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Merged T-Mobile-Sprint will likely push to drive Dish out of business, Dish chair testifies

By Richard Vanderford ( December 18, 2019, 21:18 GMT | Insight) -- A merged T-Mobile-Sprint will likely try to force proposed new wireless market entrant Dish Network out of business, Dish chairman Charlie Ergen told the judge who will decide whether to let the deal proceed. Ergen offered his prediction in response to questions today from US District Judge Victor Marrero, who is presiding over a trial on a group of states' challenge to the merger. Marrero, who wondered whether the new T-Mobile might engage in a "war" aimed at destroying Dish's wireless business, has repeatedly expressed concern that Dish's planned entry into the wireless market might not fix the competition problems the merger creates.A merged T-Mobile-Sprint will likely try to force proposed new wireless market entrant Dish Network out of business, Dish chairman Charlie Ergen told the judge who will decide whether to let the deal proceed. ...

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