Given the personalities and motives involved in attempts to buy Sprint Nextel Corp., a bidding war is a likely scenario between Dish Network Corp. and SoftBank Corp.
Tim Farrar, a satellite industry analyst with TMF Associates, called Dish’s $25.5 billion offer to buy Sprint (NYSE: S) its most ambitious effort yet to find a way to offer fixed broadband Internet connection with its satellite services. Not being able to offer fixed broadband puts Dish at a competitive disadvantage against cable…
Given the personalities and motives involved in attempts to buy Sprint Nextel Corp., a bidding war is a likely scenario between Dish Network Corp. and SoftBank Corp.
Tim Farrar, a satellite industry analyst with TMF Associates, called Dish’s $25.5 billion offer to buy Sprint (NYSE: S) its most ambitious effort yet to find a way to offer fixed broadband Internet connection with its satellite services. Not being able to offer fixed broadband puts Dish at a competitive disadvantage against cable…