as a result the final deadline for us to offer reliable signal coverage to at least 75% of the population in each license area with respect to these licenses shall be extended to December 14, 2026.

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While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. Under the Extension Request, the final construction deadline shall be further extended to June 14, 2028, if: by December 31, 2024, we have offered reliable signal coverage to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population; and, by June 14, 2025 (a) we have offered a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide; (b) we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites; (c) we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17; and (d) we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. In a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that, as of December 31, 2024: (i) we were offering reliable signal coverage to, at least, 80% of the U.S. population and (ii) we were offering a low-cost 5G broadband plan and device to consumers nationwide. In a March 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have upgraded our deployed 5G sites to 3GPP Release 17. In a May 5, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have deployed at least 24,000 5G sites. In a June 17, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified that we have provisioned at least 75% of new subscribers with an EchoStar-certified 5G device on our MNO network if the subscriber is within the accelerated markets as set forth in Appendices A-F of the Extension Request. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

(13) | See Note 2 for further information.

(14) | See Note 1 “Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets” for further information.

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In September 2024, the FCC conditionally granted our requests to extend the 5G deployment deadlines for certain of our Wireless spectrum licenses based on several commitments and in a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified to meeting the accelerated build-out (Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request) and the nationwide 80% coverage obligations (Commitment #1 of the Extension Request) due by December 31, 2024, as defined and detailed in the footnotes to the table above. Thus, pursuant to the Extension Request, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be extended to December 14, 2026.

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While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. In addition, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be further extended to June 14, 2028 since we satisfied the remaining Extension Request commitments, as defined and detailed in the footnotes to the table above. See Note 1 “Recent Developments” for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

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AWS-3 Auction

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Northstar Wireless is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northstar Spectrum, which is an entity owned by us and, prior to October 12, 2023, by us and Northstar Manager. SNR Wireless is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNR HoldCo, which is an entity owned by us and, prior to February 16, 2024, by us and SNR Management. See Note 2 for further information.

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Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless each filed applications with the FCC to participate in Auction 97 (the “AWS-3 Auction”) for the purpose of acquiring certain AWS-3 Licenses. Each of Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless applied to receive bidding credits of 25% as designated entities under applicable FCC rules.

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FCC Order and October 2015 Arrangements. On August 18, 2015, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 15-104 (the “Order”) in which the FCC determined, among other things, that DISH Network has a controlling interest in, and is an affiliate of, Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless, and therefore DISH Network’s revenues should be attributed to them, which in turn makes Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless ineligible to receive the 25% bidding credits (approximately $1.961 billion for Northstar Wireless and $1.370 billion for SNR Wireless). On November 23, 2020, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order on Remand, FCC 20-160, that found that Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless are not eligible for bidding credits based on the FCC’s determination that they remain under DISH Network’s de facto control. Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless appealed the FCC’s order to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. On June 21, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an Opinion rejecting this challenge. On January 17, 2023, Northstar Wireless filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to hear a further appeal, but that petition was denied on June 30, 2023.

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Letters Exchanged between Northstar Wireless and the FCC Wireless Bureau. As outlined in letters exchanged between Northstar Wireless and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the FCC (the “FCC Wireless Bureau”), Northstar Wireless paid the gross winning bid amounts for 261 AWS-3 Licenses and notified the FCC that it would not be paying the gross winning bid amounts for 84 AWS-3 Licenses. As a result of the nonpayment of those gross winning bid amounts, the FCC retained those licenses. In addition, we will be subject to a default payment with respect to the licenses for which Northstar Wireless did not pay the gross winning bids (the “Northstar Re-Auction Payment”). The Northstar Re-Auction Payment has two components. First, if the winning bids at re-auction are less than the winning bids of Northstar Wireless, we will be responsible for the difference between the two bids. The second component is an additional payment in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of Northstar Wireless’s bid or the subsequent winning bids, whichever is less. The amount of the Northstar Re-Auction Payment will be offset by the $334 million interim payment Northstar Wireless has already made. For example, if the winning bids in a re-auction are $1, the Northstar Re-Auction Payment would be approximately $2.226 billion, which is calculated as the difference between $2.226 billion (the Northstar winning bid amounts) and $1 (the winning bids from re-auction), plus 15% of the $1 (the winning bids from re-auction), If the winning bids from re-auction or other award of the AWS-3 licenses retained by the FCC are greater than or equal to the winning bids of Northstar Wireless, the Northstar Re-Auction Payment would be approximately $334 million, calculated as fifteen percent (15%) of $2.226 billion (Northstar Wireless’s defaulted bids). In each case, the amount of the Northstar Re-Auction Payment would be offset by the $334 million interim payment Northstar already made, resulting in a maximum exposure of $1.892 billion. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of any re-auction or the amount of any Northstar Re-Auction Payment. The re-auction of the AWS-3 licenses has been designated as Auction 113 and the FCC is required to initiate Auction 113 by June 23, 2026.

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Letters Exchanged between SNR Wireless and the FCC Wireless Bureau. As outlined in letters exchanged between SNR Wireless and the FCC Wireless Bureau, SNR Wireless paid the gross winning bid amounts for 244 AWS-3 Licenses and notified the FCC that it would not be paying the gross winning bid amounts for 113 AWS-3 Licenses. As a result of the nonpayment of those gross winning bid amounts, the FCC retained those licenses. In addition, we will be subject to a default payment with respect to the licenses for which SNR Wireless did not pay the gross winning bids (the “SNR Re-Auction Payment”). The SNR Re-Auction Payment has two components. First, if the winning bids at re-auction are less than the winning bids of SNR Wireless, we will be responsible for the difference between the two bids. The second component is an additional payment in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of SNR Wireless’s bid or the subsequent winning bids, whichever is less. The amount of the SNR Re-Auction Payment will be offset by the $182 million interim payment SNR Wireless has already made. For example, if the winning bids in a re-auction are $1, the SNR Re-Auction Payment would be approximately $1.211 billion, which is calculated as the difference between $1.211 billion (the SNR winning bid amounts) and $1 (the winning bids from re-auction), plus 15% of the $1 (the winning bids from re-auction). If the winning bids from re-auction of the AWS-3 licenses retained by the FCC are greater than or equal to the winning bids of SNR Wireless, the SNR Re-Auction Payment would be approximately $182 million, calculated as fifteen percent (15%) of $1.211 billion (SNR Wireless’s defaulted bids). In each case, the amount of the SNR Re-Auction Payment would be offset by the $182 million interim payment SNR already made, resulting in a maximum exposure of $1.029 billion. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of any re-auction or the amount of any SNR Re-Auction Payment. The re-auction of the AWS-3 licenses has been designated as Auction 113 and the FCC is required to initiate Auction 113 by June 23, 2026.

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D.C. Circuit Court Opinion. On August 29, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “D.C. Circuit”) in SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, 868 F.3d 1021 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (the “Appellate Decision”) affirmed the Order in part, and remanded the matter to the FCC to give Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless an opportunity to seek to negotiate a cure of the issues identified by the FCC in the Order (a “Cure”). On January 26, 2018, SNR Wireless and Northstar Wireless filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the United States Supreme Court to hear an appeal from the Appellate Decision, which the United States Supreme Court denied on June 25, 2018.

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Order on Remand. On January 24, 2018, the FCC released an Order on Remand, DA 18-70 (the “Order on Remand”) purporting to establish a procedure to afford Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless the opportunity to implement a Cure pursuant to the Appellate Decision. On June 8, 2018, Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless each filed amended agreements to demonstrate that, in light of such changes, each of Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless qualified for the very small business bidding credit that it sought in the AWS-3 Auction. Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless filed a Joint Application for Review of the Order on Remand requesting, among other things, an iterative negotiation process with the FCC regarding a Cure, which was denied on July 12, 2018. The pleading cycle established in the Order on Remand concluded in October 2018. On November 23, 2020, the FCC issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order that concluded, among other things, that DISH Network retained de facto control over Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless and denied the very small business bidding credit sought by Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless, even though the parties had eliminated or significantly modified every provision previously deemed to have been disqualifying by the FCC. Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless timely filed an appeal of the FCC’s 2020 decision. On June 21, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an Opinion rejecting this challenge. On January 17, 2023, Northstar Wireless filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to hear a further appeal, but that petition was denied on June 30, 2023.

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For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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Contingencies

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Litigation

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We are involved in a number of legal proceedings (including those described below) concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of our business activities. Many of these proceedings are at preliminary stages, and many of these proceedings seek an indeterminate amount of damages. We regularly evaluate the status of the legal proceedings in which we are involved to assess whether a loss is probable or there is a reasonable possibility that a loss or an additional loss may have been incurred and to determine if accruals are appropriate. If accruals are not appropriate, we further evaluate each legal proceeding to assess whether an estimate of the possible loss or range of possible loss can be made.

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For certain cases described on the following pages, management is unable to provide a meaningful estimate of the possible loss or range of possible loss because, among other reasons, (i) the proceedings are in various stages; (ii) damages have not been sought; (iii) damages are unsupported and/or exaggerated; (iv) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals or motions; (v) there are significant factual issues to be resolved; and/or (vi) there are novel legal issues or unsettled legal theories to be presented or a large number of parties. For these cases, however, management does not believe, based on currently available information, that the outcomes of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, though the outcomes could be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.

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ClearPlay, Inc.

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On March 13, 2014, ClearPlay, Inc. (“ClearPlay”) filed a complaint against us and our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network and DISH Network L.L.C., and our then wholly-owned subsidiary EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. The complaint alleges willful infringement of United States Patent Nos. 6,898,799 (the “799 patent”), entitled “Multimedia Content Navigation and Playback”; 7,526,784 (the “784 patent”), entitled “Delivery of Navigation Data for Playback of Audio and Video Content”; 7,543,318 (the “318 patent”), entitled “Delivery of Navigation Data for Playback of Audio and Video Content”; 7,577,970 (the “970 patent”), entitled “Multimedia Content Navigation and Playback”; and 8,117,282 (the “282 patent”), entitled “Media Player Configured to Receive Playback Filters From Alternative Storage Mediums.” ClearPlay alleges that the AutoHop™ feature of our Hopper® set-top boxes infringes the asserted patents. On February 11, 2015, the case was stayed pending various third-party challenges before the United States Patent and Trademark Office regarding the validity of certain of the patents asserted in the action.

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In those third-party challenges, the United States Patent and Trademark Office found that all claims of the 282 patent are unpatentable, and that certain claims of the 784 patent and 318 patent are unpatentable. ClearPlay appealed as to the 784 patent and the 318 patent, and on August 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the findings of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On October 31, 2016, the stay was lifted, and in May 2017, ClearPlay agreed to dismiss us and DISH Network as defendants, leaving DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. as the sole defendants.

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In October and November 2020, DISH Network L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office requesting ex parte reexamination of the validity of the asserted claims of, respectively, the 784 patent, the 799 patent, the 318 patent and the 970 patent; and in November and December, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted each request for reexamination. On May through July 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Ex Parte Reexamination Certificates confirming the patentability of the challenged claims.

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In October and November 2021, DISH Network L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office requesting ex parte reexamination of the validity of certain asserted claims of the 784 patent, the 799 patent and the 970 patent. In November and December, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted review of the challenged claims of the 799 patent and the 970 patent, but denied review of the challenged claims of the 784 patent. On January 24, 2022, an examiner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office affirmed the challenged claims of the 799 patent, and on January 19, 2023, an examiner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office affirmed the challenged claims of the 970 patent.

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In an order dated January 31, 2023, the Court granted in part and denied in part DISH Network L.L.C.’s and DISH Technologies L.L.C.’s motion for summary judgment. Thereafter, ClearPlay narrowed its case to three asserted claims: one under the 799 patent and two under the 970 patent. Following a two-week trial, on March 10, 2023, the jury returned a verdict that DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. infringed each of the asserted patent claims (though not willfully), and awarded damages of $469 million. That verdict became moot on March 21, 2023, when the trial court indicated that it would grant DISH Network L.L.C.’s and DISH Technologies L.L.C.’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, thus effectively vacating the jury award. On June 2, 2023, the Court entered its formal order granting judgment as a matter of law. On December 12, 2023, the Court denied ClearPlay’s motion to alter or amend the judgment. ClearPlay has filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and briefing was completed on November 27, 2024.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Data Breach Class Actions

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On May 9, 2023, Susan Owen-Brooks, an alleged customer, filed a putative class action complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. She purports to represent a nationwide class of all individuals in the United States who allegedly had private information stolen as a result of the February 23, 2023 Cyber-security Incident (and a North Carolina statewide subclass of the same individuals). Since that filing, ten additional putative class action complaints have been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, purporting to represent the same nationwide class of people, and Owen-Brooks has filed an amended complaint. On August 2, 2023, the Court issued an order consolidating the first ten cases (the eleventh was dismissed) and, on November 16, 2023 and January 16, 2024, the plaintiffs filed consolidated amended class action complaints. On September 27, 2024, the Court granted DISH Network’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint as to eight of the eleven named plaintiffs and as to certain causes of action. On October 29, 2024, the Plaintiffs filed the operative Second Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint, which deletes the allegations as to the dismissed plaintiffs and causes of action, leaving three named plaintiffs and causes of action for negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, and declaratory judgment. DISH Network filed for summary judgment on lack of standing, on the grounds that plaintiffs had no evidence that their alleged harms were “fairly traceable” to the Cyber-security incident. Rather than oppose the motion, the plaintiffs agreed to a walk-away settlement and the case was dismissed on September 10, 2025. This matter is now concluded.

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Digital Broadcasting Solutions, LLC

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On August 29, 2022, Digital Broadcasting Solutions, LLC filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,929,710 (the “710 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 9,538,122 (the “122 patent”), each entitled “System and method for time shifting at least a portion of a video program.” Generally, the plaintiff contends that the AutoHop feature of our Hopper® set-top boxes infringes the asserted patents. On June 21, 2023, the Court granted the motion of DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. to have the case transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

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In May 2023, DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all claims of the 710 patent and the 122 patent and, on December 9, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued final written decisions invalidating 38 of the 39 challenged claims. Digital Broadcasting Solutions appealed those final written decisions, and DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. cross-appealed as to the single patent claim that wasn’t invalidated. Briefing was completed on October 17, 2025. The underlying case has been stayed since May 9, 2024, pending resolution of the petitions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and any related appeals.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Entropic Communications, LLC (first action)

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On March 9, 2022, Entropic Communications, LLC (“Entropic”) filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network, DISH Network L.L.C. and Dish Network Service L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,130,576 (the “576 patent”), entitled “Signal Selector and Combiner for Broadband Content Distribution”; U.S. Patent No. 7,542,715 (the “715 Patent”), entitled “Signal Selector and Combiner for Broadband Content Distribution”; and U.S. Patent No. 8,792,008 (the “008 Patent”), entitled “Method and Apparatus for Spectrum Monitoring.” On March 30, 2022, Entropic filed an amended complaint alleging infringement of the same patents. Generally, the plaintiff accuses satellite antennas, low-noise block converters, signal selector and combiners, and set-top boxes and the manner in which they process signals for satellite television customers of infringing the asserted patents. The plaintiff is an entity that seeks to license a patent portfolio without itself practicing any of the claims recited therein.

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On October 24, 2022, this case was ordered to be transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. A companion case against DirecTV was also ordered transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In January and February of 2023, DISH Network L.L.C. and Dish Network Service L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all claims of the 715 patent, all claims of the 008 patent, and 25 claims of the 576 patent, which includes all of its asserted claims.

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In August and September 2023, the Patent Office denied institution on the petitions challenging the 715 patent and the 576 patent. In September 2023, at the parties’ joint request, the Patent Office dismissed the petition challenging the 008 patent, as Entropic agreed to drop its claims against DISH Network on that patent. On July 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a request for reexamination of the 715 patent, but on May 20, 2025, it affirmed the patent’s validity. Entropic’s expert claims that the DISH defendants owe damages of $212 million.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Entropic Communications, LLC (second action)

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On February 10, 2023, Entropic filed a second lawsuit against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network, DISH Network L.L.C., Dish Network Service L.L.C. and Dish Network California Service Corporation in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,295,518 (the “518 patent”), entitled “Broadband network for coaxial cable using multi-carrier modulation”; U.S. Patent No. 7,594,249 (the “249 patent”), entitled “Network interface device and broadband local area network using coaxial cable”; U.S. Patent Nos. 7,889,759 (the “759 patent”), entitled “Broadband cable network utilizing common bit-loading”; U.S. Patent No. 8,085,802 (the “802 Patent”), entitled “Multimedia over coaxial cable access protocol”; U.S. Patent No. 9,838,213 (the “213 patent”), entitled “Parameterized quality of service architecture in a network”; U.S. Patent No. 10,432,422 (the “422 patent”), entitled “Parameterized quality of service architecture in a network”; U.S. Patent No. 8,631,450 (the “450 patent”), entitled “Broadband local area network”; U.S. Patent No. 8,621,539 (the “539 patent”), entitled “Physical layer transmitter for use in a broadband local area network”; U.S. Patent No. 8,320,566 (the “0,566 patent”), entitled “Method and apparatus for performing constellation scrambling in a multimedia home network”; U.S. Patent No. 10,257,566 (the “7,566 patent”), entitled “Broadband local area network”; U.S. Patent No. 8,228,910 (the “910 Patent”), entitled “Aggregating network packets for transmission to a destination mode”; and U.S. Patent No. 8,363,681 (the “681 patent”), entitled “Method and apparatus for using ranging measurements in a multimedia home network.” Generally, the patents relate to Multimedia over Coax Alliance standards and the manner in which we provide a whole-home DVR network over an on-premises coaxial cable network.

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Entropic has asserted the same patents in the same court against Comcast, Cox and DirecTV. On September 7, 2023, the Court granted the motion of DISH Network L.L.C., Dish Network Service L.L.C. and Dish Network California Service Corporation to dismiss the claims arising from the 7,566 patent and the 910 patent on the grounds that they claimed in eligible subject matter. On February 24, 2025, the Court granted other defendants’ motions to dismiss the claims arising from the 213 patent, the 422 patent, the 681 patent and the 802 patent on the grounds that they claimed in eligible subject matter. In a claim construction order issued on April 18, 2025, the Court found that the asserted claim of the 539 patent is invalid as indefinite.

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In January and February 2024, DISH Network L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of the 249 patent, the 518 patent, the 759 patent, the 450 patent, the 539 patent, the 0,566 patent, and the 681 patent. In July and August 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the petitions challenging the 249 patent and the 518 patent, but denied institution on the remaining petitions. On July 22, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued final written decisions invalidating the asserted claims of the 249 patent and the 518 patent, and Entropic has appealed the decision on the 518 patent and is pursuing rehearing of the decision on the 249 patent.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Err Content IP

On November 3, 2025, Err Content IP, LLC filed a complaint against EchoStar Communications Corporation, the predecessor to our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network Corporation, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The complaint alleges infringement of United States Patent No. 10,721,542 (the “542 Patent”), entitled “Bandwidth shaping client to capture, transform, cache, and upload images from a remote point of recordation to a network service.” The infringement allegations generally relate to using AirPlay to watch content from the DISH Anywhere app on a paired television screen.

We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Headwater Research

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On August 28 and 29, 2025, Headwater Research LLC filed five separate lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network Corporation, DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Wireless L.L.C. The first complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,639,935 (the “935 patent”), entitled “Automated device provisioning and activation”; 9,609,510 (the “510 patent”), entitled “Automated credential porting for mobile devices”; 9,973,930 (the “930 patent”), entitled “End user device that secures an association of application to service policy with an application certificate check”; 11,096,055 (the “055 patent”), entitled “Automated device provisioning and activation”; 11,405,429 (the “429 patent”), entitled “Security techniques for device assisted services”; 11,966,464 (the “464 patent), entitled “Security techniques for device assisted services”; and 11,985,155 (the “155 patent”), entitled “Automated device provisioning and activation.” The second complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent 9,179,359 (the “359 patent”), entitled “Wireless end-user device with differentiated network access status for different device applications;” 9,277,445 (the “445 patent”), entitled “Wireless end-user device with differential traffic control policy list and applying foreground classification to wireless data service;” and 9,609,544 (the “544 patent”), entitled “Device-assisted services for protecting network capacity.” The third complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,666,364, (the “364 patent”), entitled “Verifiable device assisted service usage billing with integrated accounting, mediation accounting, and multiaccount;” 9,143,976 (the “976 patent”), entitled “Wireless end-user device with differentiated network access and access status for background and foreground device applications;” and 9,647,918 (the “918 patent”), entitled “Mobile device and method attributing media services network usage to requesting application.” The fourth complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,635,335 (the “335 patent”), entitled “System and method for wireless network offloading”; 10,791,471 (the “471 patent”), entitled “System and method for wireless network offloading”; and 10,237,757 (the “757 patent”), entitled “System and method for wireless network offloading.” The fifth complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,023,425 (the “425 patent”), entitled “Verifiable service billing for intermediate networking devices”; 8,631,102 (the “102 patent”), entitled “Automated device provisioning and activation”; and 8,799,451 (the “451 patent”), entitled “Verifiable service policy implementation for intermediate networking devices.”

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The asserted patents generally relate to eSIM management, data management, application data traffic management, wireless data offloading and tethering operations. Headwater also has filed complaints against Apple, Google, Motorola, Samsung, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Amazon, Charter, and Comcast.

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We intend to vigorously defend these cases. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Hughes Telecomunicações do Brasil v. State of São Paulo Treasury Department

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On December 12, 2019, Hughes Telecomunicações do Brasil (“HTB”) filed a tax annulment claim in the Judicial Court of São Paulo, claiming that a tax assessment from the State Treasury of São Paulo, for the period from January 2013 to December 2014, was based on an erroneous interpretation of an exemption to the ICMS (a state tax on, among other things, communications).

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In June 2022, a judicial expert determined that HTB’s interpretation of the exemption was correct. Nonetheless, in July 2023, the Court entered judgment against HTB, and in October 2023, rejected HTB’s request for clarification. In November 2023, HTB filed an appeal to the Court of Justice, but on February 25, 2025, the Court of Justice ruled against HTB. On March 14, 2025, HTB filed a motion seeking clarification, but that motion was denied on October 24, 2025.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit.

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Jones 401(k) Litigation

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On December 20, 2021, four former employees filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network, its Board of Directors, and its Retirement Plan Committee alleging fiduciary breaches arising from the management of our 401(k) Plan. The putative class, comprised of all participants in the Plan on or after January 20, 2016, alleges that the Plan had excessive recordkeeping and administrative expenses and that it maintained underperforming funds. On February 1, 2023, a Magistrate Judge issued a recommendation that the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint be granted, and on March 27, 2023, the district court judge granted the motion. As permitted by the Court’s order, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on April 10, 2023, which is limited to allegations regarding the retention and alleged underperformance of the Fidelity Freedom Funds. On November 7, 2023, a Magistrate Judge issued a recommendation that the defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint be denied as to the duty to prudently monitor fund performance, but be granted as to the duty of loyalty and, on November 27, 2023, the district court judge entered an order adopting the recommendation. On March 1, 2024, by stipulation, the plaintiffs dismissed their claims against the Board of Directors and the Retirement Plan Committee, leaving DISH Network as the sole defendant. On April 30, 2024, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the Court certified the proposed plaintiff class. Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the case was stayed from October 30, 2024 through May 29, 2025 to facilitate a mediation, but the parties did not reach a settlement. The plaintiffs’ expert claims damages of $16.7 million, which is reduced to $10.7 million when Fidelity revenue sharing is credited.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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License Fee Dispute with Government of India, Department of Telecommunications

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In 1994, the Government of India promulgated a “National Telecommunications Policy” under which the government liberalized the telecommunications sector and required telecommunications service providers to pay fixed license fees. Pursuant to this policy, our subsidiary Hughes Communications India Private Limited (“HCIPL”), formerly known as Hughes Escorts Communications Limited, obtained a license to operate a data network over satellite using VSAT systems. In 2002, HCIPL’s license was amended pursuant to a 1999 government policy that eliminated fixed license fees and replaced them with license fees based on service providers’ adjusted gross revenue (“AGR”). In March 2005, the Indian Department of Telecommunications (“DOT”) notified HCIPL that, based on its review of HCIPL’s audited accounts and AGR statements, HCIPL must pay additional license fees and penalties and interest on such fees and penalties. HCIPL responded that the DOT had improperly calculated its AGR by including revenue from both licensed and unlicensed activities.

