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Dish Network LLC, the satellite television and wireless service provider, informed the state on Tuesday that it will cut another 53 jobs, bringing the tally of workers let go since November to 718. The Douglas County-based company, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., also announced that Mike Kelly, the executive overseeing retail wireless strategy, has resigned and will depart at the end of the month. “We appreciate his hard work and commitment to our business. While we conduct a search for his successor, Hamid Akhavan,…

DISH Network had informed the state that it plans to lay off another 157 workers by early March, two months after it said it would let go of a larger group of 499 workers. The cuts will happen at the company’s headquarters at 9601 S. Meridian Blvd. in Douglas County, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter filed with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Monday. “The first employee notices are expected to occur during the 14-day period starting Jan. 8, with separations to occur…

Following the launch of its next-generation satellite, Hughes Network Systems is now starting to offer faster internet speeds to compete with its main industry rival SpaceX.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe Maryland-based company has launched new high-speed satellite internet plans for its customers in the Americas, with download speeds up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps), Hughes announced this week. This brings it a little bit closer to SpaceX’s Starlink internet speeds,…

Shares of DISH Network plunged to a 25-year low on Monday after the company announced an unanticipated loss in the third quarter and the resignation of CEO Erik Carlson effective Nov. 12. Littleton-based DISH shares fell from $5.49 at the close of trading on Friday to $3.44 at the end of the day on Monday, a decline of 37%. Shares climbed 2.3% on Tuesday to close at $3.51. Over the past year, DISH shares have lost three-quarters of their value. Analysts had expected the company to report positive results in the third…

DISH Network, the satellite TV and wireless provider, informed the state on Wednesday that it will cut 499 jobs in Englewood and Littleton in early January, a dramatic reversal after months of job gains as the company built out a national 5G cellular network from scratch. “The first employee separations are expected to occur during the 14-day period starting Jan. 7, 2024,” Kaylee Hyman, a senior corporate counsel with the company, wrote the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment in what is known as a Worker…

SpaceX is set to make history with tonight’s scheduled launch of the heaviest geostationary satellite ever, EchoStar 24, also known as Jupiter 3. You can catch the action live right here.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewJupiter 3 will be launched using SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, one of the world’s most powerful operational rockets. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 11:04 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite will…

U.S. regulators granted SpaceX permission to launch up to 7,500 upgraded satellites for its Starlink internet business, but withheld approval for a larger network sought by the Elon Musk -led business.The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that deploying more SpaceX satellites would be in the public interest, but it stopped short of immediately clearing the nearly 30,000 satellites it requested. The agency’s order, however, left the door open for further deployments by the…

A new federal broadband map published Friday shows roughly 2% of American residential addresses lack access to broadband internet service, though officials said that figure could change as their database improves. The Federal Communications Commission released the map, as ordered by a 2020 law, showing millions of addresses with information about their access to broadband internet service from a variety of companies. The officials said members of the public can review…