Elon Musk and the end of a telecom tycoon’s dream

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  In September, one of the richest people in America took a trip to Paris for a conference.

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  I would like to ask Charlie Ergen, our founder and patriarch, to join me for Q&A.

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  Charlie, if you don't mind, join us.

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  Thank you.

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  That person I'm talking about is Charlie Ergan, who's being introduced here.

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  After that applause, he starts taking questions about the future of the company he founded,

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  his satellite operator, EchoStar.

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  I guess I would say it's about the fourth pivot for me personally as a company.

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  And every time we pivoted, it was always a little scary at first, and it was always sometimes nuts.

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  This pivot Ergan's talking about here,

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  It has to do with some eye-popping deals that his company has been involved in.

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  for spectrum licenses from Echo Star.

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  Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Monday it will buy wireless spectrum licenses from Echo Star for its Starlink satellite network for about $17 billion.

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