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The DOT rejected this explanation and in 2006, HCIPL filed a petition with an administrative tribunal (the “Tribunal”), challenging the DOT’s calculation of its AGR. The DOT also issued license fee assessments to other telecommunications service providers and those other providers filed similar petitions with the Tribunal. These petitions were amended, consolidated, remanded and re-appealed several times. On April 23, 2015, the Tribunal issued a judgment affirming the DOT’s calculation of AGR for the telecommunications service providers but reversing the DOT’s imposition of interest, penalties and interest on such penalties as excessive.

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Over subsequent years, the DOT and HCIPL and other telecommunications service providers, respectively, filed several appeals of the Tribunal’s ruling. On October 24, 2019, the Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”) issued an order (the “October 2019 Order”) affirming the license fee assessments imposed by the DOT, including its imposition of interest, penalties and interest on the penalties, but without indicating the amount HCIPL was required to pay the DOT, and ordering payment by January 23, 2020. On November 23, 2019, HCIPL and other telecommunication service providers filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider the October 2019 Order.

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The petition was denied on January 20, 2020. On January 22, 2020, HCIPL and other telecommunication service providers filed an application requesting that the Supreme Court modify the October 2019 Order to permit the DOT to calculate the final amount due and extend HCIPL’s and the other telecommunication service providers’ payment deadline. On February 14, 2020, the Supreme Court directed HCIPL and the other telecommunication service providers to explain why the Supreme Court should not initiate contempt proceedings for failure to pay the amounts due.

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During a hearing on March 18, 2020, the Supreme Court ordered that all amounts that were due before the October 2019 Order must be paid, including interest, penalties and interest on the penalties. The Supreme Court also ordered that the parties appear for a further hearing addressing, among other things, a proposal by the DOT to allow for extended or deferred payments of amounts due. On June 11, 2020, the Supreme Court ordered HCIPL and the other telecommunication service providers to submit affidavits addressing the proposal made by the DOT to extend the time frame for payment of the amounts owed and for HCIPL and the other telecommunication providers to provide security for such payments.

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On September 1, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a judgment permitting a 10-year payment schedule. Under this payment schedule, HCIPL is required to make an annual payment every March 31, through 2031. Following the Supreme Court of India’s October 2019 judgment, HCIPL made payments during the first quarter of 2020, and additional payments on each March 31 thereafter. As of September 30, 2025, the gross amount of fees, penalties and interest owed was approximately $91 million with $46 million remaining outstanding as a result of historical payments.

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Pursuant to the Contribution and Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated December 3, 2004 between The DirecTV Group, Inc. (“DirecTV”) and certain other entities relating to DirecTV’s spinoff of certain of its subsidiaries, including HCIPL, DirecTV undertook to indemnify HCIPL for certain pre-closing tax liabilities. On March 27, 2020, HCIPL filed an indemnification complaint against DirecTV in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to recover certain license fees, penalties and interest owed to the Indian government as a result of the aforementioned proceedings. On November 16, 2021, the New York court granted summary judgment in favor of DirecTV, but on June 22, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed, holding that, under the Purchase Agreement, HCIPL is entitled to indemnification from DirecTV. The Second Circuit remanded the case back to the trial court to determine the amount of indemnification owed.

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The parties reached a conditional agreement to settle the matter, but the conditions were not met, so the stay entered on October 3, 2024 was lifted on November 22, 2024. On July 8, 2025, a magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation that DirecTV should have to indemnify HCIPL only for license fees, penalties and interest that would have been owing to the DOT as of the April 22, 2005 closing date of the spinoff, but not the penalties and interest that compounded on such pre-closing amounts during the course of the litigation in India. By agreement of the parties, the case was dismissed on September 2, 2025. This matter is now concluded.

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Lingam Securities Class Action (formerly Jaramillo)

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On March 23, 2023, a securities fraud class action complaint was filed against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network and Messrs. Ergen, Carlson and Orban in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was brought on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of our securities during the February 22, 2021 to February 27, 2023 class period.

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In general, the complaint alleged that DISH Network’s public statements during that period were false and misleading and contained material omissions, because they did not disclose that DISH Network allegedly maintained a deficient cyber-security and information technology infrastructure, were unable to properly secure customer data and DISH Network’s operations were susceptible to widespread service outages.

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In August 2023, the Court appointed a new lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel, and, on October 20, 2023, they filed a First Amended Complaint that abandoned the original allegations. In their First Amended Complaint, plaintiffs alleged that, during the class period, the defendants concealed problems concerning the 5G network build-out that prevented scaling and commercializing the network to obtain enterprise customers. The amended complaint added as individual defendants James S. Allen, DISH Network’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer; John Swieringa, our President, Technology and Chief Operating Officer; Dave Mayo, DISH Network’s former Executive Vice President of Network Development; Marc Rouanne, DISH Network’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Network Officer; and Stephen Bye, DISH Network’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

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After the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint, the plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint, asserting the same theory, on February 23, 2024. The new complaint drops Erik Carlson, John Swieringa, Paul Orban and James Allen as individual defendants. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint, and on March 20, 2025, the Court granted the motion without granting plaintiffs permission to further amend. The plaintiffs appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and briefing was completed on September 12, 2025.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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On November 27, 2024, Mesa Digital, LLC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Wireless alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 9,031,537, entitled “Electronic Wireless Hand Held Multimedia Device.” Generally, it relates to an electronic handheld device with a touch-sensitive display. On March 31, 2025, the case was dismissed pursuant to a stipulation under which Mesa Digital gave DISH Wireless a covenant not to sue on any of its patents, without any payment from DISH Wireless. This matter is now concluded.

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Mobility Workx

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On December 3, 2024, Mobility Workx, LLC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Wireless alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 7,697,508, entitled “System, Apparatus and Methods for Proactive Allocation of Wireless Communication Resources.” Generally, it relates to hand-offs in a mobile network. On July 7, 2025, the case was dismissed under the terms of a non-material confidential settlement. This matter is now concluded.

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Morris Routing Technologies

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On August 8, 2025, Morris Routing Technologies LLC filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Wireless L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. It alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 10,652,133 (the “133 patent”); 10,574,562 (the “562 patent”); 10,652,134 (the “134 patent”); 10,757,010 (the “010 patent”); 10,805,204 (the “204 patent”); 11,757,756 (the “756 patent”); and 11,784,914 (the “914 patent”), each entitled “Routing methods, systems, and computer program products.” Generally, the patents are directed to transmitting data in an end-to-end network routing path by embedding segment identifiers into packet headers. Morris Routing also has brought cases against AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Samsung, Comcast and Microsoft, among others.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Peninsula Technologies

On April 15, 2025, Peninsula Technologies, LLC filed two lawsuits against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Wireless L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. In the first lawsuit, Peninsula Technologies alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,844,009 (the “009 patent”), entitled “Power Headroom Report In A Wireless Device With Carrier Aggregation”; 11,792,743 (the “743 patent”), entitled “Transmit Power Priority Based On Cell Types In Wireless Devices”; 11,824,810 (the “4,810 patent”), entitled “Restarting A Deactivation Timer Of A Secondary Cell In A Wireless Network”; and 11,917,549 (the “549 patent”), entitled “Scaling Transmission Power Of Uplink Signals Of A Wireless Device.” In the second lawsuit, Peninsula Technologies alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 11,438,810 (the “8,810 patent”), entitled “Communication Of Configuration Parameters Of Radio Resources Of An Unlicensed Cell”; 11,570,844 (the “844 patent”), entitled “Release Message In Small Data Transmission Procedure”; 11,723,109 (the “109 patent”), entitled “Downlink Data Of Small Data Transmission Procedure”; and 12,144,057 (the “057 patent”), entitled “Release Message In Small Data Transmission Procedure.” Generally, the asserted patents relate to 5G network operations. On July 16, 2025, Peninsula Technologies filed a First Amended Complaint in the second action, which dropped the 8,810 Patent. Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the cases were dismissed without prejudice on October 14 and 17, 2025. This matter is now concluded.

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Realtime Data LLC and Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC

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On June 6, 2017, Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO (“Realtime”) filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Original Texas Action”) against us and our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C. (then known as EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.), Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media L.L.C. and Hughes Network Systems, L.L.C. (“HNS”); and Arris Group, Inc. Realtime’s initial complaint in the Original Texas Action, filed on February 14, 2017, had named only us and our wholly-owned subsidiary HNS as defendants.

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The amended complaint in the Original Texas Action alleges infringement of United States Patent No. 8,717,204 (the “204 patent”), entitled “Methods for encoding and decoding data”; United States Patent No. 9,054,728 (the “728 patent”), entitled “Data compression systems and methods”; United States Patent No. 7,358,867 (the “867 patent”), entitled “Content independent data compression method and system”; United States Patent No. 8,502,707 (the “707 patent”), entitled “Data compression systems and methods”; United States Patent No. 8,275,897 (the “897 patent”), entitled “System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval”; United States Patent No. 8,867,610 (the “610 patent”), entitled “System and methods for video and audio data distribution”; United States Patent No. 8,934,535 (the “535 patent”), entitled “Systems and methods for video and audio data storage and distribution”; and United States Patent No. 8,553,759 (the “759 patent”), entitled “Bandwidth sensitive data compression and decompression.”

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Realtime alleges that our, Sling TV L.L.C.’s, Sling Media L.L.C.’s and Arris Group, Inc.’s streaming video products and services compliant with various versions of the H.264 video compression standard infringe the 897 patent, the 610 patent and the 535 patent, and that the data compression system in HNS’ products and services infringes the 204 patent, the 728 patent, the 867 patent, the 707 patent and the 759 patent.

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On July 19, 2017, the Court severed Realtime’s claims against DISH Network, DISH Network L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media L.L.C. and Arris Group, Inc. (alleging infringement of the 897 patent, the 610 patent and the 535 patent) from the Original Texas Action into a separate action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Second Texas Action”). On August 31, 2017, Realtime dismissed the claims against DISH Network, Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media Inc., and Sling Media L.L.C. from the Second Texas Action and refiled these claims (alleging infringement of the 897 patent, the 610 patent and the 535 patent) against Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media Inc., and Sling Media L.L.C. in a new action in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Colorado Action”). Also on August 31, 2017, Realtime dismissed DISH Technologies L.L.C. from the Original Texas Action, and on September 12, 2017, added it as a defendant in an amended complaint in the Second Texas Action. On November 6, 2017, Realtime filed a joint motion to dismiss the Second Texas Action without prejudice, which the Court entered on November 8, 2017.

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On October 10, 2017, Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC (“Realtime Adaptive Streaming”) filed suit against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C., as well as Arris Group, Inc., in a new action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Third Texas Action”), alleging infringement of the 610 patent and the 535 patent. Also on October 10, 2017, an amended complaint was filed in the Colorado Action, substituting Realtime Adaptive Streaming as the plaintiff instead of Realtime, and alleging infringement of only the 610 patent and the 535 patent, but not the 897 patent. On November 6, 2017, Realtime Adaptive Streaming filed a joint motion to dismiss the Third Texas Action without prejudice, which the court entered on November 8, 2017. Also on November 6, 2017, Realtime Adaptive Streaming filed a second amended complaint in the Colorado Action, adding our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C., as well as Arris Group, Inc., as defendants.

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As a result, neither DISH Network nor any of its subsidiaries is a defendant in the Original Texas Action; the Court has dismissed without prejudice the Second Texas Action and the Third Texas Action; and our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C. as well as Arris Group, Inc., are defendants in the Colorado Action, which now has Realtime Adaptive Streaming as the named plaintiff. Following settlements with the plaintiff, we and HNS were dismissed from the Original Texas Action in February 2019, and Arris Group, Inc. was dismissed from the Colorado Action in March 2021.

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On July 3, 2018, Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media L.L.C., DISH Network L.L.C., and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of each of the asserted patents. On January 31, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on DISH Network’s petitions, and it held trial on the petitions on December 5, 2019. On January 17, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office terminated the petitions as time-barred, but issued a final written decision invalidating the 535 patent to third parties that had timely joined in DISH Network’s petition (and, on January 10, 2020, issued a final written decision invalidating the 535 patent in connection with a third party’s independent petition). On March 16, 2020, Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media L.L.C., DISH Network L.L.C., and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed a notice of appeal from the terminated petitions to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On June 29, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office filed a notice of intervention in the appeal. On March 16, 2021, the Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. On April 29, 2021, Sling TV L.L.C., Sling Media L.L.C., DISH Network L.L.C., and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed a petition for rehearing, which was denied on June 28, 2021. On January 12, 2021, Realtime Adaptive Streaming filed a notice of dismissal of its claims on the 535 patent.

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On July 30, 2021, the District Court granted summary judgment in favor of DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C., holding that the remaining asserted patent, the 610 patent, is invalid because it claims patent-ineligible abstract subject matter. Realtime Adaptive Streaming appealed that ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and on May 11, 2023, that Court affirmed the District Court’s summary judgment order. Independently, on September 21, 2021, in connection with an ex parte reexamination of the validity of the 610 patent, an examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final office action rejecting each asserted claim of the 610 patent as invalid over the cited prior art. On April 19, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rejected Realtime Adaptive Streaming’s appeal and affirmed the examiner’s rejection of the asserted claims of the 610 patent. Realtime did not further appeal the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determination and, thus, the asserted claims of the 610 patent were canceled. As a result, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C. no longer face any possible exposure from this matter, and the liability phase of this case is concluded.

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On January 21, 2022, the District Court granted the motion by DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C. to have the case declared “exceptional,” and on September 20, 2022, awarded them $3.9 million in attorneys’ fees. Realtime Adaptive Streaming filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the exceptionality and fee award orders, and on August 23, 2024, that Court vacated the exceptionality finding and remanded for further consideration of the issue. On November 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C.’s petition seeking rehearing en banc. On February 5, 2025, on remand, the District Court denied the motion to declare the case exceptional. On March 6, 2025, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C., Sling TV L.L.C. and Sling Media L.L.C. filed a notice of appeal of that order, but dismissed the appeal on July 3, 2025. This matter is now concluded.

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On June 27, 2022, SafeCast Limited filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint alleges that DISH Network infringes U.S. Patent No. 9,392,302, entitled “System for providing improved facilities in time-shifted broadcasts” (the “302 patent”). On the same day, it brought complaints in the same court asserting infringement of the same patent against AT&T, Google, HBO, NBCUniversal, Paramount and Verizon. On October 24, 2022, in response to the parties’ joint motion, the Court ordered the case against DISH Network transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

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On December 1, 2022, SafeCast filed an amended complaint naming our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. as defendants and withdrawing the allegations as to DISH Network. The plaintiff is an entity that seeks to license a patent portfolio without itself practicing any of the claims recited therein.

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On June 22, 2023, DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of the asserted claims of the 302 patent, and on June 26, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on that petition. On August 28, 2023, the Court stayed the case pending resolution of the petition. On October 3, 2024, in connection with a third-party’s petition citing different prior art, the United States Patent and Trademark Office invalidated all claims asserted against DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. Because SafeCast Limited did not appeal that decision, on January 27, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a certificate canceling, the challenged claims. As a result, DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. filed a motion to terminate their petition before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which was granted on June 5, 2025. On July 28, 2025, the District Court dismissed the litigation. This matter is now concluded.

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Sling Pass Litigation

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On August 26, 2025, ESPN Enterprises, Inc. and other Disney affiliates sued our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On September 5, 2025, WarnerMedia Network Sales and other Warner Bros Discovery (“WBD”) affiliates sued our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Network L.L.C. in the same court. In each case, the plaintiffs contend that Sling TV’s Day Pass, Weekend Pass and Week Pass subscriptions breach their respective carriage agreements with DISH Network. In their respective cases, both the Disney plaintiff and the WBD plaintiffs have sought a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Passes. The motions are fully briefed, and the Court has heard arguments on each motion, but it has not yet ruled.

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We intend to vigorously defend these cases. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Sound View Innovations, LLC

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On December 30, 2019, Sound View Innovations, LLC filed one complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. and a second complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiary Sling TV L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint against DISH Network L.L.C. and DISH Technologies L.L.C. alleges infringement of United States Patent No 6,502,133 (the “133 patent”), entitled “Real-Time Event Processing System with Analysis Engine Using Recovery Information” and both complaints allege infringement of United States Patent No. 6,708,213 (the “213 patent), entitled “Method for Streaming Multimedia Information Over Public Networks”; United States Patent No. 6,757,796 (the “796 patent”), entitled “Method and System for Caching Streaming Live Broadcasts transmitted Over a Network”; and United States Patent No. 6,725,456 (the “456 patent”), entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Ensuring Quality of Service in an Operating System.” All but the 133 patent are also asserted in the complaint against Sling TV L.L.C. The plaintiff is an entity that seeks to license a patent portfolio without itself practicing any of the claims recited therein.

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On May 21, 2020, June 3, 2020, June 5, 2020 and July 10, 2020, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C. and Sling TV L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of, respectively, the 213 patent, the 133 patent, the 456 patent and the 796 patent. On November 25, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office declined to review the validity of the 213 patent, and on September 29, 2021, denied a request for rehearing of that decision. On January 19, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the 456 patent but declined to review the 133 patent. On February 24, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the 796 patent.

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On January 18, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision holding that the challenged claim of the 456 patent is patentable, and on February 8, 2022, it issued a final written decision holding that the challenged claims of the 796 patent are patentable. On March 22, 2022, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C. and Sling TV L.L.C. filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the adverse final written decision regarding the 456 patent, and on April 8, 2022, they filed a notice of appeal to the same court from the adverse final written decision regarding the 796 patent. The appeal on the 456 patent was voluntarily dismissed on December 6, 2022.

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The Federal Circuit heard oral argument on the 796 patent appeal on October 3, 2023, and affirmed the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s adverse final written decision on October 5, 2023.

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On April 20, 2022, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C. and Sling TV L.L.C. filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office requesting ex parte reexamination of the validity of one of the asserted claims of the 213 patent, and reexamination was ordered on June 16, 2022. On November 13, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the patentability of the challenged claim. On January 18, 2023, DISH Network L.L.C., DISH Technologies L.L.C. and Sling TV L.L.C. filed a second petition requesting ex parte reexamination of the validity of the four other asserted claims of the 213 patent, reexamination was ordered on April 17, 2023, and it remains pending. On October 17, 2024, the Court ordered that the stay of the case, which had been entered for the pendency of the original petitions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, would remain in place pending the outcome of Sound View’s appeal in a parallel action against Hulu.

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We intend to vigorously defend these cases. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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State of Illinois ex rel. Rodriguez

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In March 2020, two private “relators” filed this case in the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois, County Department, Law Division, under the Illinois False Claims Act against DISH Wireless, Sprint and more than 60 Boost Mobile retailers in Illinois. The defendants only became aware of the lawsuit after it was unsealed in March 2022. The operative Second Amended Complaint alleges that the retailer defendants should have collected sales tax under the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act on any amounts that Sprint or DISH Network rebated them to facilitate handset price discounts to Illinois consumers (“Prepaid Phone Rebates”) and on any phone activation fees the retailers charged to customers (“Device Setup Charges”). It further alleges that DISH Wireless and Sprint are liable for the alleged violations arising from the Device Setup Charges because of the way they allegedly managed the point-of-sale system that the retailer defendants used.

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The Plaintiffs seek to recover triple the amount of allegedly unpaid taxes, fines for each alleged violation, and attorneys’ fees and costs. On June 13, 2023, the Court denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint, but on January 2, 2024, it granted reconsideration and dismissed the complaint as to DISH Wireless and Sprint, with leave to amend. The Plaintiffs filed a Third Amended Complaint on February 2, 2024. On September 20, 2024, the Court granted DISH Wireless’s and Sprint’s motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint, without further leave to amend, but the case is continuing against the retailers.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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TQ Delta, LLC

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On July 17, 2015, TQ Delta, LLC (“TQ Delta”) filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiaries DISH Network, DISH DBS Corporation and DISH Network L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Complaint alleges infringement of United States Patent No. 6,961,369 (the “369 patent”), which is entitled “System and Method for Scrambling the Phase of the Carriers in a Multicarrier Communications System”; United States Patent No. 8,718,158 (the “158 patent”), which is entitled “System and Method for Scrambling the Phase of the Carriers in a Multicarrier Communications System”; United States Patent No. 9,014,243 (the “243 patent”), which is entitled “System and Method for Scrambling Using a Bit Scrambler and a Phase Scrambler”; United States Patent No.7,835,430 (the “430 patent”), which is entitled “Multicarrier Modulation Messaging for Frequency Domain Received Idle Channel Noise Information”; United States Patent No. 8,238,412 (the “412 patent”), which is entitled “Multicarrier Modulation Messaging for Power Level per Subchannel Information”; United States Patent No. 8,432,956 (the “956 patent”), which is entitled “Multicarrier Modulation Messaging for Power Level per Subchannel Information”; and United States Patent No. 8,611,404 (the “404 patent”), which is entitled “Multicarrier Transmission System with Low Power Sleep Mode and Rapid-On Capability.” On September 9, 2015, TQ Delta filed a first amended complaint that added allegations of infringement of United States Patent No. 9,094,268 (the “268 patent”), which is entitled “Multicarrier Transmission System With Low Power Sleep Mode and Rapid-On Capability.”

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On May 16, 2016, TQ Delta filed a second amended complaint that added us, and our then wholly-owned subsidiary EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. as defendants. TQ Delta alleges that our satellite TV service, Internet service, set-top boxes, gateways, routers, modems, adapters and networks that operate in accordance with one or more Multimedia over Coax Alliance Standards infringe the asserted patents. TQ Delta has filed actions in the same court alleging infringement of the same patents against Comcast Corp., Cox Communications, Inc., DirecTV, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Verizon Communications, Inc. TQ Delta is an entity that seeks to license an acquired patent portfolio without itself practicing any of the claims recited therein.

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On July 14, 2016, TQ Delta stipulated to dismiss with prejudice all claims related to the 369 patent and the 956 patent. On July 20, 2016, DISH Network filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all of the patent claims of the 404 patent and the 268 patent that have been asserted against DISH Network. Third parties filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all of the patent claims that have been asserted against us in the action. On November 4, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the third-party petitions related to the 158 patent, the 243 patent, the 412 patent and the 430 patent. On December 20, 2016, pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, the Court stayed the case until the resolution of all petitions to the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all of the patent claims at issue. On January 19, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted DISH Network’s motions to join the instituted petitions on the 430 and 158 patents.

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On February 9, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on DISH Network’s petition related to the 404 patent, and on February 13, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on our petition related to the 268 patent. On February 27, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted DISH Network’s motions to join the instituted petitions on the 243 and 412 patents. On October 26, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued final written decisions on the petitions challenging the 158 patent, the 243 patent, the 412 patent and the 430 patent, and it invalidated all of the asserted claims of those patents.

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On February 7, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued final written decisions on the petitions challenging the 404 patent, and it invalidated all of the asserted claims of that patent on the basis of DISH Network’s petition. On February 10, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision on DISH Network’s petition challenging the 268 patent, and it invalidated all of the asserted claims.

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On March 12, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision on a third-party petition challenging the 268 patent, and it invalidated all of the asserted claims. TQ Delta filed notices of appeal from the final written decisions adverse to it. On May 9, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidity of the 430 patent and the 412 patent. On July 10, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidity of the asserted claims of the 404 patent. On July 15, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidity of the asserted claims of the 268 patent. On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the invalidity finding on the 243 patent and the 158 patent, and then, on March 29, 2020, denied a petition for panel rehearing as to those findings. On April 13, 2021, the Court lifted the stay, and the case is proceeding on the 243 patent and the 158 patent. On April 23 and April 26, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued orders granting requests for ex parte reexamination of, respectively, the 243 patent and the 158 patent, but on July 27, 2023 and October 11, 2023, respectively, the United States Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the challenged claims of the 243 patent and the 158 patent. In a proposed supplemental report, TQ Delta’s damages expert contends that TQ Delta is entitled to $251 million in damages. The Court has set a trial date of November 8, 2027.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Uniloc 2017 LLC

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On January 31, 2019, Uniloc 2017 LLC (“Uniloc”) filed a complaint against our wholly-owned subsidiary Sling TV L.L.C. in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The Complaint alleges infringement of United States Patent No. 6,519,005 (the “005 patent”), which is entitled “Method of Concurrent Multiple-Mode Motion Estimation for Digital Video”; United States Patent No. 6,895,118 (the “118 patent”), which is entitled “Method of Coding Digital Image Based on Error Concealment”; United States Patent No. 9,721,273 (the “273 patent”), which is entitled “System and Method for Aggregating and Providing Audio and Visual Presentations Via a Computer Network”); and United States Patent No. 8,407,609 (the “609 patent”), which is entitled “System and Method for Providing and Tracking the Provision of Audio and Visual Presentations Via a Computer Network.” Uniloc is an entity that seeks to license an acquired patent portfolio without itself practicing any of the claims recited therein.

