By Todd Haselton |
Dish and SoftBank are currently in a bidding war to woo Sprint and its shareholders. SoftBank first offered $20 billion to acquire 70 percent of Sprint, then Dish came in and offered $25.5 billion. SoftBank responded saying its offer is better and that Dish isn’t committed to…
By Todd Haselton |
SoftBank is standing by its $20 billion offer to acquire 70 percent of Sprint and believes that the bid is better than Dish Network’s $25.5 billion offer. Speaking during a press conference recently, SoftBank president Masayoshi Son said Dish isn’t as prepared to invest in…
By Todd Haselton |
Sprint announced Monday morning that SoftBank has given it permission to consider a competing offer from Dish Network. The carrier announced in October that SoftBank made a $20 billion offer in return for a 70 percent holding in the company. Dish followed up with a…
By Todd Haselton |
SoftBank wants to buy a 70 percent stake in Sprint for $20 billion. Likewise, Dish recently proposed a $25.5 billion merger deal with Sprint. Dish thinks it’s making the better offer, and wants the Federal Communications Commission to defer its investigation into a possible SoftBank…
By Todd Haselton |
SoftBank recently offered to pay $20 billion to acquire 70 percent of Sprint. Dish on Monday offered a greater $25.5 billion to merge with the U.S. carrier instead. Dish said its deal is a better offer for Sprint shareholders because it takes less ownership in…
By Todd Haselton |
Dish is offering to buy Clearwire for $3.30 per share. It appears that the company is trying to pull the rug out from under Sprint, which recently offered $2.2 billion — or $2.97 per share. We’re guessing Clearwire’s investors are going to want it to…
By Todd Haselton |
Dish Network wants to launch its own wireless service, that much has been made clear in recent weeks. In fact, the FCC chairman has already suggested approving the deal. However, it’s not certain who Dish will work with in order to offer wireless services. Today,…
By Todd Haselton |
Google already sells its own mobile phones and has its own mobile operating system, so why doesn’t it take the business a step further? Well, that’s exactly what it might be trying to do. The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday evening that Google was recently…
By Brandon Russell |
Netflix will have one less competitor to worry about in 2013. In retrospect, the idea of turning Blockbuster into a streaming service was never going to be easy. And the stumbling block of getting spectrum approved for the project when Dish acquired the fallen company…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T failed to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. We know that, but partially expected that another firm would and scoop up T-Mobile USA. That won’t happen, Deutsche Telekom said. “A complete sale is unlikely,” the company’s CEO Rene Obermann said during…
By Sean P. Aune |
Satellite television provider DISH Network has won the auction to purchase the bankrupt Blockbuster Video chain. The winning bid was for $320 million with $228 million of it being in cash. As we reported on Monday, Blockbuster Video was up for sale due to its…
