Dish Network Corp. (DISH) may consider a partnership with or
purchase of a wireless-communications carrier such as Sprint Nextel
Corp. (S) or Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), Bloomberg News quoted the
satellite-TV provider's chief executive as saying Friday.
"We'll look at partnerships, acquisitions, all of the above,"
Joseph Clayton told the news service in an interview. Asked whether
that could include buying or partnering with Clearwire or Sprint,
he said: "Could be."
Dish earlier this year bought TerreStar Networks and DBSD North
America Inc. out of bankruptcy, and it needs a wireless network to
use spectrum acquired in those deals. Colorado-based Dish in August
requested U.S. government permission to offer mobile high-speed
Internet service to its customers.
"There are several missing pieces," Bloomberg quoted Clayton as
saying. "Wireless infrastructure, additional technology
capabilities and even distribution are pieces that we're still
working on. Stay tuned."
Full story at
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-23/dish-could-acquire-or-partner-with-wireless-company-ceo-clayton-says.html
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