Charlie’s Vision—The Convergence of Wireless and Video
By | April 16, 2013
If the Verizon/cable spectrum deal signaled the melding of wireless and video, DISH’s $25.5bln offer to merge with Sprint Nextel only strengthened it. The satellite company’s bid is $5bln more than Japanese carrier SoftBank’s earlier takeover proposal, but the offer goes far beyond the money: chief exec Charlie Ergen envisioned an emerging world of wireless and video on a conference call Mon. Here is his vision for becoming a single service provider offering both video and wireless data.
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