Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies

Summary of Wireless Spectrum Licenses

	As of
	March 31, 2021		Build-Out Deadlines
	Carrying				Expiration
	Amount		Interim	Final	Date
	(In thousands)
Owned:
DBS Licenses (1)	$	677,409
700 MHz Licenses		711,871	June 14, 2022 (2)	June 14, 2023 (4)	June 2023
AWS-4 Licenses		1,940,000	June 14, 2022 (2)	June 14, 2023 (4)	June 2023
H Block Licenses		1,671,506	June 14, 2022 (2)	June 14, 2023 (5)	June 2023
600 MHz Licenses		6,211,154		June 14, 2025 (6)	June 2029
MVDDS Licenses (1)		24,000			August 2024
LMDS Licenses (1)		—			September 2028
28 GHz Licenses		2,883		October 2, 2029 (7)	October 2029
24 GHz Licenses		11,772		December 11, 2029 (7)	December 2029
37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz Licenses		202,533		June 4, 2030 (7)	June 2030
3550-3650 MHz Licenses		912,939		March 12, 2031 (7)	March 2031
Subtotal		12,366,067
Non-controlling Investments:
Northstar		5,618,930	October 2021 (3)	October 2027 (8)	October 2027 (8)
SNR		4,271,459	October 2021 (3)	October 2027 (8)	October 2027 (8)
Total AWS-3 Licenses		9,890,389
Capitalized Interest (9)		5,768,150
Total	$	28,024,606

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

(2) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to at least 20% of the United States population and have developed a core network by this date.

(3) For these licenses, Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless must provide reliable signal coverage and offer service to at least 40% of the population of each license area by this date. See (8) below for final build-out deadlines.

(4) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to 70% of the United States population by this date; provided, however, if by June 14, 2023, we are offering 5G broadband service with respect to these licenses to at least 50% of the population of the United States, the final deadline shall be further extended automatically to June 14, 2025, for us to construct and 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.

(5) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to at least 70% of the United States population by this date; provided, however, that if by June 14, 2023, we are offering 5G broadband service with respect to these licenses to at least 50% of the population of the United States, the final deadline shall be further extended automatically to June 14, 2025, for us to construct and offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Economic Area with respect to these licenses.

(6) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Partial Economic Area (which are service areas established by the FCC) by this date.

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

(8) For these licenses, Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless must provide reliable signal coverage and offer service to at least 75% of the population of each license area by this date. If the AWS-3 interim build-out requirement is not met, the AWS-3 expiration date and the AWS-3 final build-out requirement may be accelerated by two years (from October 2027 to October 2025) for each AWS-3 License area in which Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless do not meet the requirement.

(9) See Note 2 for further information.