EchoStar Leads DBS Industry In Customers

EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH DISHP) has announced that it added approximately 122,000 net new DISH Network customers in March 1999. The additions are said to bring DISH Networkís total customer base to 2,265,000. According to EchoStar, the DISH Network led the DBS industry with 325,000 net new customers for First Quarter 1999, a 101 percent increase over the 162,000 added in First Quarter 1998.This, says EchoStar, marks the sixth consecutive month DISH Network has achieved customer growth of over 100,000 net additions and the first time a DBS company has achieved the 100,000-customer mark for six consecutive months. It also marks the third consecutive month that DISH Network has captured more than 50 percent of the net new subscribers in the high-power DBS industry. DISH Networkís additional 122,000 customers in March 1999 is a 114 percent increase over the 57,000 added in March.For more information contact Judianne Atencio at 310 723 2010 or email judianne.atencio@echostar.com.