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Dish chairman says Sprint modernization has to be done from the US |
May 02, 2013
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff.The remarks in an interview to USA Today come after SoftBank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, which has a rival bid for Sprint, took a swing at Dish."We're offering a higher price. That's just math," Ergen said in the interview. It's insulting to managers of Sprint to say that the only team that knows how to build a network is in Japan, he added.Dish, a satellite TV service provider, made a US$25.5 billion bid to acquire Sprint last month. SoftBank in Tokyo announced in October last year that it had reached an agreement to acquire a 70 percent stake in Sprint for $20 billion.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2037062/dish-chairman-says-sprint-modernization-has-to-be-done-from-the-us.html#tk.rss_all
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