According to a new profile of Dish CEO Charlie Ergen published by the Wall Street Journal, talks of the deal started in May and went through June.
On Friday, the Justice Department cleared a landmark deal to combine T-Mobile and Sprint while Dish will become a fourth US wireless company. According to a new profile published in the Wall Street Journal of Dish's CEO Charlie Ergen, serious talks between the three companies started in May and continued through June. The Department of Justice then spent three weeks asking for better terms.
On Friday, the Justice Department cleared a landmark deal to combine T-Mobile and Sprint while Dish will become a fourth US wireless company. According to a new profile published in the Wall Street Journal of Dish's CEO Charlie Ergen, serious talks between the three companies started in May and continued through June. The Department of Justice then spent three weeks asking for better terms.
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