Shares of EchoStar Corporation (SATS) sank on Monday morning, the first day of trading since the Wall Street Journal reported Friday evening that the company is considering a bankruptcy filing.

The Dish Network and Boost Mobile parent might use a Chapter 11 filing as a way to protect its licenses from a looming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Federal 🐻Communicati🐬ons Commission (FCC) inquiry, the Journal reported. The agency said last month it would investigate the company's compliance with regulatory requirements around its construction of a nationwide 5G network.

The company has missed hundreds of millions in recent interest payments as it has said the FCC probe has "effectively frozen our ability to make decisions" about the Boost Mobile business, per the Journal.

The paper also reported that EchoStar said the possibility of approvals being revoked after the company has invested billions into construction was "already having a material negative effect on EchoStar."

EchoStar did not immediately respond to Investopedia's request for comment, but told the Journal that it "will not comment on rumors or speculation."

Shares of EchoStar were down about 8% in Monday m🎉orning trading, putting🔥 them down about 30% since the start of the year.