(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will terminate its investigation into EchoStar’s 5G buildout obligations in the country, according to a regulatory filing from the company on Tuesday.

The highly expected move follows EchoStar’s $17 billion deal to sell wireless spectrum to billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX and comes about two weeks after it announced a $23 billion spectrum sale to AT&T.

In a letter to EchoStar Chairman Charles Ergen on Monday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr wrote he had asked the agency staff to close the investigation and conclude that EchoStar has satisfied its buildout obligations.

Carr said he also directed the staff to confirm EchoStar’s exclusive rights to a key spectrum block for ground and satellite use.

EchoStar, co-founded by telecommunications entr

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