EchoStar acquired full ownership of Solaris Mobile. Solaris is...

January 7, 2014 |Wireless

EchoStar acquired full ownership of Solaris Mobile. Solaris is deploying a satellite and terrestrial network “for wholesale access to enhanced mobile communications across Europe in the 30 MHz S band licensed to Solaris,” the companies said in a news release (http://bit.ly/JYMMPS). In connection with the acquisition, EchoStar agreed to provide Solaris with mobile satellite service capacity on a new next-generation MSS satellite, the companies said. Solaris was jointly owned by SES and Eutelsat (http://bit.ly/1f8MZ1v).