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AT&T is in such need of spectrum following the <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/19/att-cancels-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa/">collapse of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA</a>, that one analyst thinks the carrier may soon seek to acquire Dish Network. “Dish and AT&T aren’t direct competitors, and at the end of the day, the government wants to see spectrum used,” Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst Christopher King told <em>Bloomberg</em> Tuesday. “It’s highly unlikely regulators would block two AT&T deals in row,” he added, noting that AT&T is “desperate for spectrum.” AT&T wasn’t the only company eyeing a deal with T-Mobile USA, however; Dish Network chief executive officer Joseph Clayton recently said that his company was interested in <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/12/dish-network-interested-in-t-mobile-partnership-if-att-merger-fails/">working with T-Mobile USA to create a national wireless network</a> of its own. Read on for more.<span id="more-117440"></span>
“We want to use it to create a national wireless network, video, voice and data,” Clayton said earlier this month before AT&T bailed on its plans to purchase T-Mobile USA. “We’ve got expertise in satellite-TV, and we will in satellite broadband. The voice part, we’ll need some help with.”
Dish Network’s discussions about a T-Mobile USA partnership could just be a small move in a larger game of chess. King argued that Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen might be bluffing about creating a nationwide network in an effort to entice another carrier, such as AT&T, to buy the company.
“This is a perfect opportunity for Charlie to get out,” King said. “He’s talking about building a wireless network or being a competitor to get a better deal from AT&T.”
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-20/-desperate-at-t-may-turn-to-dish-after-t-mobile-deal-failure-stifel-says.html">Read</a>
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AT&T is in such need of spectrum following the <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/19/att-cancels-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa/">collapse of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA</a>, that one analyst thinks the carrier may soon seek to acquire Dish Network. “Dish and AT&T aren’t direct competitors, and at the end of the day, the government wants to see spectrum used,” Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst Christopher King told <em>Bloomberg</em> Tuesday. “It’s highly unlikely regulators would block two AT&T deals in row,” he added, noting that AT&T is “desperate for spectrum.” AT&T wasn’t the only company eyeing a deal with T-Mobile USA, however; Dish Network chief executive officer Joseph Clayton recently said that his company was interested in <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/12/dish-network-interested-in-t-mobile-partnership-if-att-merger-fails/">working with T-Mobile USA to create a national wireless network</a> of its own. Read on for more.<span id="more-117440"></span>
“We want to use it to create a national wireless network, video, voice and data,” Clayton said earlier this month before AT&T bailed on its plans to purchase T-Mobile USA. “We’ve got expertise in satellite-TV, and we will in satellite broadband. The voice part, we’ll need some help with.”
Dish Network’s discussions about a T-Mobile USA partnership could just be a small move in a larger game of chess. King argued that Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen might be bluffing about creating a nationwide network in an effort to entice another carrier, such as AT&T, to buy the company.
“This is a perfect opportunity for Charlie to get out,” King said. “He’s talking about building a wireless network or being a competitor to get a better deal from AT&T.”
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-20/-desperate-at-t-may-turn-to-dish-after-t-mobile-deal-failure-stifel-says.html">Read</a>
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