For several years T-mobile's parent
company Germany-based Deutsche Telecom has been trying to find
someone to buy Bellevue-based T-Mobile. Twice they have been in talks
with Sprint,
they talked with AT&T
and Dish.
All of the talks ended up the falling through for various reasons.
Now, almost 3 years later Dish is back for a second go around as
Charlie Ergen, CEO of Dish Network, contacted the Germany-based
company.
So far there has been no details given
on any offer that Dish Network has placed on the table. According to
a report by Bloomberg
Mr. Ergen is waiting until after the AWS-3
(advanced wireless services) spctrum auction in November before
he releases any details of the negotiations.
“The
incentive auction offers opportunities for competitive providers and
new entrants to bid on and win much-needed low-band spectrum, which
will facilitate the deployment of mobile broadband services,” Dish
SVP Jeffrey Blum wrote in a filing.
The Colorado-based
satellite TV service may not be the only one in negotiations with
Deutsche Telecom. According to Reuters
news service the France-based Iliad Telecommunication is getting set
to improve on the bid that Deutsche Telecom rejected
last month. Where Iliad is looking to other companies to help them
put together a bid for T-Mobile it would seem that Dish has the upper
hand in any bidding war.
Over the last year
T-Mobile's value has seen an increase of 24% and is expect to keep
raising. Meaning that waiting a couple of months for a commitment
from either of these two groups could work in Deutsche Telecom's
favor. The increase has been mostly due the T-Mobile's CEO John
Legere's no contract plans that has seen the customer base grow at a
rate that could see the Bellevue-based company overtake Sprint to
become the number 3 mobile service provider.
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