Why Dish and T-Mobile Need Each Other, Exactly
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The days of people receiving their TV, internet and wireless phone bills from different companies are looking numbered as merger talks between TV and telecom giants continue to emerge.
Less than a month after Verizon said that it would be buying AOL and Charter and Time Warner Cable announced plans to merge, with AT&T already seeking approval to buy DirecTV, T-Mobile U.S. is in talks to combine with Dish Network, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. John Legere, chief executive at T-Mobile, would be the CEO of the combined company, while Dish CEO Charlie Ergen would be chairman.
It wouldn’t be the first time Dish or T-Mobile have tried to combine with another major player: In fact, both companies have attempted mergers with Sprint, which now finds itself on the outside looking in.
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