Tag Archives: DISH

Dish, T-Mobile Agree to Make Amendment to 800MHz Spectrum

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The latest news in the mobile spectrum saga between T-Mobile and Dish is that they have reached an agreement.  As reported by FierceWireless, Dish made a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday. T-Mobile has agreed to this amendment that makes a change to its License Purchase Agreement.  Prior to this, T-Mobile asked the court not to give the satellite company additional time to exercise … [read full article]

Report: Dish is interested in acquiring T-Mobile & Sprint assets

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Ever since T-Mobile and Sprint announced their plans to merge, there have been groups and other companies that strongly showed their opposition. One of those that opposed the merger is satellite TV company, Dish. But now that T-Mobile and Sprint’s prepaid businesses and other assets could be sold off, it looks like Dish has had a change of heart. Reports circulated today that Dish is currently in talks to “buy prepaid subscribers and wireless spectrum licenses from … [read full article]

Dish once again comes out against T-Mobile-Sprint merger, other groups chime in with their opposition

After initially filing its opposition to T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed merger back in August, Dish recently made another argument against the deal. In its latest filing, Dish claims that if T-Mobile and Sprint are allowed to merge, it will lead to a national mobile voice and broadband market controlled by three companies, lead to excessive concentration in other relevant markets, and … [read full article]

Bloomberg: Dish chief interested in T-Mobile deal

It’s nothing we haven’t heard before, however, Bloomberg has published a fresh report claiming that Dish’s chief Charlie Ergen has contacted Deutsche Telekom to communicate his interest in acquiring T-Mobile US. Ergen allegedly made the approach after Sprint and T-Mobile’s plans to merge fell apart, but is yet to make a formal offer for the company. It is important that we don’t read too much in … [read full article]