Dish in Talks to Merge With T-Mobile U.S.


Dish Network Corp. is in talks to merge with T-Mobile U.S., though the purchase price is unresolved, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the negotiations.

John Legere, T-Mobile U.S.’s president and chief executive officer, would take the top role at the combined company, and Dish’s Charlie Ergen would be chairman, according to the Journal report.

Mr. Ergen, Dish’s largest shareholder, contacted T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG in September about acquiring the U.S. unit, people familiar with the talks said at the time. He has said he’s looking for acquisitions that will help him put a $50 billion stockpile of airwaves to work, and he previously lost a bid for Sprint Corp.

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