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On June 25, 2019, Sling TV L.L.C. filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all of the asserted claims of the 005 patent. On July 19, 2019 and July 22, 2019, respectively, Sling TV L.L.C. filed petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all asserted claims of the 273 patent and the 609 patent. On August 12, 2019, Sling TV L.L.C. filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of all of the asserted claims of the 118 patent. On October 18, 2019, pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, the Court entered a stay of the trial proceedings.

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On January 9, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the petition challenging the 005 patent. On January 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the petition challenging the 273 patent. On February 4, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office agreed to institute proceedings on the petition challenging the 609 patent. On February 25, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office declined to institute proceedings on the petition challenging the 118 patent.

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On December 28, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision upholding the validity of the challenged claims of the 273 patent. Sling TV L.L.C. appealed that decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and on February 2, 2022, the Federal Circuit vacated the final written decision and remanded to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to reconsider its ruling. On remand, on September 7, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a revised final written decision finding all challenged claims of the 273 patent invalid. Uniloc filed a notice of appeal of that revised final written decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and on September 4, 2024, that court affirmed the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s invalidity finding.

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On January 5, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision invalidating all challenged claims of the 005 patent. On January 19, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision invalidating all challenged claims of the 609 patent (and a second final written decision invalidating all challenged claims of the 609 patent based on a third party’s petition). Uniloc did not appeal those decisions. Thus, the sole remaining asserted patent is the 118 patent.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages, and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Universal Service Administrative Company

On April 3, 2023, the Universal Service Administrative Company (“USAC”) notified our wholly-owned subsidiary DISH Wireless that it intended to seek to recover funds in the amount of $13.9 million disbursed under the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (“EBBP”) and Affordable Connectivity Program (“ACP”) rules. We appealed this action and the USAC denied our appeal in October 2023. We appealed USAC's action to the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau, which denied our appeal on January 17, 2025.

We will continue to appeal USAC's action. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of our appeals or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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On April 26, 2024, U.S. Bank Trust Company, in its capacity as Trustee under the Indentures for DISH DBS Corporation’s 5.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and 7.75% Senior Notes due 2026, filed an action in state court in New York City against DISH DBS Corporation, DISH Network L.L.C., EchoStar Intercompany Receivable Company L.L.C., DISH DBS Issuer LLC, and DBS Intercompany Receivable L.L.C. In its original complaint, the Trustee contended that certain intracompany asset transfers in January 2024 breached the Indentures for those Notes, and that the transfers were intentional and constructive fraudulent transfers under the Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. The Trustee seeks a declaratory judgment that DISH DBS Corporation breached the Indentures and that an Event of Default occurred under the DBS Indentures. It further asks the Court to unwind certain intracompany asset transfers and to award damages.

On May 13, 2024, the defendants removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and, on June 28, 2024, filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. Rather than opposing the motion, on July 18, 2024, the Trustee filed a first amended complaint, which added a new declaratory judgment claim challenging certain intercompany advances and new factual allegations challenging a certification of compliance with the DBS Indentures. On January 22, 2025, with permission from the Court, the Trustee filed a second amended complaint, which added allegations regarding the debt issued by DBS SubscriberCo, a related intercompany loan, and the DIRECTV transaction (collectively, the “September 2024 Transactions”). The defendants moved to dismiss the second amended complaint and, on August 21, 2025, the Court granted the motion to dismiss the claims that were based on the September 2024 Transactions but otherwise denied the motion.

We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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Vermont National Telephone Company

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On September 23, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a qui tam complaint that, on May 13, 2015, Vermont National filed against our wholly-owned subsidiaries, DISH Network, American AWS-3 Wireless I L.L.C., American II, American III, and DISH Wireless Holding L.L.C.; Charles W. Ergen (our Chairman) and Cantey M. Ergen (a member of our Board of Directors); Northstar Wireless; Northstar Spectrum; Northstar Manager; SNR Wireless; SNR HoldCo; SNR Management; and certain other parties. The complaint alleges violations of the federal civil False Claims Act (the “FCA”) based on, among other things, allegations that Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless falsely claimed bidding credits of 25% in the AWS-3 Auction when they were allegedly under the de facto control of DISH Network and, therefore, were not entitled to the bidding credits as designated entities under applicable FCC rules. Vermont National participated in the AWS-3 Auction through its wholly-owned subsidiary, VTel Wireless.

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The complaint was unsealed after the United States Department of Justice notified the District Court that it had declined to intervene in the action. Vermont National seeks to recover on behalf of the United States government approximately $10 billion, which reflects the $3.3 billion in bidding credits that Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless claimed in the AWS-3 Auction, trebled under the FCA. Vermont National also seeks civil penalties of not less than $5,500 and not more than $11,000 for each violation of the FCA. On March 2, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a stay of the litigation until such time as the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “D.C. Circuit”) issued its opinion in SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC, et al. v. F.C.C. The D.C. Circuit issued its opinion on August 29, 2017 and remanded the matter to the FCC for further proceedings.

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Thereafter, the District Court maintained the stay until October 26, 2018. On February 11, 2019, the District Court granted Vermont National’s unopposed motion for leave to file an amended complaint. On March 28, 2019, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss Vermont National’s amended complaint, and on March 23, 2021, the District Court granted the motion to dismiss. On April 21, 2021, Vermont National filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and, on May 17, 2022, that court reversed the District Court’s dismissal of the complaint. On June 16, 2022, the Defendants-Appellees filed a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc, but on August 17, 2022, that petition was denied.

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On August 25, 2023, the FCC provided a sworn declaration stating that “the FCC considers … SNR and Northstar to have fully and timely satisfied their obligations to pay money to the Government arising from the AWS-3 Auction.” On that basis, on September 22, 2023, the Defendants filed a motion seeking partial summary judgment of no damages. On September 26, 2023, the Court denied the motion as premature. On March 8, 2024, the United States filed a motion to exercise its statutory prerogative to intervene in the case for the purpose of moving to dismiss it with prejudice, stating that the case is “unlikely to vindicate the United States’ interests and would needlessly expend the Government’s and this Court’s resources.” In a report and recommendation issued on April 7, 2025, a magistrate judge recommended that the government’s motion be granted. Vermont National’s objections to that recommendation have been fully briefed to the Court.

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We intend to vigorously defend this case. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of this proceeding or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

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In addition to the above actions, we are subject to various other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business, including, among other things, disputes with programmers regarding fees. In our opinion, the amount of ultimate liability with respect to any of these actions is unlikely to materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity, though the outcomes could be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.

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Our reportable segments are strategic business units managed separately based on different business strategies, services and products.

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Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is our President and Chief Executive Officer. “OIBDA,” defined as “Operating income (loss)” plus “Depreciation and amortization,” is the primary measure used by our CODM to evaluate segment operating performance. The CODM regularly reviews budget-to-actual variances of OIBDA when evaluating segment performance and allocating resources to each segment.

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We currently operate three primary business segments: (1) Pay-TV; (2) Wireless; and (3) Broadband and Satellite Services. See Note 1 for further information. Our Pay-TV segment revenue is primarily derived from Pay-TV subscriber revenue. Our Wireless segment revenue is primarily derived from Wireless subscriber revenue and selling wireless devices to subscribers. Our Broadband and Satellite Services segment revenue is primarily derived from Broadband subscriber revenue, broadband services revenue and communications equipment sales and leases.

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All other and eliminations primarily include intersegment eliminations related to intercompany revenue and the related expense, which are eliminated in consolidation.

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The CODM is not regularly provided assets on a segment basis; therefore, such information is not presented.

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The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Intersegment expenses are included within the amounts presented.

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​ | ​ | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Eliminations | ​ | Consolidated Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue from external customers: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 2,326,126 | ​ | $ | 836,165 | ​ | $ | 265,656 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 3,427,947
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 13,449 | ​ | ​ | 102,401 | ​ | ​ | 70,461 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 186,311
Intersegment revenue | ​ | ​ | 1,608 | ​ | ​ | 380 | ​ | ​ | 9,703 | ​ | ​ | (11,691) | ​ | ​ | —
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 2,341,183 | ​ | ​ | 938,946 | ​ | ​ | 345,820 | ​ | ​ | (11,691) | ​ | ​ | 3,614,258
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating Expenses | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Programming | ​ | ​ | 1,126,925 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,126,925
Connectivity services (1) | ​ | ​ | 49,736 | ​ | ​ | 616,788 | ​ | ​ | 49,897 | ​ | ​ | (2,213) | ​ | ​ | 714,208
Other (2) | ​ | ​ | 288,433 | ​ | ​ | 173,949 | ​ | ​ | 65,274 | ​ | ​ | 1,574 | ​ | ​ | 529,230
Total cost of services | ​ | ​ | 1,465,094 | ​ | ​ | 790,737 | ​ | ​ | 115,171 | ​ | ​ | (639) | ​ | ​ | 2,370,363
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 8,478 | ​ | ​ | 315,241 | ​ | ​ | 67,953 | ​ | ​ | (148) | ​ | ​ | 391,524
Selling, general and administrative expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Subscriber acquisition costs | ​ | ​ | 103,864 | ​ | ​ | 188,790 | ​ | ​ | 43,904 | ​ | ​ | (4,892) | ​ | ​ | 331,666
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 153,310 | ​ | ​ | 98,718 | ​ | ​ | 44,265 | ​ | ​ | (6,472) | ​ | ​ | 289,821
Total selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 257,174 | ​ | ​ | 287,508 | ​ | ​ | 88,169 | ​ | ​ | (11,364) | ​ | ​ | 621,487
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
OIBDA (3) | ​ | ​ | 610,437 | ​ | ​ | (16,653,884) | ​ | ​ | (207,597) | ​ | ​ | 460 | ​ | ​ | (16,250,584)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 61,049 | ​ | ​ | 229,615 | ​ | ​ | 100,730 | ​ | ​ | (103) | ​ | ​ | 391,291
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 1,791,795 | ​ | ​ | 17,822,445 | ​ | ​ | 654,147 | ​ | ​ | (12,254) | ​ | ​ | 20,256,133
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 549,388 | ​ | $ | (16,883,499) | ​ | $ | (308,327) | ​ | $ | 563 | ​ | ​ | (16,641,875)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Unallocated Amounts | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 53,187
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (377,072)
Other, net | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 28,953
Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | (16,936,807)

(1) | “Connectivity services” is the cost to deliver our services and products to customers, which includes, among other things, network, transport and data, cloud-based service, satellite and transmission and other related costs.

(2) | “Other” primarily consists of variable costs including call center, manufacturing, dealer incentive, bad debt, billing and other variable costs, as well as costs to retain our subscribers.

(3) | OIBDA is a non-GAAP measure and does not purport to be an alternative to operating income (loss) as a measure of operating performance. We believe this measure is useful to management, investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating operating profitability of our business segments on a more variable cost basis as it excludes the depreciation and amortization expenses related primarily to capital expenditures and acquisitions for those business segments, as well as in evaluating operating performance in relation to our competitors.

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Eliminations | ​ | Consolidated Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue from external customers: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 2,600,405 | ​ | $ | 778,737 | ​ | $ | 292,532 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 3,671,674
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 14,677 | ​ | ​ | 118,057 | ​ | ​ | 86,576 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 219,310
Intersegment revenue | ​ | ​ | 2,949 | ​ | ​ | 1,602 | ​ | ​ | 7,601 | ​ | ​ | (12,152) | ​ | ​ | —
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 2,618,031 | ​ | ​ | 898,396 | ​ | ​ | 386,709 | ​ | ​ | (12,152) | ​ | ​ | 3,890,984
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating Expenses | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Programming | ​ | ​ | 1,265,883 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,265,883
Connectivity services | ​ | ​ | 53,820 | ​ | ​ | 638,094 | ​ | ​ | 51,570 | ​ | ​ | (2,792) | ​ | ​ | 740,692
Other | ​ | ​ | 319,302 | ​ | ​ | 140,058 | ​ | ​ | 74,400 | ​ | ​ | (2,186) | ​ | ​ | 531,574
Total cost of services | ​ | ​ | 1,639,005 | ​ | ​ | 778,152 | ​ | ​ | 125,970 | ​ | ​ | (4,978) | ​ | ​ | 2,538,149
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 19,243 | ​ | ​ | 300,321 | ​ | ​ | 74,397 | ​ | ​ | (937) | ​ | ​ | 393,024
Selling, general and administrative expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Subscriber acquisition costs | ​ | ​ | 110,697 | ​ | ​ | 178,073 | ​ | ​ | 48,920 | ​ | ​ | (547) | ​ | ​ | 337,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 173,083 | ​ | ​ | 79,210 | ​ | ​ | 59,896 | ​ | ​ | (6,188) | ​ | ​ | 306,001
Total selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 283,780 | ​ | ​ | 257,283 | ​ | ​ | 108,816 | ​ | ​ | (6,735) | ​ | ​ | 643,144
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 676,003 | ​ | ​ | (437,360) | ​ | ​ | 77,526 | ​ | ​ | 498 | ​ | ​ | 316,667
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 87,502 | ​ | ​ | 276,702 | ​ | ​ | 113,642 | ​ | ​ | (412) | ​ | ​ | 477,434
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 2,029,530 | ​ | ​ | 1,612,458 | ​ | ​ | 422,825 | ​ | ​ | (13,062) | ​ | ​ | 4,051,751
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 588,501 | ​ | $ | (714,062) | ​ | $ | (36,116) | ​ | $ | 910 | ​ | ​ | (160,767)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Unallocated Amounts | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 11,200
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (81,503)
Other, net | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 52,107
Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | (178,963)

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​ | ​ | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Eliminations | ​ | Consolidated Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue from external customers: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 7,292,529 | ​ | $ | 2,469,493 | ​ | $ | 812,188 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 10,574,210
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 40,042 | ​ | ​ | 375,172 | ​ | ​ | 219,551 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 634,765
Intersegment revenue | ​ | ​ | 9,588 | ​ | ​ | 1,687 | ​ | ​ | 24,519 | ​ | ​ | (35,794) | ​ | ​ | —
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 7,342,159 | ​ | ​ | 2,846,352 | ​ | ​ | 1,056,258 | ​ | ​ | (35,794) | ​ | ​ | 11,208,975
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating Expenses | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Programming | ​ | ​ | 3,523,334 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 3,523,334
Connectivity services | ​ | ​ | 156,522 | ​ | ​ | 1,875,536 | ​ | ​ | 149,236 | ​ | ​ | (6,711) | ​ | ​ | 2,174,583
Other | ​ | ​ | 890,845 | ​ | ​ | 482,582 | ​ | ​ | 194,292 | ​ | ​ | (1,444) | ​ | ​ | 1,566,275
Total cost of services | ​ | ​ | 4,570,701 | ​ | ​ | 2,358,118 | ​ | ​ | 343,528 | ​ | ​ | (8,155) | ​ | ​ | 7,264,192
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 27,596 | ​ | ​ | 946,531 | ​ | ​ | 213,238 | ​ | ​ | (2,146) | ​ | ​ | 1,185,219
Selling, general and administrative expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Subscriber acquisition costs | ​ | ​ | 277,983 | ​ | ​ | 584,085 | ​ | ​ | 135,260 | ​ | ​ | (7,170) | ​ | ​ | 990,158
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 462,192 | ​ | ​ | 279,202 | ​ | ​ | 136,303 | ​ | ​ | (19,023) | ​ | ​ | 858,674
Total selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 740,175 | ​ | ​ | 863,287 | ​ | ​ | 271,563 | ​ | ​ | (26,193) | ​ | ​ | 1,848,832
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 2,003,687 | ​ | ​ | (17,520,928) | ​ | ​ | (54,195) | ​ | ​ | 700 | ​ | ​ | (15,570,736)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 205,317 | ​ | ​ | 857,821 | ​ | ​ | 310,065 | ​ | ​ | (524) | ​ | ​ | 1,372,679
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 5,543,789 | ​ | ​ | 21,225,101 | ​ | ​ | 1,420,518 | ​ | ​ | (37,018) | ​ | ​ | 28,152,390
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 1,798,370 | ​ | $ | (18,378,749) | ​ | $ | (364,260) | ​ | $ | 1,224 | ​ | ​ | (16,943,415)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Unallocated Amounts | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 184,085
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (942,359)
Other, net | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 105,480
Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | (17,596,209)

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​ | ​ | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Eliminations | ​ | Consolidated Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Revenue from external customers: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 7,956,510 | ​ | $ | 2,368,138 | ​ | $ | 908,781 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 11,233,429
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 56,917 | ​ | ​ | 335,060 | ​ | ​ | 233,172 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 625,149
Intersegment revenue | ​ | ​ | 7,466 | ​ | ​ | 1,932 | ​ | ​ | 21,353 | ​ | ​ | (30,751) | ​ | ​ | —
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 8,020,893 | ​ | ​ | 2,705,130 | ​ | ​ | 1,163,306 | ​ | ​ | (30,751) | ​ | ​ | 11,858,578
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating Expenses | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Programming | ​ | ​ | 3,809,755 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 3,809,755
Connectivity services | ​ | ​ | 165,521 | ​ | ​ | 1,899,591 | ​ | ​ | 153,688 | ​ | ​ | (5,749) | ​ | ​ | 2,213,051
Other | ​ | ​ | 966,857 | ​ | ​ | 388,173 | ​ | ​ | 228,712 | ​ | ​ | (3,739) | ​ | ​ | 1,580,003
Total cost of services | ​ | ​ | 4,942,133 | ​ | ​ | 2,287,764 | ​ | ​ | 382,400 | ​ | ​ | (9,488) | ​ | ​ | 7,602,809
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 54,072 | ​ | ​ | 902,846 | ​ | ​ | 209,440 | ​ | ​ | (2,158) | ​ | ​ | 1,164,200
Selling, general and administrative expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Subscriber acquisition costs | ​ | ​ | 334,085 | ​ | ​ | 467,119 | ​ | ​ | 151,044 | ​ | ​ | (1,906) | ​ | ​ | 950,342
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 506,089 | ​ | ​ | 242,696 | ​ | ​ | 181,217 | ​ | ​ | (17,754) | ​ | ​ | 912,248
Total selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 840,174 | ​ | ​ | 709,815 | ​ | ​ | 332,261 | ​ | ​ | (19,660) | ​ | ​ | 1,862,590
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 2,184,514 | ​ | ​ | (1,195,295) | ​ | ​ | 239,205 | ​ | ​ | 555 | ​ | ​ | 1,228,979
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 258,153 | ​ | ​ | 864,237 | ​ | ​ | 349,461 | ​ | ​ | (1,492) | ​ | ​ | 1,470,359
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 6,094,532 | ​ | ​ | 4,764,662 | ​ | ​ | 1,273,562 | ​ | ​ | (32,798) | ​ | ​ | 12,099,958
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 1,926,361 | ​ | $ | (2,059,532) | ​ | $ | (110,256) | ​ | $ | 2,047 | ​ | ​ | (241,380)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Unallocated Amounts | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 55,591
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (262,077)
Other, net | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (65,501)
Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | (513,367)

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​ |  | Pay-TV |  | Wireless |  | Broadband and Satellite Services |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds, (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) | ​ | $ | 98,553 | ​ | $ | 214,671 | ​ | $ | 45,334 | ​ | $ | 358,558
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds, (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) | ​ | $ | 53,357 | ​ | $ | 396,596 | ​ | $ | 44,913 | ​ | $ | 494,866

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​ |  | Pay-TV |  | Wireless |  | Broadband and Satellite Services |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds, (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) | ​ | $ | 239,521 | ​ | $ | 1,123,867 | ​ | $ | 120,555 | ​ | $ | 1,483,943
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds, (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) | ​ | $ | 165,275 | ​ | $ | 1,506,237 | ​ | $ | 172,083 | ​ | $ | 1,843,595

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The revenue from external customers disaggregated by major revenue source was as follows:

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
Category: |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| ​ | (In thousands)
Pay-TV subscriber and related revenue | ​ | $ | 2,328,705 | ​ | $ | 2,602,176 | ​ | $ | 7,299,901 | ​ | $ | 7,961,736
Wireless services and related revenue | ​ | ​ | 836,164 | ​ | ​ | 778,737 | ​ | ​ | 2,469,493 | ​ | ​ | 2,368,138
Broadband and satellite services and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 267,460 | ​ | ​ | 294,703 | ​ | ​ | 817,845 | ​ | ​ | 914,350
Pay-TV equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 12,478 | ​ | ​ | 15,855 | ​ | ​ | 42,258 | ​ | ​ | 59,157
Wireless equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 102,782 | ​ | ​ | 119,659 | ​ | ​ | 376,859 | ​ | ​ | 336,992
Broadband equipment and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 78,360 | ​ | ​ | 92,006 | ​ | ​ | 238,413 | ​ | ​ | 248,956
Eliminations | ​ | ​ | (11,691) | ​ | ​ | (12,152) | ​ | ​ | (35,794) | ​ | ​ | (30,751)
Total | ​ | $ | 3,614,258 | ​ | $ | 3,890,984 | ​ | $ | 11,208,975 | ​ | $ | 11,858,578

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Contract Balances

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Our allowance for credit losses for trade accounts receivable were as follows:

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​ |  | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Total
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Balance, December 31, 2024 |  | $ | 42,575 | ​ | $ | 28,739 | ​ | $ | 11,314 | ​ | $ | 82,628
Current period provision for expected credit losses | ​ | ​ | 36,900 | ​ | ​ | 24,291 | ​ | ​ | 11,578 | ​ | ​ | 72,769
Write-offs charged against allowance | ​ | ​ | (26,395) | ​ | ​ | (26,713) | ​ | ​ | (11,003) | ​ | ​ | (64,111)
Foreign currency translation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 98 | ​ | ​ | 98
Balance, September 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 53,080 | ​ | $ | 26,317 | ​ | $ | 11,987 | ​ | $ | 91,384

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​ |  | Pay-TV | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Total
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Balance, December 31, 2023 |  | $ | 35,320 | ​ | $ | 18,671 | ​ | $ | 20,399 | ​ | $ | 74,390
Current period provision for expected credit losses | ​ | ​ | 51,609 | ​ | ​ | 47,542 | ​ | ​ | 21,107 | ​ | ​ | 120,258
Write-offs charged against allowance | ​ | ​ | (36,775) | ​ | ​ | (49,303) | ​ | ​ | (25,880) | ​ | ​ | (111,958)
Foreign currency translation | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (263) | ​ | ​ | (263)
Balance, September 30, 2024 | ​ | $ | 50,154 | ​ | $ | 16,910 | ​ | $ | 15,363 | ​ | $ | 82,427

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Contract assets arise when we recognize revenue for providing a service in advance of billing our customers. Our contract assets typically relate to our long-term contracts where we recognize revenue using the cost-based input method and the revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer.

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Our contract assets also include receivables related to sales-type leases recognized over the lease term as the customer is billed. Contract assets are amortized as the customer is billed for services. Contract assets are recorded in “Trade accounts receivable, net” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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The following table summarizes our contract asset balances:

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Contract assets | ​ | $ | 154,861 | ​ | $ | 108,092

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Contract liabilities arise when we bill our customers and receive consideration in advance of providing the service. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when the service has been provided to the customer. Contract liabilities are recorded in “Deferred revenue and other” and “Long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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The following table summarizes our contract liability balances:

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​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
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Contract liabilities | ​ | $ | 624,217 | ​ | $ | 649,054

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Our beginning of period contract liability recorded as customer contract revenue during 2025 was $604 million.

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Performance Obligations

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Pay-TV and Wireless Segments

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We apply a practical expedient and do not disclose the value of the remaining performance obligations for contracts that are less than one year in duration, which represent a substantial majority of our revenue. As such, the amount of revenue related to unsatisfied performance obligations is not necessarily indicative of our future revenue.

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Broadband and Satellite Services Segment

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As of September 30, 2025, the remaining performance obligations for our customer contracts was approximately $1.5 billion. Performance obligations expected to be satisfied within one year and greater than one year are 29% and 71%, respectively. This amount and percentages exclude leasing arrangements and agreements with consumer customers.

