Dish chairman slams SoftBank over Sprint takeover comments
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is ratcheting up the war of words with SoftBank over who is the better suitor for Sprint Nextel.
After SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son referred to Dish's unsolicited $25.5 billion bid to buy Sprint from under the Japanese carrier as "incomplete and illusory," Ergen reiterated earlier arguments that a U.S. buyer would be best for the troubled wireless carrier.
"We're offering a higher price. That's just math," he told USA Today in an interview. "We are an American company, and the modernization of Sprint's network … Read more