EchoStar Stock Climbs As Investors Cheer Ongoing Spectrum Sales Strategy
1. EchoStar is negotiating to sell AWS-3 spectrum to Verizon. 2. The AWS-3 spectrum has a carrying value of $9.8 billion. 3. EchoStar's recent strategy involves offloading spectrum to avoid bankruptcy. 4. Stock is up 6.59% following these developments. 5. CEO Akhavan expresses intent to monetize spectrum holdings.