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Contract Acquisition Costs

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The following table presents the activity in our contract acquisition costs, net:

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
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Balance, beginning of period | ​ | $ | 282,247 | ​ | $ | 307,345 | ​ | $ | 289,200 | ​ | $ | 352,114
Additions | ​ | ​ | 71,654 | ​ | ​ | 67,086 | ​ | ​ | 196,770 | ​ | ​ | 202,328
Amortization expense | ​ | ​ | (77,702) | ​ | ​ | (75,438) | ​ | ​ | (210,544) | ​ | ​ | (254,541)
Foreign currency translation | ​ | ​ | 172 | ​ | ​ | 43 | ​ | ​ | 945 | ​ | ​ | (865)
Balance, end of period | ​ | $ | 276,371 | ​ | $ | 299,036 | ​ | $ | 276,371 | ​ | $ | 299,036

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CONX

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CONX Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company partially owned by Charles W. Ergen, our Chairman (“CONX”). On May 1, 2024, we and CONX entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement, which provides for CONX’s purchase from us of the commercial real estate property in Littleton, Colorado, comprising the corporate headquarters of DISH Wireless. Concurrently with the transaction closing on May 1, 2024, we entered into an agreement to lease back the property from CONX for an initial 10-year term. During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded less than $1 million and $1 million, respectively, for this lease in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $2 million and $1 million, respectively, for this lease in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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Hughes Systique Corporation (“Hughes Systique”)

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We own 42% of Hughes Systique Corporation (“Hughes Systique”) and contract with Hughes Systique for software development services.

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The table below summarizes our transactions with Hughes Systique:

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2025 | ​ | 2024 | ​ | 2025 | ​ | 2024
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Purchases: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases from Hughes Systique | ​ | $ | 3,910 | ​ | $ | 4,236 | ​ | $ | 12,058 | ​ | $ | 13,211
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Amounts Payable: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Amounts payable to Hughes Systique | ​ | $ | 1,331 | ​ | $ | 1,466 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​

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We own a 50% interest in NagraStar, a joint venture that is our primary provider of encryption and related security systems intended to assure that only authorized customers have access to our programming. Certain payments related to NagraStar are recorded in “Cost of services” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). In addition, certain other payments are initially included in “Inventory” and are subsequently capitalized as “Property and equipment, net” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets or expensed as “Selling, general and administrative expenses” or “Cost of services” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) when the equipment is deployed. We record all payables in “Trade accounts payable” or “Other accrued expenses and liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our investment in NagraStar is accounted for using the equity method.

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The table below summarizes our transactions with NagraStar:

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
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Purchases (including fees): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Purchases from NagraStar |  | $ | 7,216 |  | $ | 7,596 |  | $ | 21,494 |  | $ | 24,723
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Amounts Payable and Commitments: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Amounts payable to NagraStar |  | $ | 4,377 |  | $ | 5,569 |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Commitments to NagraStar |  | $ | 481 |  | $ | 883 |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​

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You should read the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of our Financial Condition and Results of Operations together with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes to our financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This management’s discussion and analysis is intended to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of our operations and contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about our industry, business and future financial results. Our actual results could differ materially from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the caption “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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Overview

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Recent Developments

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FCC Review

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In the third quarter of 2025, we resolved the previously disclosed review by the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) into EchoStar’s compliance with its build-out milestones and other obligations regarding EchoStar’s federal spectrum licenses. We had previously received a letter from the FCC on May 9, 2025, indicating that the FCC was beginning a review of our compliance with certain obligations to provide 5G broadband service and raising certain questions regarding the September 2024 build-out extension granted by the FCC and mobile-satellite service (“MSS”) utilization in the 2 GHz band (the “May 9 Letter”). We responded to the FCC’s subsequent public notices with filings on May 27, 2025 and June 6, 2025.

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During the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter of 2025, the potential ramifications of the FCC review to our business required us to, among other things, reevaluate the deployment of our resources and as a result, we elected not to make interest payments on a certain portion of our long-term senior notes on their respective scheduled due dates. We subsequently made such payments, including interest on the defaulted interest, within the applicable 30-day grace periods. See Note 9 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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The FCC review introduced the possibility of reversing prior FCC grants of authority to us. The FCC made it clear that it viewed our spectrum as being underutilized and deemed our continued ownership of such spectrum licenses inconsistent with the public interest, and that we must sell a material amount of spectrum licenses or face a wide-ranging license revocation. Accordingly, as a result of these unforeseeable actions by the FCC that were outside of our control, we entered into the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, as defined below, whereby we agreed to sell a material amount of our spectrum licenses. In August 2025, following these transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business, as defined in “Segments-Wireless” below. Furthermore, we believe the FCC’s actions and the resulting AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions constitute one or more force majeure events under certain of our 5G Network-related contracts.

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On September 8, 2025, we received a follow-up letter from the FCC (the “September 8 Letter”). The September 8 Letter states, among other things, that FCC Chairman Carr has “asked FCC staff to bring the agency’s investigation to conclusion” by directing FCC staff to: “(1) dismiss VTel Wireless’s petition for reconsideration; (2) confirm that EchoStar holds exclusive terrestrial and MSS rights over the AWS-4 spectrum to which it is currently licensed; and (3) find that relevant FCC buildout and other related obligations have been satisfied by EchoStar in view of the company’s current FCC milestones.”

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AT&T License Purchase Agreement

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On August 25, 2025, we and AT&T Mobility II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”) entered into a License Purchase Agreement (the “AT&T License Purchase Agreement,” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “AT&T Transactions”).

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Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the AT&T License Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to sell all our 3.45–3.55 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses, including licenses exchanged as part of the Omega License Purchase Agreement, as defined and detailed in Note 10, (collectively, the “3.45 GHz and 600 MHz Licenses”), and to a 99-year extension of existing leases for AT&T’s exclusive use of certain wireless spectrum licenses in Hawaii for an aggregate purchase price of $22.650 billion in cash, subject to certain potential adjustments (the “Closing Purchase Price”). The AT&T License Purchase Agreement also extends to AT&T the right to lease certain 3.45 GHz licenses from us, which AT&T exercised, subject to a short-term spectrum manager lease, at the end of the third quarter of 2025.

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The Closing Purchase Price is subject to downward adjustment in the event certain 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz Licenses are ultimately excluded by either us or AT&T under certain circumstances. We are not obligated to consummate the AT&T Transactions if the Closing Purchase Price, after giving effect to the aggregate amount of any such adjustments, is less than $18.6 billion (the “Minimum Purchase Price”). However, if the aggregate amount of such reductions would otherwise reduce the Closing Purchase Price below the Minimum Purchase Price, AT&T may elect to pay the Minimum Purchase Price at closing, in which case this condition will be deemed satisfied.

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The AT&T License Purchase Agreement provides that, at the closing of the AT&T Transactions, any amounts outstanding under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated November 26, 2021, between DISH DBS as lender and DISH Network will be repaid in full using proceeds from the AT&T Transactions to the respective holders of the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan (the “DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan Payoff”). The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan Payoff includes $2.844 billion due to DISH DBS as of September 30, 2025 for the DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan 2028 Tranche. The DISH 2021 Intercompany Loan is secured by the 3.45 GHz Licenses and certain other wireless spectrum licenses. See Note 9 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for definitions and further information.

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In addition, all outstanding 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 15, 2027 issued pursuant to that certain Secured Indenture, dated November 15, 2022 (“DISH Secured Indenture”), by and among DISH Network Corporation, the Guarantors identified therein, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, will be redeemed concurrently with the closing in accordance with the terms of the DISH Secured Indenture (the “Redemption”). As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 15, 2027 was $3.5 billion and is secured by the 600 MHz Licenses.

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The AT&T Transactions are subject to a number of terms and conditions set forth in the AT&T License Purchase Agreement. The completion of the AT&T Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, certain government approvals, including, among other things, receipt of certain consents and approvals from the FCC and the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”). The AT&T License Purchase Agreement also provides for specified termination rights by each party in certain circumstances. The closing is expected to occur in the first half of 2026.

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The description of the AT&T License Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the License Purchase Agreement filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Amendments to the Network Services Agreement

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Simultaneously with the execution of the AT&T License Purchase Agreement, DISH Wireless L.L.C., our subsidiary and AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of AT&T, entered into the Fifth Amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) and the Sixth Amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the Network Services Agreement dated as of July 14, 2021 by and among DISH Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Mobility LLC (as amended, the “NSA”). The term of the Fifth Amendment is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2026 and extends certain terms and conditions under the NSA that were previously available only through the end of 2025.

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The Sixth Amendment sets forth new terms including reduced rates if we meet certain minimum data thresholds while transitioning to a Hybrid MNO. Under a Hybrid MNO we operate certain portions of the network infrastructure such as the network core and billing and provisioning software, while our network partner, AT&T, provides certain elements including base stations, radios, radio access network (RAN) software and spectrum frequencies. We plan to transition to a Hybrid MNO and trigger the Sixth Amendment rates as early as the fourth quarter of 2025 and AT&T has agreed to provide these services to us through December 31, 2031. We are not obligated to transition to a Hybrid MNO or meet the specified data thresholds, but will not be entitled to the terms of the Sixth Amendment unless we have met such thresholds. In the fourth quarter of 2025, we gave notice to AT&T that we expect to meet such thresholds and intend to trigger the Sixth Amendment and as such, we have commenced the transition to a Hybrid MNO.

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During the term of the Sixth Amendment, we have the option to extend the Sixth Amendment up to two times for additional extension terms of 2-years each, until either December 31, 2033 or December 31, 2035 (each an “Extension Term”). The Fifth and Sixth amendments, in addition to any Extension Term we exercise, also contain certain minimum purchase commitments.

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SpaceX License Purchase Agreement

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On September 7, 2025, we, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation (“SpaceX”), and Spectrum Business Trust 2025-1, a Nevada Business Trust (“Trust”), entered into a License Purchase Agreement (the “SpaceX License Purchase Agreement,” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “SpaceX Transactions”).

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Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell to SpaceX our rights and licenses related to an aggregate of 50 MHz of spectrum in frequency ranges 2000–2020, 2180–2200, 1915–1920 and 1995– 2000 (the “AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses” and such spectrum, “the Spectrum”) granted by the FCC, together with certain international authorizations, filings, concessions, licenses, rights and priorities related to that spectrum and certain assets associated therewith (collectively, the “Foreign Assets”).

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The transfer of the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will occur in two steps: first, the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will be transferred by us to the Trust (the “Spectrum Transfer Closing”), and second, the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses will be transferred by the Trust to SpaceX (the “Spectrum Acquisition Closing”). The Foreign Assets will be transferred directly to SpaceX at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing, to the extent the required regulatory approvals have been obtained by such date; provided, however, that the failure to obtain such approvals will not delay or prevent the Spectrum Acquisition Closing.

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The consideration for the SpaceX Transactions payable at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing is $17 billion (the “Total Consideration Amount”). A portion of the Total Consideration Amount (such amount, the “Total Payoff Consideration Amount”) will be used to: (i) fully pay off all outstanding amounts owed on the 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “10 3/4% Secured Notes”) and the 6 3/4% Senior Secured due 2030 (the “6 3/4% Secured Notes”) and (ii) settle the anticipated redemption and conversions of the 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Convertible Notes due 2030” and, together with the 10 3/4% Secured Notes and the 6 3/4% Secured Notes, the “Seller Notes”). The remaining amount after paying off the Seller Notes (the “Purchase Price”) will be paid by SpaceX to us as follows: (i) up to $8.5 billion will be paid in SpaceX’s Class A Common Stock, valued at $212 per share (the “Equity Amount”); and (ii) any amount of the Purchase Price exceeding $8.5 billion will be paid in cash. If the Total Payoff Consideration Amount exceeds $8.5 billion, we may elect to pay the excess in cash, our Class A Common Stock (with respect to the Convertible Notes due 2030), or both, to maintain our receipt of the full Equity Amount. However, if we elect not to pay such excess amount, the Equity Amount will be reduced dollar-for-dollar to ensure that the combined Equity Amount and Total Payoff Consideration Amount do not exceed the Total Consideration Amount. As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Seller Notes was $9.826 billion and is secured by the AWS-4 and AWS-3 Licenses.

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The Spectrum Acquisition Closing is expected to occur on or about November 30, 2027, following the expiration of the make-whole period for the Seller Notes and the date on which the Convertible Notes due 2030 become eligible for redemption. If SpaceX elects to proceed with the Spectrum Acquisition Closing prior to November 30, 2027, SpaceX will be responsible for any additional amounts required to satisfy the Seller Notes, other than additional amounts payable as a result of a default under the Seller Notes.

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Additionally, in connection with the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement and the SpaceX Transactions, on September 7, 2025, SpaceX and the Trust entered into a Credit Agreement, pursuant to which SpaceX has agreed upon the Spectrum Transfer Closing to loan to the Trust (via automatically cancellable loans) amounts sufficient to make debt service payments on the Seller Notes through at least November 30, 2027 (the “Interim Debt Service”), which will be secured on a junior lien basis by the AWS-4 and H-Block Licenses. The aggregate amount of payments for the Interim Debt Service through November 30, 2027 will equal approximately $2 billion and will be settled via a loan between us and SpaceX that automatically cancels upon the completion of the Spectrum Acquisition Closing. The Credit Agreement is generally on standard commercial terms and conditions and, as a beneficiary of the Credit Agreement, we have the ability to enforce the parties obligations under the Agreement.

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The SpaceX Transactions are subject to a number of terms and conditions set forth in the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement. The completion of the SpaceX Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including, among others, receipt of certain consents and approvals from the FCC and DOJ. The SpaceX License Purchase Agreement also provides for specified termination rights.

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The SpaceX License Purchase Agreement also provides for future long-term commercial agreements that will enable us to offer our Wireless subscribers access to SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink Direct to Cell text and voice and broadband services utilizing certain rights and licenses related to the Spectrum that are to be conveyed by us to SpaceX at the Spectrum Acquisition Closing. The commercial agreements will also provide for a fee-based referral program that lets us refer existing HughesNet customers and new Starlink customers to SpaceX.

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The description of the SpaceX License Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the License Purchase Agreement filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Future Capital Requirements

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The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

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Our cash and cash equivalents and marketable investment securities totaled $3.915 billion as of September 30, 2025 (“Cash on Hand”). As reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2025, we have $2.0 billion of debt maturing in July 2026 and $1.377 billion of debt maturing in August 2026. In addition, the re-auction of certain AWS-3 licenses previously awarded to Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless has been designated as Auction 113 and the FCC is required to initiate Auction 113 by June 23, 2026. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of Auction 113, however, we may be required to make a maximum payment up to approximately $2.921 billion for the Northstar Re-Auction Payment and SNR Re-Auction Payment. See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for definitions and further information.

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As detailed above, upon the closing of the AT&T Transactions, subject to certain conditions and adjustments, we will receive $22.650 billion in cash and upon the closing of the SpaceX Transactions, subject to certain conditions, we will receive $19 billion in consideration which includes $17 billion in a combination of cash and the Equity Amount (as defined above in “SpaceX Transactions”), and payments for the Interim Debt Service of $2 billion. These transactions also contemplate the repayment of certain of our debt as described above in “AT&T Transactions” and “SpaceX Transactions.” However, until the closing of these transactions, which are subject to receipt of government approvals and other customary conditions, funding is not deemed committed and because we do not currently have the necessary Cash on Hand and/or projected future cash flows or committed financing to fund our obligations for at least twelve months from the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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We cannot provide assurances that the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions will be approved and consummated on the predicted timeline or at all.

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The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amount and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary should we not continue as a going concern.

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Impairments and Other

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During the third quarter of 2025, as a result of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, as defined below, resulting in a significant adverse change in the intended use of such assets. These developments were considered triggering events and resulted in the performance of an impairment assessment. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded a $16.481 billion charge for non-cash asset impairments and other expenses related to the termination of our 5G Network deployment in “Impairments and other” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) in our Wireless and Broadband and Satellite Services Segments. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Segments

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We currently operate three primary business segments: (1) Pay-TV; (2) Wireless; and (3) Broadband and Satellite Services.

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Our Pay-TV segment business strategy is to be the best provider of video services in the United States by providing products with the best technology, outstanding customer service and great value. We offer pay-TV services under the DISH® brand and the SLING® brand (collectively “Pay-TV” services). We promote our Pay-TV services by providing our subscribers with a better “price-to-value” relationship and experience than those available from other subscription television service providers. The DISH branded pay-TV service consists of, among other things, FCC licenses authorizing us to use direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) and Fixed Satellite Service (“FSS”) spectrum, our owned and leased satellites, receiver systems, broadcast operations, a leased fiber optic network, in-home service and call center operations and certain other assets utilized in our operations (“DISH TV”).

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We also design, develop and distribute receiver systems and provide digital broadcast operations, including satellite uplinking/downlinking, transmission and other services to third-party pay-TV providers. The SLING branded pay-TV services consist of, among other things, multichannel, live-linear and on-demand streaming over-the-top (“OTT”) Internet-based domestic, international, Latino and Freestream video programming services (“SLING TV”). We market our SLING TV services to consumers who do not subscribe to traditional satellite and cable pay-TV services, as well as to current and recent traditional pay-TV subscribers who desire a lower cost alternative.

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Our Wireless segment provides wireless communication services (“Wireless” services) and products. We offer nationwide Wireless services to subscribers primarily under our Boost Mobile® and Gen Mobile® brands. We offer customers value by providing choice and flexibility in our Wireless services. We offer competitive consumer plans with no annual service contracts and device financing arrangements for certain qualified subscribers.

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Our Wireless segment business strategy is to expand our current target segments and profitably grow our Wireless subscriber base. We intend to grow our Wireless subscriber base by acquiring and retaining high quality subscribers with competitive offers, choice and outstanding customer service that better meet those subscribers’ needs and budget.

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We have terminated our deployment of the nation’s first cloud-native, Open Radio Access Network (“O-RAN”) based 5G VoNR and broadband network (our “5G Network”), after meeting certain interim and final build-out requirements established by the FCC. We had commenced our transition to a mobile network operator (“MNO”) as our 5G Network became commercially available and we grew our customer base on our 5G Network.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, as defined below. We are currently operating primarily as a mobile virtual network operator (“MVNO”). Within our MVNO operations, today we depend in part on either T-Mobile or AT&T to provide us with network services under the amended Master Network Services Agreement (as amended, the “MNSA”) and Network Services Agreement (as amended, the “NSA”), respectively. In light of the AT&T Transactions, we are transitioning to a hybrid MNO business model under which we will continue to operate our 5G Network core and utilize AT&T’s network services (“Hybrid MNO”). We are actively migrating customer traffic from our 5G Network to AT&T’s network as we transition to a Hybrid MNO.

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Our Wireless spectrum licenses are subject to certain interim and final build-out requirements, as well as certain renewal requirements. In September 2024, the FCC conditionally granted our requests to extend the 5G deployment deadlines for certain of our Wireless spectrum licenses based on several commitments and in a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified to meeting the accelerated build-out (Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request) and the nationwide 80% coverage obligations (Commitment #1 of the Extension Request) due by December 31, 2024. Thus, pursuant to the Extension Request, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be extended to December 14, 2026.

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While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. In addition, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be further extended to June 14, 2028 since we satisfied the remaining Extension Request commitments. See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for definitions and further information. Also see Note 1 “Recent Developments” in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

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Our Broadband and Satellite Services segment business strategy is to maintain and improve our leadership position and competitive advantage through development of leading-edge technologies and services marketed to selected sectors within the consumer, enterprise and government markets globally. Within our Broadband and Satellite Services segment we are an industry leader in both networking technologies and services, innovating to deliver the global solutions that power a connected future for people, enterprises and things everywhere. We provide broadband services to consumer customers, which include home and small to medium-sized businesses, and satellite, multi-transport technologies and managed network services to enterprise customers, telecommunications providers, airlines and government entities, including civilian and defense. We have leveraged the EchoStar XXIV satellite to deliver satellite services to unserved and underserved consumer markets in the Americas as well as enterprise, aeronautical and government markets.

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During 2024 and the first nine months of 2025, we experienced inflationary pressures in our commodity and labor costs resulting from the macroeconomic environment in the United States, which has impacted our overall operating results. In addition, changes in trade policies, including, but not limited to, tariffs and other restrictions, could increase, among other things, our costs, disrupt our supply chain and negatively affect our business, operations and financial condition.

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EXPLANATION OF KEY METRICS AND OTHER ITEMS

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” consists principally of Pay-TV and Wireless subscriber revenue, broadband services, maintenance and other contracted revenue and satellite and transponder leases and services revenue. Certain of the amounts included in “Service revenue” are not recurring on a monthly basis.

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Equipment sales and other revenue. “Equipment sales and other revenue” principally includes the sale of wireless devices, the non-subsidized sales of Pay-TV equipment, the licensing of certain intellectual property and sales of broadband equipment and networks sold both in our consumer and enterprise markets.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” principally includes Pay-TV programming expenses and other operating costs related to our Pay-TV segment, costs of Wireless services (including costs incurred under the MNSA and NSA), costs of broadband services, maintenance and other contracted services, and costs associated with satellite and transponder leases and services. Beginning on January 1, 2024, “Cost of services” includes certain direct costs related to our 5G Network deployment, including lease expense on communication towers, transport, cloud services and other costs as a significant portion of our 5G Network was placed into service.

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Cost of sales - equipment and other. “Cost of sales – equipment and other” principally includes the cost of wireless devices and other related items, the cost of broadband equipment and networks, as well as costs related to the non-subsidized sales of Pay-TV equipment. Costs are generally recognized as products are delivered to customers and the related revenue is recognized. In addition, prior to January 1, 2024, “Cost of sales – equipment and other” included certain direct costs related to our 5G Network deployment, including lease expense on communication towers, transport, cloud services and other costs, which is now included in “Cost of services” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” consists primarily of direct sales costs, advertising and selling costs, third-party commissions related to the acquisition of subscribers and employee-related costs associated with administrative services such as legal, information systems, and accounting and finance. In addition, “Selling, general and administrative expenses” includes costs related to the installation of equipment for our new Pay-TV subscribers and the cost of subsidized sales of Pay-TV equipment for new subscribers.

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Impairments and other. “Impairments and other” may include, among other things, non-cash impairment and other losses related to our prepaids, inventory, property and equipment, regulatory authorizations, operating lease assets, goodwill and other intangible assets, as well as estimated exit and disposal costs.

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Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized. “Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized” primarily includes interest expense associated with our long-term debt (net of capitalized interest), prepayment premiums, amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs associated with our long-term debt, and interest expense associated with our finance lease obligations.

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Other, net. The main components of “Other, net” are gains and losses realized on the sale and/or conversion of marketable and non-marketable investment securities and derivative instruments, impairment of marketable and non-marketable investment securities, unrealized gains and losses from changes in fair value of certain marketable and non-marketable investment securities and derivative instruments, the sale of businesses or business assets gains and losses, foreign currency transaction gains and losses, debt extinguishment gains and losses, and equity in earnings and losses of our affiliates.

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Operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”). OIBDA is defined as “Operating income (loss)” plus “Depreciation and amortization.” This non-GAAP measure is reconciled to “Operating income (loss)” in our discussion of “Results of Operations” below.

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Operating income before depreciation and amortization, and impairments and other (“Adjusted OIBDA”). Adjusted OIBDA is defined as “Operating income (loss)” plus “Depreciation and amortization” and “Impairments and other.” This non-GAAP measure is reconciled to “Operating income (loss)” in our discussion of “Results of Operations” below.

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DISH TV subscribers. We include customers obtained through direct sales, independent third-party retailers and other independent third-party distribution relationships in our DISH TV subscriber count. We also provide DISH TV services to hotels, motels and other commercial accounts. For certain of these commercial accounts, we divide our total revenue for these commercial accounts by $34.99, and include the resulting number, which is substantially smaller than the actual number of commercial units served, in our DISH TV subscriber count.

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SLING TV subscribers. We include customers obtained through direct sales and third-party marketing agreements in our SLING TV subscriber count. SLING TV subscriber additions are recorded net of disconnects. For customers who subscribe to multiple SLING TV packages, each customer is only counted as one SLING TV subscriber. Prior to August 2025, SLING TV customers receiving SLING TV Freestream service, non-recurring video services, or service for no charge, under certain new subscriber promotions, were excluded from our SLING TV subscriber count. Beginning in August 2025, for certain SLING TV Freestream, Day Pass, Weekend Pass and Week Pass subscribers, and other non-recurring video service accounts where we receive non-recurring user and ad insertion revenue (“SLING TV Flexible Offerings”), we divide our total SLING TV Flexible Offerings revenue related to these services by the price of our lowest tier programming package under which a new subscriber can activate, and include the resulting number, which is substantially smaller than the actual number of SLING TV customers receiving SLING TV Flexible Offerings, in the SLING TV subscriber count. The impact of this change was an increase to our third quarter of 2025 subscriber count of approximately 51,000 subscribers, representing the opening impact of the new calculation to our existing SLING TV subscriber base. All new SLING TV Flexible Offerings subscriber activations after this adjustment are included in net SLING TV subscriber additions for the period, based on the calculation above.

