Andre Yoskowitz
14 Apr 2013 19:53
According to Bloomberg, Dish Network has informally had conversations with Deutsche Telekom in an effort to merge with the company's American carrier, T-Mobile USA.
Such a deal would let Dish bundle wireless service with their satellite-TV offerings.
Deutsche Telekom is said to be considering such a bid, but will only give it real thought after they close their acquisition of MetroPCS later this year.
T-Mobile USA has 42 million customers and is the fourth largest carrier in the States. After closing the purchase of MetroPCS, Telekom is spinning off the unit so it can trade publicly on the NY Stock Exchange.
The last company who tried to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T, was rejected by government regulators, leaving T-Mobile with a breakup fee gift of over $4 billion.