Deals
Dish’s T-Mobile Ambitions Seen Avoiding Rules Quagmire
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Dish Network Corp., which is said to be interested in a T-Mobile USA Inc. merger, is in a position to usher in the next wave of wireless-industry consolidation while assuring regulators that competition will be preserved.
Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen informally approached Deutsche Telekom AG about a possible merger with the German company’s T-Mobile division -- a transaction that would let him bundle wireless service with his satellite-TV offerings, people close to the situation said yesterday.