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Pay-TV subscribers. Our Pay-TV subscriber count includes all DISH TV and SLING TV subscribers discussed above. For customers who subscribe to both our DISH TV services and our SLING TV services, each subscription is counted as a separate Pay-TV subscriber.

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Pay-TV average monthly revenue per subscriber (“Pay-TV ARPU”). We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating ARPU and believe presentations of ARPU may not be calculated consistently by other companies in the same or similar businesses. We calculate Pay-TV average monthly revenue per Pay-TV subscriber, or Pay-TV ARPU, by dividing average monthly Pay-TV segment “Service revenue,” excluding revenue from broadband services, for the period by our average number of Pay-TV subscribers for the period. The average number of Pay-TV subscribers is calculated for the period by adding the average number of Pay-TV subscribers for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of Pay-TV subscribers for each month is calculated by adding the beginning and ending Pay-TV subscribers for the month and dividing by two. SLING TV subscribers on average purchase lower priced programming services than DISH TV subscribers, and therefore, as SLING TV subscribers increase as a percentage of total Pay-TV subscribers, it has had a negative impact on Pay-TV ARPU.

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DISH TV average monthly subscriber churn rate (“DISH TV churn rate”). We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating subscriber churn rate and believe presentations of subscriber churn rates may not be calculated consistently by different companies in the same or similar businesses. We calculate our DISH TV churn rate for any period by dividing the number of DISH TV subscribers who terminated service during the period by the average number of DISH TV subscribers for the same period, and further dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of DISH TV subscribers is calculated for the period by adding the average number of DISH TV subscribers for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of DISH TV subscribers for each month is calculated by adding the beginning and ending DISH TV subscribers for the month and dividing by two.

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DISH TV SAC. Subscriber acquisition cost measures are commonly used by those evaluating traditional companies in the pay-TV industry. We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating the “average subscriber acquisition costs per new DISH TV subscriber activation,” or DISH TV SAC, and we believe presentations of pay-TV SAC may not be calculated consistently by different companies in the same or similar businesses. Our DISH TV SAC is calculated using all costs of acquiring DISH TV subscribers (e.g., subsidized equipment, advertising, installation, commissions and direct sales, etc.) which are included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses,” plus capitalized payments made under certain sales incentive programs and the value of equipment capitalized under our lease program for new DISH TV subscribers, divided by gross new DISH TV subscriber activations. We include all new DISH TV subscribers in our calculation, including DISH TV subscribers added with little or no subscriber acquisition costs.

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Wireless subscribers. We include customers obtained through direct sales, independent third-party retailers and other independent third-party distribution relationships in our Wireless subscriber count. Our Wireless subscriber count includes all Government subsidized subscribers discussed below. Our gross new Wireless subscriber activations exclude all Government subsidized subscribers as we record these subscribers net of disconnects, as discussed below.

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Government subsidized wireless subscribers and other wireless subscribers (“Government subsidized subscribers”). Our Government subsidized subscribers have different subscriber economics than our core Wireless subscribers, including a significantly higher churn rate and lower subscriber acquisition costs. Therefore, our Government subsidized subscriber additions are recorded net of disconnects. Our Government subsidized subscriber count includes Wireless subscribers that participate or participated in government subsidized programs, including the ACP program and Lifeline program, defined below, and other subscribers acquired under the Gen Mobile brand. The Affordable Connectivity Program (“ACP”) was a federal program offering broadband services and devices discounts to help low-income individuals that meet certain eligibility criteria. The ACP program funding concluded on June 1, 2024. The Lifeline Program is a federal program offering broadband services discounts to help low-income individuals that meet certain eligibility criteria. Certain states also offer a separate Lifeline program.

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Wireless average monthly revenue per subscriber (“Wireless ARPU”). We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating ARPU and believe presentations of ARPU may not be calculated consistently by other companies in the same or similar businesses. We calculate average monthly revenue per Wireless subscriber, or Wireless ARPU, by dividing average monthly Wireless subscriber revenue included in “Service revenue” for the period by our average number of Wireless subscribers for the period. The average number of Wireless subscribers is calculated for the period by adding the average number of Wireless subscribers for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of Wireless subscribers for each month is calculated by adding the beginning and ending Wireless subscribers for the month and dividing by two.

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Wireless average monthly subscriber churn rate (“Wireless churn rate”). We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating subscriber churn rate and believe presentations of subscriber churn rates may not be calculated consistently by different companies in the same or similar businesses. We calculate our “Wireless churn rate” for any period by dividing the number of Wireless subscribers who terminated service during the period by the average number of Wireless subscribers for the same period, and further dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of Wireless subscribers is calculated for the period by adding the average number of Wireless subscribers for each month and dividing by the number of months in the period. The average number of Wireless subscribers for each month is calculated by adding the beginning and ending Wireless subscribers for the month and dividing by two. Government subsidized subscriber additions are recorded net of disconnects and therefore excluded from our calculation of our Wireless churn rate.

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Broadband subscribers. Subscribers include customers that subscribe to our HughesNet service, through retail, wholesale and small/medium enterprise service channels. Our Broadband subscriber count also includes ACP subscribers, as defined above.

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Free cash flow. We define free cash flow as “Net cash flows from operating activities” less: (i) “Purchases of property and equipment” net of “Refunds and other receipts of purchases of property and equipment,” and (ii) “Capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations,” as shown on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – Segments

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Business Segments

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We currently operate three primary business segments: (1) Pay-TV; (2) Wireless; and (3) Broadband and Satellite Services.

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Revenue and operating income (loss) by segment are shown in the table below:

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Pay-TV | ​ | $ | 2,341,183 | ​ | $ | 2,618,031 | ​ | $ | (276,848) | ​ | (10.6)
Wireless | ​ | ​ | 938,946 | ​ | ​ | 898,396 | ​ | ​ | 40,550 | ​ | 4.5
Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | ​ | 345,820 | ​ | ​ | 386,709 | ​ | ​ | (40,889) | ​ | (10.6)
Eliminations | ​ | ​ | (11,691) | ​ | ​ | (12,152) | ​ | ​ | 461 | ​ | 3.8
Total revenue | ​ | $ | 3,614,258 | ​ | $ | 3,890,984 | ​ | $ | (276,726) | ​ | (7.1)
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Operating income (loss): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Pay-TV | ​ | $ | 549,388 | ​ | $ | 588,501 | ​ | $ | (39,113) | ​ | (6.6)
Wireless | ​ | ​ | (16,883,499) | ​ | ​ | (714,062) | ​ | ​ | (16,169,437) | ​ | *
Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | ​ | (308,327) | ​ | ​ | (36,116) | ​ | ​ | (272,211) | ​ | *
Eliminations | ​ | ​ | 563 | ​ | ​ | 910 | ​ | ​ | (347) | ​ | (38.1)
Total operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (16,641,875) | ​ | $ | (160,767) | ​ | $ | (16,481,108) | ​ | *

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Total revenue. Our consolidated revenue totaled $3.614 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $277 million or 7.1% compared to the same period in 2024. The net decrease primarily resulted from the decrease in revenue from our Pay-TV segment and to a lesser extent our Broadband and Satellite Services segment, partially offset by the increase in revenue from our Wireless segment.

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Total operating income (loss). Our consolidated operating loss totaled $16.642 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase in operating loss of $16.481 billion compared to the same period in 2024. This change primarily resulted from an increase in operating loss from our Wireless segment and to a lesser extent our Broadband and Satellite Services segment and a decrease in operating income from our Pay-TV segment. The three months ended September 30, 2025 was adversely impacted by “Impairments and other” of: (1) $16.199 billion from our Wireless segment and (2) $282 million from our Broadband and Satellite Services segment. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Pay-TV | ​ | $ | 7,342,159 | ​ | $ | 8,020,893 | ​ | $ | (678,734) | ​ | (8.5)
Wireless | ​ | ​ | 2,846,352 | ​ | ​ | 2,705,130 | ​ | ​ | 141,222 | ​ | 5.2
Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | ​ | 1,056,258 | ​ | ​ | 1,163,306 | ​ | ​ | (107,048) | ​ | (9.2)
Eliminations | ​ | ​ | (35,794) | ​ | ​ | (30,751) | ​ | ​ | (5,043) | ​ | (16.4)
Total revenue | ​ | $ | 11,208,975 | ​ | $ | 11,858,578 | ​ | $ | (649,603) | ​ | (5.5)
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Pay-TV | ​ | $ | 1,798,370 | ​ | $ | 1,926,361 | ​ | $ | (127,991) | ​ | (6.6)
Wireless | ​ | ​ | (18,378,749) | ​ | ​ | (2,059,532) | ​ | ​ | (16,319,217) | ​ | *
Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | ​ | (364,260) | ​ | ​ | (110,256) | ​ | ​ | (254,004) | ​ | *
Eliminations | ​ | ​ | 1,224 | ​ | ​ | 2,047 | ​ | ​ | (823) | ​ | (40.2)
Total operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (16,943,415) | ​ | $ | (241,380) | ​ | $ | (16,702,035) | ​ | *

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Total revenue. Our consolidated revenue totaled $11.209 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $650 million or 5.5% compared to the same period in 2024. The net decrease primarily resulted from the decrease in revenue from our Pay-TV segment and to a lesser extent our Broadband and Satellite Services segment, partially offset by the increase in revenue from our Wireless segment.

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Total operating income (loss). Our consolidated operating loss totaled $16.943 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase in operating loss of $16.702 billion compared to the same period in 2024. This change primarily resulted from an increase in operating loss from our Wireless segment and to a lesser extent our Broadband and Satellite Services segment and a decrease in operating income from our Pay-TV segment. The nine months ended September 30, 2025 was adversely impacted by “Impairments and other” of: (1) $16.199 billion from our Wireless segment and (2) $282 million from our Broadband and Satellite Services segment. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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We offer Pay-TV services under the DISH brand and the SLING brand. As of September 30, 2025, we had 7.166 million Pay-TV subscribers in the United States, including 5.171 million DISH TV subscribers and 1.995 million SLING TV subscribers.

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We promote our Pay-TV services by providing our subscribers with better service, technology and value than those available from other subscription television service providers. We offer a wide selection of video services under the DISH TV brand, with access to hundreds of channels depending on the level of subscription. Our standard programming packages generally include programming provided by national cable networks. We also offer programming packages that include local broadcast networks, specialty sports channels, premium movie channels and Latino and international programming. We market our SLING TV services to consumers who do not subscribe to traditional satellite and cable pay-TV services, as well as to current and recent traditional pay-TV subscribers who desire a lower cost alternative. Our SLING TV services require an Internet connection and are available on multiple streaming-capable devices including, among others, streaming media devices, TVs, tablets, computers, game consoles and phones. We offer SLING domestic, SLING International, SLING Latino and SLING Freestream video programming services.

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Competition has intensified in recent years as the pay-TV industry has matured. We and our competitors increasingly must seek to attract a greater proportion of new subscribers from each other’s existing subscriber bases rather than from first-time purchasers of pay-TV services. We face substantial competition from established pay-TV providers and broadband service providers and increasing competition from companies providing/facilitating the delivery of video content via the Internet to computers, televisions, and other streaming and mobile devices, including wireless service providers. In recent years, industry consolidation and convergence has created competitors with greater scale and multiple product/service offerings. These developments, among others, have contributed to intense and increasing competition, and we expect such competition to continue.

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We incur significant costs to retain our existing DISH TV subscribers, generally as a result of upgrading their equipment to next generation receivers, primarily including our Hopper® receivers and by providing retention credits. Our DISH TV subscriber retention costs may vary significantly from period to period.

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Many of our competitors have been especially aggressive by offering discounted programming and services for both new and existing subscribers, including, but not limited to, bundled offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other promotional offers. Certain competitors have been able to subsidize the price of video services with the price of broadband and/or wireless services.

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Our Pay-TV services also face increased competition from programmers and other companies who distribute video directly to consumers over the Internet, as well as traditional satellite television providers, cable companies and large telecommunications companies that are rapidly increasing their Internet-based video offerings and direct-to-consumer exclusive and non-exclusive content. We also face competition from providers of video content, many of which are providers of programming content to us, that distribute content over the Internet including services with live-linear television programming, as well as single programmer offerings and offerings of large libraries of on-demand content, including in certain cases original content. These product offerings include, but are not limited to: Netflix, Hulu, Apple+, Prime Video, YouTube TV, Disney+, ESPN+, Paramount+, HBO Max, STARZ, ESPN Unlimited, FOX One, Peacock, Fubo, Philo and Tubi and certain bundles of these offerings.

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Significant changes in consumer behavior regarding the means by which consumers obtain video entertainment and information in response to digital media competition could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or otherwise disrupt our business.

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In particular, consumers have shown increased interest in viewing certain video programming in any place, at any time and/or on any broadband or Internet-connected device they choose. Online content providers may cause our subscribers to disconnect our DISH TV services (“cord cutting”), downgrade to smaller, less expensive programming packages (“cord shaving”) or elect to purchase through these online content providers a certain portion of the services that they would have historically purchased from us.

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Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances among cable television providers, telecommunications companies, programming providers and others may result in, among other things, greater scale and financial leverage and increase the availability of offerings from providers capable of bundling video, broadband and/or wireless services in competition with our services and may exacerbate the risks described under the caption “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and elsewhere in our public filings. These transactions may affect us adversely by, among other things, making it more difficult for us to obtain access to certain programming networks on nondiscriminatory and fair terms, or at all.

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Our Pay-TV subscriber base has been declining due to, among other things, the factors described above. There can be no assurance that our Pay-TV subscriber base will not continue to decline and that the pace of such decline will not accelerate. As our Pay-TV subscriber base continues to decline, it could have a material adverse long-term effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.

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Our ability to compete successfully will depend, among other things, on our ability to continue to obtain desirable programming and deliver it to our subscribers at competitive prices. Programming costs represent a large percentage of our “Cost of services” and the largest component of our total expense. We expect these costs to continue to increase due to contractual price increases and the renewal of long-term programming contracts on less favorable pricing terms and certain programming costs are rising at a much faster rate than wages or inflation. In particular, the rates we are charged for retransmitting local broadcast channels have been increasing substantially and may exceed our ability to increase our prices to our subscribers. Our ability to provide services under these agreements and negotiate acceptable terms depends on, among other things, the number of subscribers we have, our actual, perceived or anticipated financial condition and our negotiating power against each programmer, which can vary depending on the size and scale of such programmer. Going forward, our margins may face pressure if we are unable to renew our long-term programming contracts on acceptable pricing and other economic terms or if we are unable to pass these increased programming costs on to our subscribers.

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Increases in programming costs have caused us to increase the rates that we charge to our subscribers, which could in turn cause our existing Pay-TV subscribers to disconnect our services or cause potential new Pay-TV subscribers to choose not to subscribe to our services. Additionally, even if our subscribers do not disconnect our services, they may purchase through new and existing online content providers a certain portion of the services that they would have historically purchased from us.

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Furthermore, our net Pay-TV subscriber additions, gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and DISH TV churn rate may be negatively impacted if we are unable to renew our long-term programming carriage contracts on acceptable terms or at all. In the past, our net Pay-TV subscriber additions, gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and DISH TV churn rate have been negatively impacted as a result of programming interruptions and threatened programming interruptions in connection with the scheduled expiration of programming carriage contracts with content providers. There can be no assurance that the removal of any channels will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or otherwise disrupt our business. We cannot predict with any certainty the impact to our net Pay-TV subscriber additions, gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and DISH TV churn rate resulting from programming interruptions or threatened programming interruptions that may occur in the future. As a result, we may at times suffer from periods of lower net Pay-TV subscriber additions or higher net Pay-TV subscriber losses.

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Service revenue | ​ | $ | 2,328,705 | ​ | $ | 2,602,176 | ​ | $ | (273,471) | ​ | (10.5)
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 12,478 | ​ | ​ | 15,855 | ​ | ​ | (3,377) | ​ | (21.3)
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 2,341,183 | ​ | ​ | 2,618,031 | ​ | ​ | (276,848) | ​ | (10.6)
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 1,465,094 | ​ | ​ | 1,639,005 | ​ | ​ | (173,911) | ​ | (10.6)
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 62.9 | % | ​ | 63.0 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 8,478 | ​ | ​ | 19,243 | ​ | ​ | (10,765) | ​ | (55.9)
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 257,174 | ​ | 283,780 | ​ | (26,606) | ​ | (9.4)
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 11.0 | % | ​ | 10.8 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 61,049 | ​ | ​ | 87,502 | ​ | ​ | (26,453) | ​ | (30.2)
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 1,791,795 | ​ | ​ | 2,029,530 | ​ | ​ | (237,735) | ​ | (11.7)
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 549,388 | ​ | $ | 588,501 | ​ | $ | (39,113) | ​ | (6.6)
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Pay-TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 7.166 | ​ | ​ | 8.031 | ​ | ​ | (0.865) | ​ | (10.8)
DISH TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 5.171 | ​ | ​ | 5.888 | ​ | ​ | (0.717) | ​ | (12.2)
SLING TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions)** | ​ | ​ | 1.995 | ​ | ​ | 2.143 | ​ | ​ | (0.148) | ​ | (6.9)
Pay-TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.007 | ​ | ​ | (0.043) | ​ | ​ | 0.050 | ​ | *
DISH TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.152) | ​ | ​ | (0.188) | ​ | ​ | 0.036 | ​ | 19.1
SLING TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.159 | ​ | ​ | 0.145 | ​ | ​ | 0.014 | ​ | 9.7
Pay-TV ARPU | ​ | $ | 109.97 | ​ | $ | 108.88 | ​ | $ | 1.09 | ​ | 1.0
DISH TV subscriber additions, gross (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.057 | ​ | ​ | 0.075 | ​ | ​ | (0.018) | ​ | (24.0)
DISH TV churn rate | ​ | ​ | 1.33 | % | ​ | 1.47 | % | ​ | (0.14) | % | (9.5)
DISH TV SAC | ​ | $ | 1,334 | ​ | $ | 985 | ​ | $ | 349 | ​ | 35.4
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds (1) | ​ | $ | 98,553 | ​ | $ | 53,357 | ​ | $ | 45,196 | ​ | 84.7
OIBDA | ​ | $ | 610,437 | ​ | $ | 676,003 | ​ | $ | (65,566) | ​ | (9.7)

* | Percentage is not meaningful.

** | Beginning in August 2025, we changed our calculation of SLING TV subscribers. The impact of this change was an increase to our period end SLING TV subscriber count of approximately 51,000 subscribers during the three months ended September 30, 2025, representing the opening impact of the new calculation to our existing SLING TV subscriber base. All new SLING TV Flexible Offerings subscriber activations after this adjustment are included in net SLING TV subscriber additions for the period. This change had no material impact on any other reported subscriber metrics, other than our period end SLING TV subscriber count. See “Explanation of Key Metrics and Other Items – SLING TV subscribers” for further information.

(1) Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds includes satellite purchases during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of $62 million and $29 million, respectively.

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DISH TV subscribers. We lost approximately 152,000 net DISH TV subscribers during the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 188,000 net DISH TV subscribers during the same period in 2024. This decrease in net DISH TV subscriber losses primarily resulted from a lower DISH TV churn rate, partially offset by lower gross new DISH TV subscriber activations.

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SLING TV subscribers. We added approximately 159,000 net SLING TV subscribers during the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the addition of approximately 145,000 net SLING TV subscribers during the same period in 2024. The increase in net SLING TV subscriber additions was primarily related to higher SLING TV subscriber activations resulting from the launch of SLING TV Flexible Offerings and lower SLING TV subscriber disconnects in 2025 due to our emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers. We continue to experience increased competition, including competition from other subscription video on-demand and live-linear OTT service providers, many of which are providers of our content and offer football and other seasonal sports programming direct to subscribers on an a la carte basis. For example, in August 2025, ESPN Unlimited and FOX One sports packages were launched.

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DISH TV subscribers, gross. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we activated approximately 57,000 gross new DISH TV subscribers compared to approximately 75,000 gross new DISH TV subscribers during the same period in 2024, a decrease of 24.0%. This decrease in our gross new DISH TV subscriber activations was primarily related to the lack of demand and shifting consumer behavior, as well as increased competitive pressures, including, but not limited to, live-linear OTT service providers, aggressive short term introductory pricing and bundled offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers and direct-to-consumer offerings by certain of our programmers. Our gross new DISH TV subscriber activations continue to be negatively impacted by an emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers.

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DISH TV churn rate. Our DISH TV churn rate for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was 1.33% compared to 1.47% for the same period in 2024. Our DISH TV churn rates for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were positively impacted by our continued emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers. Our DISH TV churn rate continues to be adversely impacted by external factors, such as, among other things, cord cutting, shifting consumer behavior and increased competitive pressures, including, but not limited to, live-linear OTT service providers, aggressive marketing, bundled discount offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers. Our DISH TV churn rate is also impacted by internal factors, such as, among other things, our ability to consistently provide outstanding customer service, price increases, our ability to control piracy and other forms of fraud and the level of our retention efforts.

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Our net Pay-TV subscriber additions, gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and DISH TV churn rate have been negatively impacted as a result of programming interruptions and threatened programming interruptions in connection with the scheduled expiration of programming carriage contracts with content providers. We cannot predict with any certainty the impact to our net Pay-TV subscriber additions, gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and DISH TV subscriber churn rate resulting from programming interruptions or threatened programming interruptions that may occur in the future. As a result, we may at times suffer from periods of lower net Pay-TV subscriber additions or higher net Pay-TV subscriber losses.

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We have not always met our own standards for performing high-quality installations, effectively resolving subscriber issues when they arise, answering subscriber calls in an acceptable timeframe, effectively communicating with our subscriber base, reducing calls driven by the complexity of our business, improving the reliability of certain systems and subscriber equipment and aligning the interests of certain independent third-party retailers and installers to provide high-quality service. Most of these factors have affected both gross new DISH TV subscriber activations as well as DISH TV subscriber churn rate. Our future gross new DISH TV subscriber activations and our DISH TV subscriber churn rate may be negatively impacted by these factors, which could in turn adversely affect our revenue.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $2.329 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $273 million or 10.5% compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease in “Service revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to lower average Pay-TV subscriber base, partially offset by an increase in Pay-TV ARPU, discussed below.

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Pay-TV ARPU. Pay-TV ARPU was $109.97 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 versus $108.88 during the same period in 2024. The $1.09 or 1.0% increase in Pay-TV ARPU was primarily attributable to the DISH TV and SLING TV programming price increases, partially offset by lower ad sales revenue. The DISH TV and SLING TV programming package price increases were effective in the third and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively. The three months ended September 30, 2025 was immaterially impacted by the DISH TV programming package increase effective in September 2025.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $1.465 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $174 million or 10.6% compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease in “Cost of services” was primarily attributable to a lower average Pay-TV subscriber base, partially offset by higher programming costs per subscriber. Programming costs per subscriber increased during the three months ended September 30, 2025 due to rate increases in certain of our programming contracts, including the renewal of certain contracts at higher rates, particularly for local broadcast channels. “Cost of services” represented 62.9% and 63.0% of “Service revenue” during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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In the normal course of business, we enter into contracts to purchase programming content in which our payment obligations are generally contingent on the number of Pay-TV subscribers to whom we provide the respective content. Our “Cost of services” have and will continue to face further upward pressure from price increases and the renewal of long-term programming contracts on less favorable pricing terms. In addition, our programming expenses will increase to the extent we are successful in growing our Pay-TV subscriber base.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $257 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, a $27 million or 9.4% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in professional fees and a decrease in subscriber acquisition costs resulting from lower gross new DISH TV subscriber activations. The three months ended September 30, 2024 was negatively impacted by merger related costs from the DIRECTV transaction.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $61 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, a $26 million or 30.2% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in depreciation expense from equipment leased to new and existing DISH TV subscribers, the expiration of our Nimiq 5 finance lease in September 2024, and our EchoStar XIV and EchoStar XV satellites being fully depreciated in May 2025 and July 2025, respectively.

