Dish to bid for T-Mobile/Sprint assets

[navychop]

You guys remind me how nice it is here in NOVA.


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[Jim5506]

South and east Texas have the high humidity and sweltering heat.

Out here on the high plains and panhandle, "its a dry heat".

 

[Pere845]

Nice and sunny and 75 here in Boise. happy fourth guys!

 

[dare2be]

F'n Florida.

 

[ChadT41]

Sunny and 104 here in Phoenix. Nice cooled off day.

 

[JSheridan]

Here's some news:

Exclusive | T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint may be derailed by Dish’s Charlie Ergen

T-Mobile’s $26 billion merger with Sprint may soon hinge on whether a judge believes media tycoon Charlie Ergen is a man of his word. The coalition of attorneys general seeking to block T-Mobile fr…

nypost.com

 

[Yespage]

So the argument is Ergen can’t be trusted to use the spectrum he went into substantial debt to acquire... and would have to relinquish if he doesn’t meet goals?

 

[navychop]

Post article is crap. Dish is building out an IoT network. Merger will get Dish an extension. Dish will do well and create a viable cell system, although mostly for IoT.

Sprint is toast. Owner, SoftBank, is contractually obligated with banks to not pour more money into Sprint.

At this point, a failure of the merger will kill Sprint off completely within two years, probably less, and yes, hurt Dish. But it will benefit ATT and Verizon, which makes me suspicious of the AG motives. They’re not going to get more concessions out of Dish and T-Mobile at this point, as some other states have.


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[ncted]

T-Mobile/Sprint trial serves up healthy dose of courtroom drama | Light Reading

The first few days of the trial to block the proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger delivered more courtroom twists and turns than most Law & Order episodes.

www.lightreading.com

 

[navychop]

Meh. The only folks to benefit from the merger failing are AT&T and Verizon.


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[TheKrell]

The only folks to benefit from the merger failing are AT&T and Verizon.

I must disagree. Customers will also benefit.

regulatory environment never better than now. 4 to 3 and 35b of synergies are big prizes.

 

[navychop]

No merger means slower rollout of 5G and other T-Mobile coverage. T-Mobile losing that mid band block it planned on getting from Sprint will also limit coverage.

That will only solidify the duopoly.

T-Mobile has certainly put downward pressure on pricing and limited caps.

Lot of this on Howard Forums, if you can stomach thru many of the posts.

 

[JSheridan]

Here's more news:

Charlie Ergen defends Dish in bid to replace Sprint as 4th largest US wireless carrier

Media mogul Charlie Ergen is fighting back against allegations that his Dish can’t be trusted to replace Sprint as the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier.

nypost.com