Dish’s Ergen Says Push Into Wireless Industry Is ‘Credible’
- ‘We’ll be disruptive and competitive,’ company’s chairman says
- T-Mobile deal will vault Dish into mobile-phone business
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Anyone who’s thinking Dish Network Corp. can’t become a serious threat in the wireless industry is mistaken, said the company’s billionaire chairman, a former professional card player who relishes a gamble.
“If they are, they’re betting wrong,” Dish’s Charlie Ergen said in an interview on Friday. “I’ve been in plenty of card games with guys across from me betting wrong.”