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DISH TV SAC. DISH TV SAC was $1,334 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $985 during the same period in 2024, an increase of $349 or 35.4%. This change was primarily attributable to an increase in advertising costs per subscriber, a higher percentage of new receivers compared to remanufactured receivers being activated on new subscriber accounts and higher commission costs due to our emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers.

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During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the amount of equipment capitalized under our lease program for new DISH TV subscribers totaled $8 million and $6 million, respectively.

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To remain competitive, we upgrade or replace subscriber equipment periodically as technology changes, and the costs associated with these upgrades may be substantial. To the extent technological changes render a portion of our existing equipment obsolete, we would be unable to redeploy all returned equipment and consequently would realize less benefit from the DISH TV SAC reduction associated with redeployment of that returned lease equipment.

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Our “DISH TV SAC” may materially increase in the future to the extent that we, among other things, transition to newer technologies, introduce more aggressive promotions or provide greater equipment subsidies. See further information under “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Subscriber Acquisition and Retention Costs.”

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
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Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 7,299,901 | ​ | $ | 7,961,736 | ​ | $ | (661,835) | ​ | (8.3)
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 42,258 | ​ | ​ | 59,157 | ​ | ​ | (16,899) | ​ | (28.6)
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 7,342,159 | ​ | ​ | 8,020,893 | ​ | ​ | (678,734) | ​ | (8.5)
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 4,570,701 | ​ | ​ | 4,942,133 | ​ | ​ | (371,432) | ​ | (7.5)
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 62.6 | % | ​ | 62.1 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 27,596 | ​ | ​ | 54,072 | ​ | ​ | (26,476) | ​ | (49.0)
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 740,175 | ​ | 840,174 | ​ | (99,999) | ​ | (11.9)
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 10.1 | % | ​ | 10.5 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 205,317 | ​ | ​ | 258,153 | ​ | ​ | (52,836) | ​ | (20.5)
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 5,543,789 | ​ | ​ | 6,094,532 | ​ | ​ | (550,743) | ​ | (9.0)
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 1,798,370 | ​ | $ | 1,926,361 | ​ | $ | (127,991) | ​ | (6.6)
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Pay-TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 7.166 | ​ | ​ | 8.031 | ​ | ​ | (0.865) | ​ | (10.8)
DISH TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions)** | ​ | ​ | 5.171 | ​ | ​ | 5.888 | ​ | ​ | (0.717) | ​ | (12.2)
SLING TV subscribers, as of period end (in millions)*** | ​ | ​ | 1.995 | ​ | ​ | 2.143 | ​ | ​ | (0.148) | ​ | (6.9)
Pay-TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.635) | ​ | ​ | (0.495) | ​ | ​ | (0.140) | ​ | (28.3)
DISH TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.487) | ​ | ​ | (0.583) | ​ | ​ | 0.096 | ​ | 16.5
SLING TV subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.148) | ​ | ​ | 0.088 | ​ | ​ | (0.236) | ​ | *
Pay-TV ARPU | ​ | $ | 110.79 | ​ | $ | 108.21 | ​ | $ | 2.58 | ​ | 2.4
DISH TV subscriber additions, gross (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.160 | ​ | ​ | 0.230 | ​ | ​ | (0.070) | ​ | (30.4)
DISH TV churn rate | ​ | ​ | 1.33 | % | ​ | 1.46 | % | ​ | (0.13) | % | (8.9)
DISH TV SAC | ​ | $ | 1,215 | ​ | $ | 993 | ​ | $ | 222 | ​ | 22.4
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds (1) | ​ | $ | 239,521 | ​ | $ | 165,275 | ​ | $ | 74,246 | ​ | 44.9
OIBDA | ​ | $ | 2,003,687 | ​ | $ | 2,184,514 | ​ | $ | (180,827) | ​ | (8.3)

* | Percentage is not meaningful.

** | During the second quarter of 2025, we removed approximately 28,000 subscribers from our period end DISH TV subscriber count representing DISH TV subscribers sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as part of the sale of our Fiber business. This removal had no material impact on any other reported subscriber metrics, other than our period end DISH TV subscriber count.

*** | Beginning in August 2025, we changed our calculation of SLING TV subscribers. The impact of this change was an increase to our period end SLING TV subscriber count of approximately 51,000 subscribers during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, representing the opening impact of the new calculation to our existing SLING TV subscriber base. All new SLING TV Flexible Offerings subscriber activations after this adjustment are included in net SLING TV subscriber additions for the period. This change had no material impact on any other reported subscriber metrics, other than our period end SLING TV subscriber count. See “Explanation of Key Metrics and Other Items – SLING TV subscribers” for further information.

(1) Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds includes satellite purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of $136 million and $94 million, respectively.

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DISH TV subscribers. We lost approximately 487,000 net DISH TV subscribers during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 583,000 net DISH TV subscribers during the same period in 2024. This decrease in net DISH TV subscriber losses primarily resulted from a lower DISH TV churn rate, partially offset by lower gross new DISH TV subscriber activations.

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SLING TV subscribers. We lost approximately 148,000 net SLING TV subscribers during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the addition of approximately 88,000 net SLING TV subscribers during the same period in 2024. The change in net SLING TV subscribers was primarily related to lower SLING TV subscriber activations, partially offset by lower SLING TV subscriber disconnects in 2025 due to our emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers. We continue to experience increased competition, including competition from other subscription video on-demand and live-linear OTT service providers, many of which are providers of our content and offer football and other seasonal sports programming direct to subscribers on an a la carte basis. For example, in August 2025, ESPN Unlimited and FOX One sports packages were launched.

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DISH TV subscribers, gross. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we activated approximately 160,000 gross new DISH TV subscribers compared to approximately 230,000 gross new DISH TV subscribers during the same period in 2024, a decrease of 30.4%. This decrease in our gross new DISH TV subscriber activations was primarily related to lower marketing expenditures, the lack of demand and shifting consumer behavior, as well as increased competitive pressures, including, but not limited to, live-linear OTT service providers, aggressive short term introductory pricing and bundled offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers and direct-to-consumer offerings by certain of our programmers. Our gross new DISH TV subscriber activations continue to be negatively impacted by an emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers.

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DISH TV churn rate. Our DISH TV churn rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was 1.33% compared to 1.46% for the same period in 2024. Our DISH TV churn rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were positively impacted by our continued emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers. Our DISH TV churn rate continues to be adversely impacted by external factors, such as, among other things, cord cutting, shifting consumer behavior and increased competitive pressures, including, but not limited to, live-linear OTT service providers, aggressive marketing, bundled discount offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers. Our DISH TV churn rate is also impacted by internal factors, such as, among other things, our ability to consistently provide outstanding customer service, price increases, our ability to control piracy and other forms of fraud and the level of our retention efforts.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $7.300 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $662 million or 8.3% compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease in “Service revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to lower average Pay-TV subscriber base, partially offset by an increase in Pay-TV ARPU, discussed below.

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Pay-TV ARPU. Pay-TV ARPU was $110.79 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 versus $108.21 during the same period in 2024. The $2.58 or 2.4% increase in Pay-TV ARPU was primarily attributable to the DISH TV and SLING TV programming price increases, partially offset by lower ad sales revenue. The DISH TV and SLING TV programming package price increases were effective in the third and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively. The nine months ended September 30, 2025 was immaterially impacted by the DISH TV programming package increase effective in September 2025.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $4.571 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $371 million or 7.5% compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease in “Cost of services” was primarily attributable to a lower average Pay-TV subscriber base, partially offset by higher programming costs per subscriber. Programming costs per subscriber increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 due to rate increases in certain of our programming contracts, including the renewal of certain contracts at higher rates, particularly for local broadcast channels. “Cost of services” represented 62.6% and 62.1% of “Service revenue” during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. This increase primarily related to higher programming costs per subscriber.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $740 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a $100 million or 11.9% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in subscriber acquisition costs resulting from lower gross new DISH TV subscriber activations, and a decrease in personnel costs and professional fees. The nine months ended September 30, 2024 was negatively impacted by merger related costs from the DIRECTV transaction.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $205 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a $53 million or 20.5% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in depreciation expense from equipment leased to new and existing DISH TV subscribers, the expiration of our Nimiq 5 finance lease in September 2024, and our EchoStar XIV and EchoStar XV satellites being fully depreciated in May 2025 and July 2025, respectively.

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DISH TV SAC. DISH TV SAC was $1,215 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $993 during the same period in 2024, an increase of $222 or 22.4%. This change was primarily attributable to an increase in advertising costs per subscriber, a higher percentage of new receivers compared to remanufactured receivers being activated on new subscriber accounts and higher commission costs due to our emphasis on acquiring higher quality subscribers. While our marketing expenditures decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, our gross new DISH TV subscriber activations decreased at a higher rate, resulting in an increase in advertising costs per subscriber.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the amount of equipment capitalized under our lease program for new DISH TV subscribers totaled $23 million and $19 million, respectively.

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Our Wireless segment business strategy is to expand our current target segments and profitably grow our Wireless subscriber base. We intend to grow our Wireless subscriber base by acquiring and retaining high quality subscribers with competitive offers, choice and outstanding customer service that better meet those subscribers’ needs and budget.

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Our Wireless segment provides Wireless communication services and products. We offer nationwide Wireless services to subscribers primarily under our Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile brands. We currently offer a broad range of premium wireless devices, including the latest generation iPhones, as well as a wide selection of Samsung, Motorola and other premium devices. As of September 30, 2025, we had 7.520 million Wireless subscribers.

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We have terminated our deployment of our 5G Network, after meeting certain interim and final build-out requirements established by the FCC. We had commenced our transition to an MNO as our 5G Network became commercially available and we grew our customer base on our 5G Network.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model. We are currently operating primarily as a MVNO. Within our MVNO operations, today we depend in part on either T-Mobile or AT&T to provide us with network services under the MNSA and the NSA, respectively. In light of the AT&T Transactions, we are transitioning to a Hybrid MNO. We are actively migrating customer traffic from our 5G Network to AT&T’s network as we transition to a Hybrid MNO.

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Currently, we offer Wireless subscribers competitive consumer plans with no annual service contracts and monthly service plans including high-speed data and unlimited talk and text. We also offer a variety of value-added services, including, but not limited to, device payment and protection plans, international calling and text plans, and device financing arrangements for certain qualified subscribers.

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ACP Subscribers. Historically, a portion of our Wireless subscriber base and revenue was comprised of subscribers who received benefits under the ACP program. The FCC began taking steps to wind down the ACP program and stopped accepting new applications and enrollments on February 7, 2024. Households enrolled in the ACP program continued to receive the benefit on their service through April 2024. In May 2024, households received a partial benefit and on June 1, 2024 the ACP program funding concluded and households no longer received their benefit. Although we implemented plans to retain and/or migrate these subscribers to lower priced service plans, these subscribers began deactivating in the second and third quarters of 2024. As of December 31, 2024, we had no Wireless ACP subscribers. Generally, ACP subscribers have lower Wireless ARPU than other Wireless subscribers and as a result, any loss of ACP subscribers had a nominal impact on pre-tax net income.

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We have invested a total of over $30 billion in Wireless spectrum licenses. The $30 billion of investments related to Wireless spectrum licenses does not include $10 billion of capitalized interest related to the carrying value of such licenses. See Note 2 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. A significant number of these licenses are included in the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions announced during the third quarter of 2025 as detailed in Note 1“Recent Developments” in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Our Wireless spectrum licenses are subject to certain interim and final build-out requirements, as well as certain renewal requirements. In September 2024, the FCC conditionally granted our requests to extend the 5G deployment deadlines for certain of our Wireless spectrum licenses based on several commitments and in a January 10, 2025 filing to the FCC, we certified to meeting the accelerated build-out (Commitments #2 and #3 of the Extension Request) and the nationwide 80% coverage obligations (Commitment #1 of the Extension

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Request) due by December 31, 2024. Thus, pursuant to the Extension Request, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be extended to December 14, 2026.

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While the FCC has not yet updated the build-out deadlines in the Universal Licensing System, the licenses remain in effect based upon the submission of our build-out certifications. In addition, the final deployment deadlines for the licenses subject to the Extension Request (listed in Appendix G) shall be further extended to June 14, 2028 since we satisfied the remaining Extension Request commitments. See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for definitions and further information. Also see Note 1 “Recent Developments” in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the FCC’s recently completed review of our compliance with our obligations regarding our federal spectrum licenses.

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We may need to raise additional capital in the future if the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions are not completed, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all, to, among other things, make any potential Northstar Re-Auction Payment and SNR Re-Auction Payment for the AWS-3 licenses retained by the FCC. See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for definitions and further information.

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Competition. Wireless communication services is a mature market with moderate year over year organic growth. Competitors include, among others, providers who offer similar wireless communication services, such as talk, text and data. Competitive factors within the wireless communication services industry include, but are not limited to, pricing, market saturation, service and product offerings, customer experience and service quality. We compete with a number of national wireless carriers, including Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, all of which are significantly larger than us, serve a significant percentage of all wireless subscribers and enjoy scale advantages compared to us. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are currently the only nationwide MNOs in the United States.

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Additional primary competitors to our Wireless segment include, but are not limited to, Metro PCS (owned by T-Mobile), Cricket Wireless (owned by AT&T), Visible (owned by Verizon), Tracfone Wireless (owned by Verizon), Total Wireless (owned by Verizon), Mint Mobile (owned by T-Mobile) and other MVNOs such as Consumer Cellular, Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile.

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 836,164 | ​ | $ | 778,737 | ​ | $ | 57,427 | ​ | 7.4
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 102,782 | ​ | ​ | 119,659 | ​ | ​ | (16,877) | ​ | (14.1)
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 938,946 | ​ | ​ | 898,396 | ​ | ​ | 40,550 | ​ | 4.5
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 790,737 | ​ | ​ | 778,152 | ​ | ​ | 12,585 | ​ | 1.6
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 94.6 | % | 99.9 | % | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 315,241 | ​ | ​ | 300,321 | ​ | ​ | 14,920 | ​ | 5.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 287,508 | ​ | ​ | 257,283 | ​ | 30,225 | ​ | 11.7
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 30.6 | % | 28.6 | % | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 229,615 | ​ | ​ | 276,702 | ​ | ​ | (47,087) | ​ | (17.0)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | *
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 17,822,445 | ​ | ​ | 1,612,458 | ​ | ​ | 16,209,987 | ​ | *
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (16,883,499) | ​ | $ | (714,062) | ​ | $ | (16,169,437) | ​ | *
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Other data: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Wireless subscribers, as of period end (in millions)** | ​ | ​ | 7.520 | ​ | ​ | 6.984 | ​ | ​ | 0.536 | ​ | 7.7
Wireless subscriber additions, gross (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.693 | ​ | ​ | 0.642 | ​ | ​ | 0.051 | ​ | 7.9
Wireless subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) *** | ​ | ​ | 0.223 | ​ | ​ | (0.297) | ​ | ​ | 0.520 | ​ | *
Wireless ARPU | ​ | $ | 37.22 | ​ | $ | 36.27 | ​ | $ | 0.95 | ​ | 2.6
Wireless churn rate | ​ | ​ | 2.86 | % | 2.99 | % | (0.13) | % | (4.3)
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds | ​ | $ | 112,145 | ​ | $ | 235,414 | ​ | $ | (123,269) | ​ | (52.4)
OIBDA | ​ | $ | (16,653,884) | ​ | $ | (437,360) | ​ | $ | (16,216,524) | ​ | *

* | Percentage is not meaningful.

** | Beginning in the third quarter of 2025, we removed approximately 60,000 subscribers from our period end Wireless subscriber count due to our election to deactivate Wireless subscriber accounts placed on pause and not expected to reactivate. If these Wireless subscriber accounts subsequently reactivate, they will be counted as a new Wireless subscriber addition. This removal had no material impact on any other reported subscriber metrics, other than our period end Wireless subscriber count.

*** | Includes Government subsidized subscribers.

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Wireless subscribers. We added approximately 223,000 net Wireless subscribers during the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 297,000 net Wireless subscribers during the same period in 2024. The change in net Wireless subscribers primarily resulted from higher net Government subsidized subscribers, higher gross new Wireless subscriber activations and a lower Wireless churn rate compared to the same period in 2024. In addition, the three months ended September 30, 2024 was negatively impacted by net losses of Government subsidized subscribers as a result of the ACP program funding concluding on June 1, 2024. See “Wireless Segment – ACP Subscribers” for further information.

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Wireless subscribers, gross. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we activated approximately 693,000 gross new Wireless subscribers compared to approximately 642,000 gross new Wireless subscribers during the same period in 2024, an increase of 7.9%. This increase in gross new Wireless subscribers primarily resulted from new subscriber offers and promotions and growth in digital channels. Our gross new Wireless subscribers continue to be negatively impacted by our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers and increased competitive pressures, including aggressive competitor marketing, discounted service plans and deeper wireless device subsidies.

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Wireless churn rate. Our Wireless churn rate for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was 2.86% compared to 2.99% for the same period in 2024. Our Wireless churn rates for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were positively impacted by our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers, partially offset by competitive pressures, including deeper wireless device subsidies.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $836 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $57 million or 7.4% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Service revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to an increase in Wireless ARPU, discussed below, and a higher average Wireless subscriber base.

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Wireless ARPU. Wireless ARPU was $37.22 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 versus $36.27 during the same period in 2024. The $0.95 or 2.6% increase in Wireless ARPU was primarily attributable to, among other things, a shift in subscriber plan mix to higher priced service plans and increased sales of value added services.

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Equipment sales and other revenue. “Equipment sales and other revenue” totaled $103 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $17 million or 14.1% compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease in “Equipment sales and other revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to a decrease in units shipped.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $791 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $13 million or 1.6% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Cost of services” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily attributable to higher variable and retention costs, including monthly dealer incentive costs due to our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality, long-term subscribers. This increase was partially offset by lower network services costs per subscriber.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model. Beginning in September 2025 and prospectively, lease expense on communication towers, transport and other related costs for our 5G Network will decrease, offset by the accretion of lease liabilities and certain liabilities established for exit, disposal and other costs related to the termination of our 5G Network deployment, and ongoing costs to operate our Hybrid MNO. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Cost of sales – equipment and other. “Cost of sales – equipment and other” totaled $315 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $15 million or 5.0% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Cost of sales – equipment and other” compared to the same period in 2024 primarily resulted from an increase in sales of wireless devices with higher costs per unit, partially offset by a decrease in units shipped.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $288 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, a $30 million or 11.7% increase compared to the same period in 2024. This change primarily resulted from an increase in costs to support the Wireless segment and an increase in subscriber acquisition costs resulting from higher gross new Wireless subscriber activations.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $230 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, a $47 million or 17.0% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in depreciation and amortization expense related to the non-cash impairment of certain 5G Network assets during the three months ended September 30, 2025.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model and in September 2025 we recorded a non-cash impairment for certain 5G Network assets. As a result, we no longer have deprecation expense related to these 5G Network assets effective September 2025. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Impairments and other. “Impairments and other” totaled $16.199 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2025. This amount consists of non-cash impairment charges primarily related to our prepaids, property and equipment, regulatory authorizations and operating lease assets, and estimated exit, disposal and other costs related to the termination of our 5G Network deployment. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
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Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 2,469,493 | ​ | $ | 2,368,138 | ​ | $ | 101,355 | ​ | 4.3
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 376,859 | ​ | ​ | 336,992 | ​ | ​ | 39,867 | ​ | 11.8
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 2,846,352 | ​ | ​ | 2,705,130 | ​ | ​ | 141,222 | ​ | 5.2
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 2,358,118 | ​ | ​ | 2,287,764 | ​ | ​ | 70,354 | ​ | 3.1
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 95.5 | % | ​ | 96.6 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 946,531 | ​ | ​ | 902,846 | ​ | ​ | 43,685 | ​ | 4.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 863,287 | ​ | ​ | 709,815 | ​ | 153,472 | ​ | 21.6
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 30.3 | % | ​ | 26.2 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 857,821 | ​ | ​ | 864,237 | ​ | ​ | (6,416) | ​ | (0.7)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | *
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 21,225,101 | ​ | ​ | 4,764,662 | ​ | ​ | 16,460,439 | ​ | *
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (18,378,749) | ​ | $ | (2,059,532) | ​ | $ | (16,319,217) | ​ | *
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Other data: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Wireless subscribers, as of period end (in millions)** | ​ | ​ | 7.520 | ​ | ​ | 6.984 | ​ | ​ | 0.536 | ​ | 7.7
Wireless subscriber additions, gross (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 1.984 | ​ | ​ | 1.828 | ​ | ​ | 0.156 | ​ | 8.5
Wireless subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) *** | ​ | ​ | 0.585 | ​ | ​ | (0.394) | ​ | ​ | 0.979 | ​ | *
Wireless ARPU | ​ | $ | 37.50 | ​ | $ | 36.29 | ​ | $ | 1.21 | ​ | 3.3
Wireless churn rate | ​ | ​ | 2.79 | % | ​ | 2.99 | % | ​ | (0.20) | % | (6.7)
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds | ​ | $ | 447,556 | ​ | $ | 863,248 | ​ | $ | (415,692) | ​ | (48.2)
OIBDA | ​ | $ | (17,520,928) | ​ | $ | (1,195,295) | ​ | $ | (16,325,633) | ​ | *

* | Percentage is not meaningful.

** | Beginning in the third quarter of 2025, we removed approximately 60,000 subscribers from our period end Wireless subscriber count due to our election to deactivate Wireless subscriber accounts placed on pause and not expected to reactivate. If these Wireless subscriber accounts subsequently reactivate, they will be counted as a new Wireless subscriber addition. This removal had no material impact on any other reported subscriber metrics, other than our period end Wireless subscriber count.

*** | Includes Government subsidized subscribers.

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Wireless subscribers. We added approximately 585,000 net Wireless subscribers during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 394,000 net Wireless subscribers during the same period in 2024. The change in net Wireless subscribers primarily resulted from higher net Government subsidized subscribers, higher gross new Wireless subscriber activations and a lower Wireless churn rate compared to the same period in 2024. In addition, the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was negatively impacted by net losses of Government subsidized subscribers as a result of the ACP program funding concluding on June 1, 2024. See “Wireless Segment – ACP Subscribers” for further information.

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Wireless subscribers, gross. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we activated approximately 1.984 million gross new Wireless subscribers compared to approximately 1.828 million gross new Wireless subscribers during the same period in 2024, an increase of 8.5%. This increase in gross new Wireless subscribers primarily resulted from higher marketing expenditures, new subscriber offers and promotions and growth in digital channels. Our gross new Wireless subscribers continue to be negatively impacted by our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers and increased competitive pressures, including aggressive competitor marketing, discounted service plans and deeper wireless device subsidies.

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Wireless churn rate. Our Wireless churn rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was 2.79% compared to 2.99% for the same period in 2024. Our Wireless churn rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were positively impacted by our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality subscribers, partially offset by competitive pressures, including deeper wireless device subsidies.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $2.469 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $101 million or 4.3% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Service revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to an increase in Wireless ARPU, discussed below.

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Wireless ARPU. Wireless ARPU was $37.50 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 versus $36.29 during the same period in 2024. The $1.21 or 3.3% increase in Wireless ARPU was primarily attributable to, among other things, a shift in subscriber plan mix to higher priced service plans and increased sales of value added services.

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Equipment sales and other revenue. “Equipment sales and other revenue” totaled $377 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $40 million or 11.8% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Equipment sales and other revenue” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily related to an increase in sales of wireless devices with higher revenue per unit, partially offset by a decrease in units shipped.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $2.358 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $70 million or 3.1% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Cost of services” compared to the same period in 2024 was primarily attributable to higher variable and retention costs, including monthly dealer incentive costs due to our emphasis on acquiring and retaining higher quality, long-term subscribers. This increase was partially offset by lower network services costs per subscriber.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model. Beginning in September 2025 and prospectively, lease expense on communication towers, transport and other related costs for our 5G Network will decrease, offset by the accretion of lease liabilities and certain liabilities established for exit, disposal and other costs related to the termination of our 5G Network deployment, and ongoing costs to operate our Hybrid MNO. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Cost of sales – equipment and other. “Cost of sales – equipment and other” totaled $947 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $44 million or 4.8% compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in “Cost of sales – equipment and other” compared to the same period in 2024 primarily resulted from an increase in sales of wireless devices with higher costs per unit, partially offset by a decrease in units shipped and higher vendor rebates.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $863 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a $153 million or 21.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024. This change primarily resulted from an increase in subscriber acquisition costs resulting from higher gross new Wireless subscriber activations, including higher marketing expenditures, and an increase in costs to support the Wireless segment.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $858 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a $6 million or 0.7% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This change was primarily driven by a decrease in amortization expense from subscriber relationships related to the Boost Mobile acquisition in 2020, which became fully amortized during the second quarter of 2024, partially offset by an increase in depreciation and amortization expense related to 5G Network assets being placed in service during 2024 and 2025 prior to the non-cash impairment of certain 5G Network assets during the third quarter of 2025.

