ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP. paid $52.3 million at a Federal Communications Commission auction to acquire a direct broadcast satellite orbital slot at 148 deg. W. Long. MCI earlier paid $682 million for a slot at 110 deg. W. Long. that allows complete coverage of the continental U.S. (AW&ST Jan. 29...
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