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In August 2025, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model and in September 2025 we recorded a non-cash impairment for certain 5G Network assets. As a result, we no longer have deprecation expense related to these 5G Network assets effective September 2025. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Impairments and other. “Impairments and other” totaled $16.199 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. This amount consists of non-cash impairment charges primarily related to our prepaids, property and equipment, regulatory authorizations and operating lease assets, and estimated exit, disposal and other costs related to the termination of our 5G Network deployment. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Broadband and Satellite Services Segment

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We are an industry leader in both networking technologies and services, innovating to deliver the global solutions that power a connected future for people, enterprises and things everywhere. We provide broadband services to consumer customers, which include home and small to medium-sized businesses, and satellite, multi-transport technologies and managed network services to enterprise customers, telecommunications providers, airlines and government entities, including civilian and defense. We have leveraged the EchoStar XXIV satellite to deliver satellite services to unserved and underserved consumer markets in the Americas as well as enterprise, aeronautical and government markets.

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We also design, provide and install gateway and terminal equipment to customers for other satellite systems. In addition, we design, develop, construct and provide telecommunication networks comprising satellite ground segment systems and terminals to mobile system operators and our enterprise customers. We offer a robust suite of integrated, multi-transport solutions to enable airline and airline service providers to deliver reliable in-flight network connectivity serving both commercial and business aviation.

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Backlog

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As of September 30, 2025, our Broadband and Satellite Services segment had approximately $1.5 billion of contracted revenue backlog. We define the Broadband and Satellite Services segment contracted revenue backlog as our expected future revenue under enterprise customer contracts that are non-cancelable, including lease revenue.

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Competition

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Our industry is highly competitive. As a global provider of network technologies, products and services, our Broadband and Satellite Services segment competes with a large number of telecommunications and satellite internet service providers.

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In our enterprise markets, we compete against multiple categories of providers. In the managed services area, we compete against providers of satellite-based and terrestrial-based networks, including fiber optic, cable, wireless internet service and internet protocol-based virtual private networks (VPN), which vary by region. In the in-flight connectivity market, we compete against direct and indirect providers of in-flight WiFi services, such as ViaSat Communications, Inc., which is owned by ViaSat, Inc. (“ViaSat”) and Starlink Services LLC, which is owned by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”).

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In our consumer broadband satellite technologies and internet services markets, we compete against traditional telecommunications and wireless carriers, other satellite internet providers, as well as fiber optic, cable and wireless internet service providers. Our primary satellite competitors in the North American consumer market are ViaSat and SpaceX. Both ViaSat and SpaceX have also entered the South and Central American consumer markets. Our principal competitors for the supply of satellite technology platforms are Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, ViaSat and ST Engineering iDirect, Inc.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – Broadband and Satellite Services Segment

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | Variance
Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
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Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 267,460 | ​ | $ | 294,703 | ​ | $ | (27,243) | ​ | (9.2)
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 78,360 | ​ | ​ | 92,006 | ​ | ​ | (13,646) | ​ | (14.8)
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 345,820 | ​ | ​ | 386,709 | ​ | ​ | (40,889) | ​ | (10.6)
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 115,171 | ​ | ​ | 125,970 | ​ | ​ | (10,799) | ​ | (8.6)
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 43.1 | % | ​ | 42.7 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 67,953 | ​ | ​ | 74,397 | ​ | ​ | (6,444) | ​ | (8.7)
% of Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 86.7 | % | ​ | 80.9 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 88,169 | ​ | ​ | 108,816 | ​ | (20,647) | ​ | (19.0)
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 25.5 | % | ​ | 28.1 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 100,730 | ​ | ​ | 113,642 | ​ | ​ | (12,912) | ​ | (11.4)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | *
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 654,147 | ​ | ​ | 422,825 | ​ | ​ | 231,322 | ​ | 54.7
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (308,327) | ​ | $ | (36,116) | ​ | $ | (272,211) | ​ | *
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Other data: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Broadband subscribers, as of period end (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.783 | ​ | ​ | 0.912 | ​ | ​ | (0.129) | ​ | (14.1)
Broadband subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.036) | ​ | ​ | (0.043) | ​ | ​ | 0.007 | ​ | 16.3
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds (1) | ​ | $ | 45,334 | ​ | $ | 44,913 | ​ | $ | 421 | ​ | 0.9
OIBDA | ​ | $ | (207,597) | ​ | $ | 77,526 | ​ | $ | (285,123) | ​ | *

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(1) Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds includes satellite purchases during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of $16 million and $1 million, respectively.

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Broadband subscribers. We lost approximately 36,000 net Broadband subscribers for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 43,000 net Broadband subscribers during the same period in 2024. The decrease in net Broadband subscriber losses was primarily due to lower subscriber disconnects due to expanded satellite capacity and increased subscriber service satisfaction, partially offset by lower gross subscriber additions. We continue to experience increased competition from satellite-based competitors and other technologies.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $267 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $27 million, or 9.2%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower sales of broadband services to our North American and international consumer customers and our North American enterprise customers.

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Equipment sales and other revenue. “Equipment sales and other revenue” totaled $78 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $14 million, or 14.8%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower hardware sales to our North American and international enterprise customers.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $115 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $11 million, or 8.6%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower costs of broadband services to our North American and international consumer customers and our North American enterprise customers. Our “Cost of services” represented 43.1% and 42.7% of “Service revenue” during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Cost of sales – equipment and other. “Cost of sales – equipment and other” totaled $68 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $6 million, or 8.7%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower costs of equipment to our North American and international enterprise customers. Our “Cost of sales – equipment and other” represented 86.7% and 80.9% of “Equipment sales and other revenue” during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. This increase primarily resulted from a change in mix to lower margin products.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $88 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $21 million, or 19.0%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower bad debt expense and lower marketing expenditures.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $101 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $13 million, or 11.4%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower equipment and satellite depreciation expense.

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Impairments and other. “Impairments and other” totaled $282 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025. In August 2025, we began the abandonment of certain international assets that would no longer be utilized in our business as a result of the SpaceX Transactions. As a result, we recorded non-cash impairment charges related to property and equipment and regulatory authorizations, and estimated exit, disposal and other costs. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
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Revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Service revenue | ​ | $ | 817,845 | ​ | $ | 914,350 | ​ | $ | (96,505) | ​ | (10.6)
Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 238,413 | ​ | ​ | 248,956 | ​ | ​ | (10,543) | ​ | (4.2)
Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 1,056,258 | ​ | ​ | 1,163,306 | ​ | ​ | (107,048) | ​ | (9.2)
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Costs and expenses: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of services | ​ | ​ | 343,528 | ​ | ​ | 382,400 | ​ | ​ | (38,872) | ​ | (10.2)
% of Service revenue | ​ | ​ | 42.0 | % | ​ | 41.8 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cost of sales - equipment and other | ​ | ​ | 213,238 | ​ | ​ | 209,440 | ​ | ​ | 3,798 | ​ | 1.8
% of Equipment sales and other revenue | ​ | ​ | 89.4 | % | ​ | 84.1 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ | ​ | 271,563 | ​ | ​ | 332,261 | ​ | ​ | (60,698) | ​ | (18.3)
% of Total revenue | ​ | ​ | 25.7 | % | ​ | 28.6 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 310,065 | ​ | ​ | 349,461 | ​ | ​ | (39,396) | ​ | (11.3)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | *
Total costs and expenses | ​ | ​ | 1,420,518 | ​ | ​ | 1,273,562 | ​ | ​ | 146,956 | ​ | 11.5
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (364,260) | ​ | $ | (110,256) | ​ | $ | (254,004) | ​ | *
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Other data: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Broadband subscribers, as of period end (in millions) | ​ | ​ | 0.783 | ​ | ​ | 0.912 | ​ | ​ | (0.129) | ​ | (14.1)
Broadband subscriber additions (losses), net (in millions) | ​ | ​ | (0.100) | ​ | ​ | (0.092) | ​ | ​ | (0.008) | ​ | (8.7)
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds (1) | ​ | $ | 120,555 | ​ | $ | 172,083 | ​ | $ | (51,528) | ​ | (29.9)
OIBDA | ​ | $ | (54,195) | ​ | $ | 239,205 | ​ | $ | (293,400) | ​ | *

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(1) Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds includes satellite purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of $30 million and $4 million, respectively.

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Broadband subscribers. We lost approximately 100,000 net Broadband subscribers for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the loss of approximately 92,000 net Broadband subscribers during the same period in 2024. The increase in net Broadband subscriber losses was primarily due to lower gross subscriber additions, partially offset by lower subscriber disconnects due to expanded satellite capacity and increased subscriber service satisfaction. We continue to experience increased competition from satellite-based competitors and other technologies.

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Service revenue. “Service revenue” totaled $818 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $97 million, or 10.6%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower sales of broadband services to our North American and international consumer customers and our North American enterprise customers.

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Equipment sales and other revenue. “Equipment sales and other revenue” totaled $238 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $11 million, or 4.2%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower hardware sales to our international enterprise customers, partially offset by an increase in hardware sales to our North American enterprise customers.

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Cost of services. “Cost of services” totaled $344 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $39 million, or 10.2%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower costs of broadband services to both our North American and international consumer and enterprise customers. Our “Cost of services” represented 42.0% and 41.8% of “Service revenue” during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Cost of sales – equipment and other. “Cost of sales – equipment and other” totaled $213 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $4 million, or 1.8%, as compared to 2024. The increase was primarily attributable to higher costs of equipment to our North American enterprise customers, partially offset by a decrease in equipment costs to our international enterprise customers. Our “Cost of sales – equipment and other” represented 89.4% and 84.1% of “Equipment sales and other revenue” during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The nine months ended September 30, 2025 was negatively impacted by a one-time project charge.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses. “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $272 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $61 million, or 18.3%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower bad debt expense, a decrease in costs to support the Broadband and Satellite Services segment and lower marketing expenditures.

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Depreciation and amortization. “Depreciation and amortization” expense totaled $310 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, a decrease of $39 million, or 11.3%, as compared to 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower equipment and satellite depreciation expense.

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Impairments and other. “Impairments and other” totaled $282 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. In August 2025, we began the abandonment of certain international assets that would no longer be utilized in our business as a result of the SpaceX Transactions. As a result, we recorded non-cash impairment charges related to property and equipment and regulatory authorizations, and estimated exit, disposal and other costs. See Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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OTHER CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | Variance
Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
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Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (16,641,875) | ​ | $ | (160,767) | ​ | $ | (16,481,108) | ​ | *
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Other income (expense): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | 53,187 | ​ | ​ | 11,200 | ​ | ​ | 41,987 | ​ | *
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | (377,072) | ​ | ​ | (81,503) | ​ | ​ | (295,569) | ​ | *
Other, net | ​ | ​ | 28,953 | ​ | ​ | 52,107 | ​ | ​ | (23,154) | ​ | (44.4)
Total other income (expense) | ​ | ​ | (294,932) | ​ | ​ | (18,196) | ​ | ​ | (276,736) | ​ | *
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Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | (16,936,807) | ​ | ​ | (178,963) | ​ | ​ | (16,757,844) | ​ | *
Income tax (provision) benefit, net | ​ | ​ | 4,155,459 | ​ | ​ | 35,162 | ​ | ​ | 4,120,297 | ​ | *
Effective tax rate | ​ | ​ | 24.5 | % | ​ | 19.6 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (12,781,348) | ​ | ​ | (143,801) | ​ | ​ | (12,637,547) | ​ | *
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | ​ | ​ | (152) | ​ | ​ | (1,989) | ​ | ​ | 1,837 | ​ | 92.4
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (12,781,196) | ​ | $ | (141,812) | ​ | $ | (12,639,384) | ​ | *

*Percentage is not meaningful.

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Interest income. “Interest income” totaled $53 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $42 million compared to the same period in 2024. This increase primarily resulted from higher average cash and marketable investment securities balances, partially offset by lower percentage returns earned on our cash and marketable investment securities during the three months ended September 30, 2025.

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Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized. “Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized” totaled $377 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $296 million compared to the same period in 2024. This increase primarily resulted from interest expense related to debt issuances in the third and fourth quarters of 2024, partially offset by the redemption of debt that matured in November 2024 and debt tendered for exchange and cancelled in the fourth quarter of 2024. In addition, the three months ended September 30, 2025 was negatively impacted by a $58 million decrease in capitalized interest compared to the same period in 2024 due to fewer activities that qualify for capitalization. As a result of the termination of the deployment of our 5G Network, we no longer have 5G Network activities that qualify for capitalization and as such ceased capitalizing interest on the 5G Network qualifying assets at the end of August 2025. See Note 2 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Other, net. “Other, net” income totaled $29 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to income of $52 million during the same period in 2024. The three months ended September 30, 2025 was positively impacted by $22 million in asset sales and other net gains. The three months ended September 30, 2024 was positively impacted by $50 million in asset sales and other net gains and $7 million in net gains on marketable and non-marketable investment securities. See Note 5 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Income tax (provision) benefit, net. Our income tax benefit was $4.155 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $4.120 billion compared to the same period in 2024. The change was primarily related to a decrease in “Income (loss) before income taxes” and the change in our effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate during the three months ended September 30, 2024 was impacted by federal, state and foreign valuation allowances.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.

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​ | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | Variance
Statements of Operations Data |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | Amount |  | %
​ | ​ | (In thousands) | ​ | ​
Operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | (16,943,415) | ​ | $ | (241,380) | ​ | $ | (16,702,035) | ​ | *
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Other income (expense): | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Interest income | ​ | ​ | 184,085 | ​ | ​ | 55,591 | ​ | ​ | 128,494 | ​ | *
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | ​ | ​ | (942,359) | ​ | ​ | (262,077) | ​ | ​ | (680,282) | ​ | *
Other, net | ​ | ​ | 105,480 | ​ | ​ | (65,501) | ​ | ​ | 170,981 | ​ | *
Total other income (expense) | ​ | ​ | (652,794) | ​ | ​ | (271,987) | ​ | ​ | (380,807) | ​ | *
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Income (loss) before income taxes | ​ | ​ | (17,596,209) | ​ | ​ | (513,367) | ​ | ​ | (17,082,842) | ​ | *
Income tax (provision) benefit, net | ​ | ​ | 4,304,736 | ​ | ​ | 53,733 | ​ | ​ | 4,251,003 | ​ | *
Effective tax rate | ​ | ​ | 24.5 | % | ​ | 10.5 | % | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (13,291,473) | ​ | ​ | (459,634) | ​ | ​ | (12,831,839) | ​ | *
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | ​ | ​ | (1,476) | ​ | ​ | (4,855) | ​ | ​ | 3,379 | ​ | 69.6
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar | ​ | $ | (13,289,997) | ​ | $ | (454,779) | ​ | $ | (12,835,218) | ​ | *

* | Percentage is not meaningful.

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Interest income. “Interest income” totaled $184 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $128 million compared to the same period in 2024. This increase primarily resulted from higher average cash and marketable investment securities balances, partially offset by lower percentage returns earned on our cash and marketable investment securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized. “Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized” totaled $942 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $680 million compared to the same period in 2024. This increase primarily resulted from interest expense related to debt issuances in the third and fourth quarters of 2024, partially offset by the redemption of debt that matured in March and November 2024 and debt tendered for exchange and cancelled in the fourth quarter of 2024. In addition, the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was positively impacted by a $44 million increase in capitalized interest compared to the same period in 2024 due to a higher capitalization rate, partially offset by fewer activities that qualify for capitalization. As a result of the termination of the deployment of our 5G Network, we no longer have 5G Network activities that qualify for capitalization and as such ceased capitalizing interest on the 5G Network qualifying assets at the end of August 2025. See Note 2 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Other, net. “Other, net” income totaled $105 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to expense of $66 million during the same period in 2024. The nine months ended September 30, 2025 was positively impacted by $59 million in asset sales and other net gains, $17 million in net gains on marketable and non-marketable investment securities and $11 million of early debt extinguishment gains from the repurchases of our senior secured notes. The nine months ended September 30, 2024 was negatively impacted by a $74 million loss in equity in earnings, including $63 million from our portion of Invidi’s goodwill impairment, and $42 million in net losses and impairments on marketable and non-marketable investment securities, partially offset by $50 million in asset sales and other net gains. See Note 5 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Income tax (provision) benefit, net. Our income tax benefit was $4.305 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $4.251 billion compared to the same period in 2024. The change was primarily related to a decrease in “Income (loss) before income taxes” and the change in our effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was impacted by federal, state and foreign valuation allowances.

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Non-GAAP Performance Measures and Reconciliation

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It is management’s intent to provide non-GAAP financial information to enhance the understanding of our financial information prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), and it should be considered by the reader in addition to, but not instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Each non-GAAP financial measure is presented along with the corresponding GAAP measure so as not to imply that more emphasis should be placed on the non-GAAP measure. We believe that providing these non-GAAP measures in addition to the GAAP measures allows management, investors and other users of our financial information to more fully and accurately assess both consolidated and segment performance. The non-GAAP financial information presented may be determined or calculated differently by other companies and may not be directly comparable to that of other companies.

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Segment OIBDA and Adjusted OIBDA

Segment OIBDA and Adjusted OIBDA, which are presented below, are non-GAAP measures and do not purport to be alternatives to operating income (loss) as a measure of operating performance.

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Segment OIBDA is calculated by adding back depreciation and amortization expense to business segments operating income (loss). See Note 11 to the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. We believe this measure is useful to management, investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating operating profitability of our business segments on a more variable cost basis as it excludes the depreciation and amortization expenses related primarily to capital expenditures and acquisitions for those business segments, as well as in evaluating operating performance in relation to our competitors.

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Segment Adjusted OIBDA is calculated by adding back depreciation and amortization expense and impairments and other to business segments operating income (loss). We believe this measure is useful to management, investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating operating profitability of our business segments as it excludes one-time, non-cash items that we do not consider to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance.

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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 |  | Pay-TV |  | Wireless |  | Broadband and Satellite Services |  | ​ Eliminations |  | Consolidated
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Segment operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 549,388 | ​ | $ | (16,883,499) | ​ | $ | (308,327) | ​ | $ | 563 | ​ | $ | (16,641,875)
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 61,049 | ​ | ​ | 229,615 | ​ | ​ | 100,730 | ​ | ​ | (103) | ​ | ​ | 391,291
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 610,437 | ​ | ​ | (16,653,884) | ​ | ​ | (207,597) | ​ | ​ | 460 | ​ | ​ | (16,250,584)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468
Adjusted OIBDA | ​ | $ | 610,437 | ​ | $ | (454,540) | ​ | $ | 74,527 | ​ | $ | 460 | ​ | $ | 230,884
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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
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Segment operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 588,501 | ​ | $ | (714,062) | ​ | $ | (36,116) | ​ | $ | 910 | ​ | $ | (160,767)
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 87,502 | ​ | ​ | 276,702 | ​ | ​ | 113,642 | ​ | ​ | (412) | ​ | ​ | 477,434
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 676,003 | ​ | ​ | (437,360) | ​ | ​ | 77,526 | ​ | ​ | 498 | ​ | ​ | 316,667
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
Adjusted OIBDA | ​ | $ | 676,003 | ​ | $ | (437,360) | ​ | $ | 77,526 | ​ | $ | 498 | ​ | $ | 316,667

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For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 |  | Pay-TV |  | Wireless |  | Broadband and Satellite Services |  | ​ Eliminations |  | Consolidated
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Segment operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 1,798,370 | ​ | $ | (18,378,749) | ​ | $ | (364,260) | ​ | $ | 1,224 | ​ | $ | (16,943,415)
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 205,317 | ​ | ​ | 857,821 | ​ | ​ | 310,065 | ​ | ​ | (524) | ​ | ​ | 1,372,679
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 2,003,687 | ​ | ​ | (17,520,928) | ​ | ​ | (54,195) | ​ | ​ | 700 | ​ | ​ | (15,570,736)
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,199,344 | ​ | ​ | 282,124 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 16,481,468
Adjusted OIBDA | ​ | $ | 2,003,687 | ​ | $ | (1,321,584) | ​ | $ | 227,929 | ​ | $ | 700 | ​ | $ | 910,732
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For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
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Segment operating income (loss) | ​ | $ | 1,926,361 | ​ | $ | (2,059,532) | ​ | $ | (110,256) | ​ | $ | 2,047 | ​ | $ | (241,380)
Depreciation and amortization | ​ | ​ | 258,153 | ​ | ​ | 864,237 | ​ | ​ | 349,461 | ​ | ​ | (1,492) | ​ | ​ | 1,470,359
OIBDA | ​ | ​ | 2,184,514 | ​ | ​ | (1,195,295) | ​ | ​ | 239,205 | ​ | ​ | 555 | ​ | ​ | 1,228,979
Impairments and other | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
Adjusted OIBDA | ​ | $ | 2,184,514 | ​ | $ | (1,195,295) | ​ | $ | 239,205 | ​ | $ | 555 | ​ | $ | 1,228,979

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GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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Our senior secured notes, consisting of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and 6 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and our 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (together, the “EchoStar Notes”), are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). The Guarantors consist of, Northstar Wireless, L.L.C., SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC, DBSD Corporation and Gamma Acquisition L.L.C. (the “Spectrum Assets Guarantors”) and Northstar Spectrum, LLC, SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, DBSD Services Limited and Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C. the (“Equity Pledge Guarantors”).

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Certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries are designated as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” and do not guarantee the EchoStar Notes. The guarantee of the Guarantors will be discharged and released in accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture. The rights of holders of the EchoStar Notes against the Guarantors may be limited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or state fraudulent transfer or conveyance law.

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Each entity in the summarized combined financial information follows the same accounting policies as described in our condensed consolidated financial statements. Information for the non-Guarantor subsidiaries has been excluded from the combined summarized financial information of the obligated group. The accompanying summarized combined financial information does not reflect investments of the obligated group in non-Guarantor subsidiaries. The financial information of the obligated group is presented on a combined basis and is derived from EchoStar’s condensed consolidated financial statements; intercompany balances and transactions within the obligated group have been eliminated. The obligated group’s amounts due to non-Guarantor subsidiaries and related parties have been presented in separate line items.

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The summarized balance sheet information for the combined obligor group of the EchoStar Notes is presented in the table below.

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​ | ​ | As of
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Current assets |  | $ | 3,950,314 | ​ | $ | 6,234,658
Noncurrent assets | ​ | ​ | 12,398,692 | ​ | ​ | 17,397,691
Current liabilities | ​ | ​ | 561,925 | ​ | ​ | 411,704
Noncurrent liabilities | ​ | ​ | 9,464,002 | ​ | ​ | 9,254,862
Due from non-guarantors | ​ | ​ | 1,396,854 | ​ | ​ | 1,470,067

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The summarized results of operations information for the combined obligor group of the EchoStar Notes is presented in the table below.

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​ | ​ | September 30, 2025
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Total revenues |  | $ | 499
Operating income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (5,212,939)
Net income (loss) | ​ | ​ | (4,207,528)

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Current Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents and Current Marketable Investment Securities

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We consider all liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of 90 days or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. See Note 5 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding our current restricted cash and cash equivalents and marketable investment securities. As of September 30, 2025, cash, cash equivalents, current restricted cash and cash equivalents, and current marketable investment securities totaled $4.043 billion compared to $5.698 billion as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of $1.655 billion. This decrease in cash, cash equivalents, current restricted cash and cash equivalents and current marketable investment securities primarily resulted from capital expenditures, net of refunds, of $1.484 billion (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations), the redemption of our Term Loan due 2025 of $500 million and repurchases of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 of $123 million, partially offset by cash generated from operating activities of $326 million and $150 million in proceeds from the additional issuance of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029.

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Cash Flow

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The following discussion highlights our cash flow activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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Cash flows from operating activities

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we reported “Net cash flows from operating activities” of $326 million primarily attributable to $269 million of “Net income (loss)” adjusted to exclude the non-cash items for “Depreciation and amortization” expense, “Impairments and other,” “Realized and unrealized losses (gains) and impairments on investments and other,” “Asset sales and other (gains) losses,” “Non-cash, stock-based compensation” expense, “Interest expense paid in kind on long-term debt,” and “Deferred tax expense (benefit).” In addition, “Net cash flows from operating activities” was impacted by the timing difference between book expense and cash payments, including income taxes, and other working capital changes.

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Cash flows from investing activities

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we reported outflows from “Net cash flows from investing activities” of $1.650 billion primarily related to capital expenditures, net of refunds, of $1.484 billion (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) and $219 million in net purchases of marketable investment securities, partially offset by $47 million in proceeds from the sale of our Fiber business.

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Cash flows from financing activities

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we reported outflows from “Net cash flows from financing activities” of $563 million primarily related to the redemption of our Term Loan due 2025 of $500 million, repurchases of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 of $123 million, repayments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations of $60 million and repurchases of our Class A common stock of $49 million, partially offset by and $150 million in proceeds from the additional issuance of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029.

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Free Cash Flow

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We define free cash flow as “Net cash flows from operating activities” less: (i) “Purchases of property and equipment” net of “Refunds and other receipts of purchases of property and equipment,” and (ii) “Capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations,” as shown on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity metric because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available to repay debt obligations, make investments (including strategic wireless investments), fund acquisitions and for certain other activities. Free cash flow is not a measure determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for “Operating income (loss),” “Net income (loss),” “Net cash flows from operating activities” or any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP. Since free cash flow includes investments in operating assets, we believe this non-GAAP liquidity measure is useful in addition to the most directly comparable GAAP measure “Net cash flows from operating activities.”

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Free cash flow can be significantly impacted from period to period by changes in “Net income (loss)” adjusted to exclude certain non-cash charges, operating assets and liabilities, “Purchases of property and equipment,” net of “Refunds and other receipts of purchases of property and equipment,” and “Capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations.” These items are shown in the “Net cash flows from operating activities” and “Net cash flows from investing activities” sections on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included herein. Operating asset and liability balances can fluctuate significantly from period to period and there can be no assurance that free cash flow will not be negatively impacted by material changes in operating assets and liabilities in future periods, since these changes depend upon, among other things, management’s timing of payments and control of inventory levels, and cash receipts. In addition to fluctuations resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, free cash flow can vary significantly from period to period depending upon, among other things, subscriber additions (losses), service revenue, subscriber churn, subscriber acquisition and retention costs including amounts capitalized under our equipment lease programs for DISH TV subscribers, operating efficiencies, increases or decreases in purchases of property and equipment, expenditures related to our 5G Network and our Hybrid MNO Network, cash interest payments and other factors.

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The following table reconciles free cash flow to “Net cash flows from operating activities.”

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Net cash flows from operating activities |  | $ | 325,948 | ​ | $ | 1,207,144
Purchases of property and equipment, net of refunds (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations) | ​ | ​ | (1,483,943) | ​ | ​ | (1,843,595)
Free cash flow | ​ | $ | (1,157,995) | ​ | $ | (636,451)

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Operational Liquidity

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We make general investments in property such as, among others, satellites, wireless devices, set-top boxes, information technology and facilities that support our Pay-TV, Wireless and Broadband and Satellite Services segments. For some of these investments, changes in trade policies, including, but not limited to, tariffs and other restrictions, could increase, among other things, our costs, disrupt our supply chain and negatively affect our business, operations and financial condition.

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Since we are primarily a subscriber-based company, we make subscriber-specific investments to acquire new subscribers and retain existing subscribers. While the general investments may be deferred without impacting the business in the short-term, the subscriber-specific investments are less discretionary. Our overall objective is to generate sufficient cash flow over the life of each subscriber to provide an adequate return against the upfront investment. Once the upfront investment has been made for each subscriber, the subsequent cash flow is generally positive, but there can be no assurance that over time we will recoup or earn a return on the upfront investment.

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There are a number of factors that impact our future cash flow compared to the cash flow we generate at a given point in time. The first factor is our churn rate and how successful we are at retaining our current subscribers. To the extent we lose subscribers from our existing base, the positive cash flow from that base is correspondingly reduced. The second factor is how successful we are at maintaining our service margins. To the extent our “Cost of services” grow faster than our “Service revenue,” the amount of cash flow that is generated per existing subscriber is reduced. Our Pay-TV service margins have been reduced by, among other things, higher programming costs. Our Wireless service margins are impacted by, among other things, our MNSA agreement with T-Mobile and our NSA agreement with AT&T and the speed with which we are able to transition Wireless subscribers to our Hybrid MNO Network. The third factor is the rate at which we acquire new Pay-TV, Wireless and Broadband subscribers. The faster we acquire new subscribers, the more our positive ongoing cash flow from existing subscribers is offset by the negative upfront cash flow associated with acquiring new subscribers. Conversely, the slower we acquire subscribers, the more our operating cash flow is enhanced in that period.

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Finally, our future cash flow is impacted by, among other things, the rate at which we incur litigation expense, make cash interest payments, participate in FCC wireless spectrum auctions and any cash flow from financing activities. We anticipate operating expenditures for our 5G Network to decrease as we have completed our 5G Network and as we transition to our Hybrid MNO network under which we will continue to operate our 5G Network core and utilize AT&T’s network services. We expect our capital expenditures (including capitalized interest) to decrease during the fourth quarter of 2025. As a result, our historical cash flow is not necessarily indicative of our future cash flows. As of September 30, 2025, we experienced negative free cash flow. We expect that this trend will continue in 2025 and in future periods until we receive the cash inflows from the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions. In addition, declines in our subscriber base and any decrease in subscriber-related margins negatively impact our cash flow, and there can be no assurance that our subscriber declines for some if not all of our segments will not continue.

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Beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending at the close of business on December 31, 2025, our 3 7/8% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 are convertible, at the option of the holders. These notes are convertible, at our election, into cash, approximately 58 million shares of our Class A common stock or a combination thereof.

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Subscriber Base – Pay TV, Wireless and Broadband and Satellite Services Segments

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See “Results of Operations” above for further information.

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Subscriber Acquisition and Retention Costs

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We incur significant upfront costs to acquire Pay-TV, Wireless and Broadband subscribers, including, but not limited to, advertising, independent third-party retailer incentives, payments made to third parties, equipment and wireless device subsidies, installation services and/or new customer promotions. While we attempt to recoup these upfront costs over the lives of their subscription, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in achieving that objective. We employ certain business rules for acquiring subscribers, including, but not limited to, minimum credit requirements, identity verification and contractual commitments. We strive to provide outstanding customer service to increase the likelihood of customers keeping their service over longer periods of time. Our subscriber acquisition costs may vary significantly from period to period.

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We incur significant costs to retain our existing DISH TV subscribers, generally as a result of upgrading their equipment to next generation receivers, primarily including our Hopper® receivers, and by providing retention credits. As with our subscriber acquisition costs, our retention upgrade spending includes the cost of equipment and installation services. In certain circumstances, we also offer programming at no additional charge and/or promotional pricing for limited periods to existing customers in exchange for a contractual commitment to receive service for a minimum term. A component of our retention efforts includes the installation of equipment for customers who move. Retention costs for Wireless subscribers are primarily related to promotional pricing on upgraded wireless devices for qualified existing subscribers and promotional credits. Our DISH TV and Wireless subscriber retention costs may vary significantly from period to period.

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Seasonality

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Historically, the first half of the year generally produces fewer gross new DISH TV subscriber activations than the second half of the year, as is typical in the pay-TV industry. In addition, the first and fourth quarters generally produce a lower DISH TV churn rate than the second and third quarters. However, in recent years, as the pay-TV industry has matured, we and our competitors increasingly must seek to attract a greater proportion of new subscribers from each other’s existing subscriber bases rather than from first-time purchasers of pay-TV services. As a result, historical trends in seasonality described above may not be indicative of future trends.

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Our net SLING TV subscriber additions are impacted by, among other things, certain major sporting events and other major television events. The first and third quarters generally produce higher gross new Wireless subscriber activations. The historical trends discussed above, for net DISH TV subscriber additions, net SLING TV subscriber additions and gross new Wireless subscriber activations, may not be indicative of future trends. There can be no assurance that these trends will not continue and/or accelerate.

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Satellites

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Pay-TV Segment. Operation of our DISH TV services requires that we have adequate satellite transmission capacity for the programming that we offer. Moreover, competitive conditions may require that we expand our offering of new programming. While we generally have had in-orbit satellite capacity sufficient to transmit our existing channels and some backup capacity to recover the transmission of certain critical programming, our backup capacity is limited. In the event of a failure or loss of any of our owned or leased satellites, we may need to acquire or lease additional satellite capacity or relocate one of our other satellites and use it as a replacement for the failed or lost satellite. Such a failure could result in a prolonged loss of critical programming or a significant delay in our plans to expand programming as necessary to remain competitive and cause us to expend a significant portion of our cash to acquire or lease additional satellite capacity.

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Broadband and Satellite Services Segment. Operation of our Broadband and Satellite Services segment also requires adequate satellite transmission capacity for the services that we offer. In the event of a failure or loss of any of our owned or leased satellites, we may need to acquire or lease additional satellite capacity or relocate one of our other satellites and use it as a replacement for the failed or lost satellite. Such a failure could result in a prolonged loss of services.

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Covenants and Restrictions Related to our Long-Term Debt

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We are subject to the covenants and restrictions set forth in the indentures related to our long-term debt.

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EchoStar Corporation

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The indentures related to our outstanding EchoStar senior secured notes and convertible senior secured notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, impose limitations on our and certain of our subsidiaries’ ability to: (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; (ii) make certain investments and other restricted payments; (iii) create liens; (iv) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (v) merge or consolidate with another company; (vi) transfer or sell assets; (vii) allow to exist certain restrictions on paying dividends or other payments; and (viii) guarantor engagement in new activities. Should we fail to comply with these covenants, all or a portion of the debt under the senior secured notes could become immediately payable. The senior secured notes also provide that the debt may be required to be prepaid if certain change-in-control events occur. In addition, the convertible senior secured notes provide that, if a “fundamental change” (as defined in the related indenture) occurs, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their convertible notes. As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we were in compliance with the covenants and restrictions related to our long-term debt.

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The indentures related to our outstanding senior notes issued by DISH DBS Corporation (“DISH DBS”) contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, impose limitations on the ability of DISH DBS and its restricted subsidiaries to: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) enter into sale and leaseback transactions; (iii) pay dividends or make distributions on DISH DBS’ capital stock or repurchase DISH DBS’ capital stock; (iv) make certain investments; (v) create liens; (vi) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (vii) merge or consolidate with another company; and (viii) transfer or sell assets. The indentures related to our outstanding DISH Network and DISH DBS senior secured notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, impose limitations on our ability and certain of our subsidiaries to: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) enter into sale and leaseback transactions; (iii) pay dividends or make distributions on our capital stock or repurchase our capital stock; (iv) make certain investments of spectrum collateral; (v) create liens; (vi) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (vii) merge or consolidate with another company; and (viii) transfer or sell assets. Should we fail to comply with these covenants, all or a portion of the debt under the senior notes, senior secured notes and our other long-term debt could become immediately payable. The senior notes and senior secured notes also provide that the debt may be required to be prepaid if certain change-in-control events occur. In addition, the Convertible Notes provide that, if a “fundamental change” (as defined in the related indenture) occurs, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their Convertible Notes. As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we, DISH Network and DISH DBS were in compliance with the covenants and restrictions related to our respective long-term debt.

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Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation

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The indentures related to our outstanding senior notes issued by Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (“HSSC”) contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, impose limitations on the ability of HSSC and its restricted subsidiaries to: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends or make distributions on HSSC’s capital stock or repurchase HSSC’s capital stock; (iii) allow to exist certain restrictions on such subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, make distributions, make other payments, or transfer assets; (iv) make certain investments; (v) create liens; (vi) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (vii) merge or consolidate with another company; and (viii) transfer or sell assets. As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we and HSSC were in compliance with the covenants and restrictions related to our respective long-term debt.

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Other

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We are also vulnerable to fraud, particularly in the acquisition of new subscribers, which includes the sale of wireless devices. While we are addressing the impact of subscriber fraud through a number of actions, there can be no assurance that we will not continue to experience fraud or that any fraud we have experienced does not accelerate, which could impact our subscriber growth and churn. Economic weakness may create greater incentive for signal theft, piracy and subscriber fraud, which could lead to higher subscriber churn and reduced revenue.

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Obligations and Future Capital Requirements

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Contractual Obligations

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See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Future Capital Requirements

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We expect to fund our future working capital, capital expenditures, other investments and debt service requirements for the next twelve months from cash generated from operations, existing restricted and unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities balances and cash generated from the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, as detailed in Note 1 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The amount of capital required to fund our future working capital, capital expenditure and other investment needs varies, depending on, among other things, the potential purchase of additional wireless spectrum licenses, including any potential Northstar Re-Auction Payment and SNR Re-Auction Payment for the AWS-3 licenses retained by the FCC, and the rate at which we acquire new subscribers and the cost of subscriber acquisition and retention. Certain of our capital expenditures for 2025 are expected to be driven by costs associated with our Hybrid MNO network and subscriber premises equipment. These expenditures are necessary for our Hybrid MNO network as well as to operate and maintain our DISH TV services. Consequently, we consider certain of them to be non-discretionary.

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Our capital expenditures vary depending on, among other things, the number of satellites leased or under construction at any point in time and could increase materially as a result of increased competition, significant satellite failures or economic weakness and uncertainty. Our DISH TV and Broadband subscriber bases have been declining and there can be no assurance that both subscriber bases will not continue to decline and that the pace of such decline will not accelerate. In the event that our DISH TV and Broadband subscriber bases continues to decline, it will have a material adverse long-term effect on our cash flow.

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Volatility in the financial markets has made it more difficult at times for issuers of high-yield indebtedness, such as us, to access capital markets at favorable terms or at all. These developments may have a significant effect on our cost of financing and our liquidity position.

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Wireless Segment – 5G Network

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See Note 10 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Availability of Credit and Effect on Liquidity

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The ability to raise capital has generally existed for us despite economic weakness and uncertainty. While modest fluctuations in the cost of capital will not likely impact our current operational plans, significant fluctuations could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Debt Issuances and Maturity

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10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2029

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On May 8, 2025, we issued $150 million aggregate principal amount of our 10 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due November 30, 2029. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 10 3/4% and is payable semi-annually in cash, in arrears on May 30 and November 30 of each year, which commenced on May 30, 2025.

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Term Loan Due 2025

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Our Term Loan Due 2025 with an aggregate principal balance of $500 million was redeemed as of September 30, 2025.

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5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we repurchased approximately $123 million of our 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 in open market trades. The remaining balance of approximately $627 million matures on August 1, 2026.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

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There have been no material changes in our market risk during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. For additional information, see Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk in Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

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Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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Conclusion regarding disclosure controls and procedures

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Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

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Changes in internal control over financial reporting

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There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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See Note 10 “Commitments and Contingencies – Contingencies – Litigation” in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding certain legal proceedings in which we are involved.

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

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Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes a detailed discussion of our risk factors. The information presented below updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the risk factors and information disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

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The timing and closing of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions are not certain, and are subject to certain conditions, some of which we cannot control, which could result in the AT&T Transactions or SpaceX Transactions, respectively, not being completed or being completed later than we expect, which could have a material adverse impact on our expected leverage and available cash-on-hand, as well as costs and revenues, or otherwise reducing the anticipated benefits of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, respectively.

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The transaction agreements governing the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions (together, the “Transaction Agreements”) are subject to certain closing conditions including the satisfaction of certain antitrust, FCC and other regulatory approvals, none of which have been satisfied yet. Governmental agencies might not approve the AT&T Transactions and/or the SpaceX Transactions or may impose conditions to any such approval or require changes to the terms of such transactions. Any such condition or change could have the effect of delaying completion of the AT&T Transactions and/or SpaceX Transactions, imposing costs on or otherwise reducing the anticipated benefits of the transactions. Furthermore, under the Transaction Agreements, each party’s obligation to consummate the transactions are also subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party (subject to certain qualifications and exceptions) and the performance in all material respects of the other party’s covenants under the Transaction Agreements.

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As a result of these conditions, we cannot provide assurance that the AT&T Transactions and/or SpaceX Transactions will be completed on the terms or timeline currently contemplated, or at all. If such conditions are not fulfilled by the deadlines in the applicable Transaction Agreements (including applicable extensions provided under the Transaction Agreements), the Transaction Agreements may be terminated and the AT&T Transactions and/or SpaceX Transactions may not be completed.

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Because each of the AT&T Transactions and the SpaceX Transactions are independently reviewed by the applicable government agencies, we cannot guarantee that any of the above risks are only subject to one of the transactions and not the other. Neither the AT&T Transactions nor the SpaceX Transactions are contingent on the other. Conditions, delays or other changes placed on one transaction may only affect that transaction, but nonetheless, may adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or the market value of our securities. If completed, both the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions would result in significant cash being recognized by us and as a result, our future results and success depend on the completion of such transactions. Any delay in completion of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, material conditions imposed or other event or condition which negatively impacts those transactions may adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or the market value of our securities.

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We do not expect approval of the AT&T Transactions or SpaceX Transactions during a government shutdown, and the continuation of a government shutdown may materially delay our ability to consummate the AT&T Transactions and/or SpaceX Transactions. Any delay in approval may adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or the market value of our securities.

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Changes in trade policies, including, but not limited to, tariffs and other restrictions, could increase, among other things, our costs, disrupt our supply chain and negatively affect our business, operations and financial condition.

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We depend on suppliers, including suppliers with manufacturing in China and other countries, for various materials in our 5G Network, satellite and related infrastructure, Pay-TV and Wireless businesses. Changes in U.S. or foreign trade policies, including, but not limited to, new or increased tariffs, export controls, trade restrictions or sanctions, have resulted, and may continue to result, in higher costs for the wireless devices and other equipment we procure.

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Supply chain disruptions, customs delays, new compliance requirements and other challenges may cause delays in deploying network infrastructure and customer equipment, increase our operational expenses, and impact our ability to meet customer demand. Although we attempt to mitigate these risks through alternative sourcing and operational efficiencies, these efforts may not be successful or sufficient.

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If we are unable to pass increased costs to customers without negatively impacting demand, or offset them through other measures, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

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We, and certain of our subsidiaries, currently do not have the necessary cash on hand, projected future cash flows, or committed financing to fund our obligations over the next twelve months, which raises substantial doubt about our, and certain of our subsidiaries, ability to continue as a going concern.

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As of the date of this report, we and certain of our subsidiaries, currently do not have the necessary cash on hand, projected future cash flows or committed financing to fund our anticipated working capital needs, capital expenditures, interest payments, debt maturities and other contractual obligations over the next twelve months. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and, as a result, a ‘going concern’ disclosure appears in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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We expect completion of either of the AT&T Transactions or SpaceX Transactions to fully resolve our going concern qualification, except for our Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation subsidiary. However, failure to complete the transactions or a significant reduction in consideration from the transactions may result in the continuation of our going concern qualification.

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The presence of a going concern uncertainty may also adversely impact the price of our securities, harm our current, future and potential relationships with suppliers, vendors, customers, employees and creditors, and may limit our ability to access additional financing on acceptable terms or at all. There can be no assurance that management’s plans to mitigate these risks will be successful on a timely basis or at all. If we are unable to secure adequate liquidity on an acceptable timeline or at all, we may not be able to continue as a going concern, which could result in a total loss of your investment. In addition, as our cash and cash equivalents balance declines, the risks described above may continue, increase or accelerate at any time and with or without notice.

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In the event that the going concern qualification continues after the completion or non-completion of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we may take additional actions to protect our interest in our Wireless Licenses and other assets that may negatively impact the value of your investment in our securities, including, under certain circumstances, filing for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, if we determine that such an action is in the best interests of the Company and our stakeholders.

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In addition, even if we complete the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, due to government action and creditor claims, our RAN-related infrastructure subsidiary, DISH Wireless L.L.C. (“DWLLC”), may not be able to operate as a going concern.

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Certain actions that we, or certain of our subsidiaries, may take, including a potential voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing could have material adverse consequences to us and such subsidiaries, including, but not limited to: (i) disruption of relationships with vendors, suppliers, employees and customers; (ii) limitations on the ability to access capital markets or otherwise obtain financing on favorable terms or at all; (iii) limitations on the ability to take advantage of business opportunities; (iv) reputational harm; (v) potential delisting of securities from trading exchanges; and (vi) significant administrative costs and diversion of management attention. Furthermore, the outcome of any of the actions that we, or certain of our subsidiaries, may take, including a filing for relief under Chapter 11, is inherently uncertain and may result in a loss of control by our principal stockholder or a material reduction in the value or change in the relative priority of existing equity or debt securities.

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Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Stock Repurchase Program

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The following table provides information regarding repurchases of our Class A common stock from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025:

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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Total Number of | ​ | Maximum Approximate
​ | ​ | Total | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Shares Purchased | ​ | Dollar Value of Shares
​ | ​ | Number of | ​ | Average | ​ | as Part of Publicly | ​ | that May Yet be
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Period |  | Purchased |  | per Share |  | Programs |  | Programs (1)
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July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025 | ​ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | — | ​ | $ | 1,000,000
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025 | ​ | 1,789,020 | ​ | $ | 27.12 | ​ | 1,789,020 | ​ | $ | 951,488
September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025 | ​ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | — | ​ | $ | 951,488
Total | ​ | 1,789,020 | ​ | $ | 27.12 | ​ | 1,789,020 | ​ | $ | 951,488

(1) | Our Board of Directors previously authorized stock repurchases of up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding Class A common stock through and including December 31, 2025. On October 24, 2025, our Board of Directors extended the plan and authorized an increase in the maximum dollar value of shares that may be repurchased under the plan, such that we are currently authorized to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding shares of our Class A common stock through and including December 31, 2026. Purchases under our repurchase program may be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, subject to market conditions and other factors. We may elect not to purchase the maximum amount of shares allowable under this program and we may also enter into additional share repurchase programs authorized by our Board of Directors.

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Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION

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10b5-1 Trading Arrangements

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None of the Company’s directors or Section 16 officers adopted, modified or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025, as such terms are defined under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, except as follows:

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On September 12, 2025, Paul Orban, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, DISH, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) for the potential sale of up to 52,874 shares (including certain options that expire on April 1, 2034) of our Class A common stock, subject to certain conditions. The arrangement's expiration date is September 11, 2026.

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On September 12, 2025, Hamid Akhvan, President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) for the potential sale of up to 285,832 shares (including certain options that expire on April 1, 2034) of our Class A common stock, subject to certain conditions. The arrangement's expiration date is September 11, 2026.

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Item 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibits.

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4.1◻ | First Supplemental Indenture, relating to EchoStar Corporation’s 6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured Exchange Notes due 2030, dated as of September 7, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and notes collateral agent.
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4.2◻ | First Supplemental Indenture, relating to EchoStar Corporation’s 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2030, dated as of September 7, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and notes collateral agent.
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4.3◻ | Second Supplemental Indenture, relating to EchoStar Corporation’s 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2030, dated as of September 29, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and notes collateral agent.
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4.4◻ | First Supplemental Indenture, relating to EchoStar Corporation’s 10.750% Senior Spectrum Secured Notes due 2029, dated as of September 7, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and notes collateral agent.
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10.1◻ | License Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation and AT&T Mobility II LLC. **
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10.2◻ | License Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2025, by and among EchoStar Corporation, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Spectrum Business Trust 2025-1. **
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22◻ | List of Subsidiary Guarantors
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31.1◻ | Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
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31.2◻ | Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
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32.1◻ | Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
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32.2◻ | Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
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99.1* | Letter to EchoStar regarding review of compliance with its federal obligations to provide 5G service throughout the United States, dated May 9, 2025 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to EchoStar Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 13, 2025).
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99.2* | Letter to EchoStar regarding review of compliance with its federal obligations to provide 5G service throughout the United States, dated September 8, 2025 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to EchoStar Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 9, 2025).
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101◻ | The following materials from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of EchoStar Corporation for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 filed on November 6, 2025 formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“iXBRL”): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) related notes to these financial statements.

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104◻ | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

◻Filed herewith.

* Incorporated by reference.

** | Certain portions of the exhibit have been omitted and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with a request for confidential treatment.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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​ | ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
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​ | By: | /s/ Hamid Akhavan
​ | ​ | Hamid Akhavan
​ | ​ | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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​ | By: | /s/ Paul W. Orban
​ | ​ | Paul W. Orban
​ | ​ | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, DISH (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: November 6, 2025 | ​

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