Dish comments on Sprint acquisition and Softbank's bid

[Dari]

This is so sad. I was hoping Dish would respond to Softbank's numbers with those of their own. Instead, we get racism and patriotism. Now the Dish deal is most likely DOA.

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"We are an American company, and the modernization of Sprint's network will have to be done from the U.S," said Ergen. "You have to climb the towers here, and you'll have to have U.S. employees who speak English. Operations command control will be in America...

Title modified for accuracy
Since the topic is about Sprint, I'm leaving the thread alone.
Dari, in the future please make sure your titles accurately convey the content of the link.

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[bearxor]

This isn't too far off from the Dish press release when they announced the offer. They mentioned being an american company, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah blah.

I do think the last line in the article is pretty correct.

Ergen expects SoftBank to eventually raise its offer, calling Son's pledge not to do so "the biggest bluff of the day."

I totally expect SoftBank to match Dish's offer. But I don't believe anyone at Sprint was REALLY considering a Dish deal to begin with.

 

[grkM3]

Are you Japanese? just wondering

 

[Red Storm]

Why don't you include the rest of his quote?

"That's good for jobs. It doesn't mean that the other guys are bad. It's just that we have an advantage." Later, Ergen added "It's insulting to managers of Sprint to say that the only team that knows how to build a network is in Japan."

Racism not found even in just the part you quoted.

 

[zoiks]

Why don't you include the rest of his quote?



Racism not found even in just the part you quoted.

Agree. I hate it when people twist words or try to instigate by taking words out of context.

 

[Oyeve]

this is not direct racism. Hell, good for them to want US english workers. Does not mean anyone non-white cant be an english speaking american worker.

 

[Dari]

This isn't too far off from the Dish press release when they announced the offer. They mentioned being an american company, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah blah.

I do think the last line in the article is pretty correct.



I totally expect SoftBank to match Dish's offer. But I don't believe anyone at Sprint was REALLY considering a Dish deal to begin with.

$20B for 70% values Sprint higher ($28B) than Dishe's $25B, right?

 

[Dari]

this is not direct racism. Hell, good for them to want US english workers. Does not mean anyone non-white cant be an english speaking american worker.

Softbank isn't like Chinese companies where they bring in their own labor force to build things.

 

[bearxor]

$20B for 70% values Sprint higher ($28B) than Dishe's $25B, right?

Overall valuation, sure, but I think enough people are looking at the actual dollar amount. I'm still expecting SoftBank to throw in the extra 5B at some point. I think the shareholders believe they can get it. Won't be able to really tell until a few weeks before a vote and see if a couple of the major shareholders come out and act like their wavering.

 

[Oyeve]

Why is this post even in this forum? Where is the mobile device and/or gadget????

 

[waggy]

Why don't you include the rest of his quote?



Racism not found even in just the part you quoted.

It's a dari thread..are you surprised?

 

[Red Storm]

It's a dari thread..are you surprised?

Nope, but wanted to respond anyway for those who don't know.

 

[Dari]

It's a dari thread..are you surprised?

Talking about 'culture' and 'English' is cutting it awfully close.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Talking about 'culture' and 'English' is cutting it awfully close.

Seriously? Try harder next time. Now that you've put it this way can you change your thread title to:

"Dish cuts it awfully close to responding with racism"

That way it will truly read like an Onion article.

 

[Anonemous]

Yea Ergen is just grasping straws trying to block the Clearwire acquisition anyway he can. His unsolicited proposal would bring loads of debt and bloat onto Sprint along with the inexperience of running a wireless carrier.

What people don't realize is that Sprint contracts out to Samsung, Lucent Alcatel, and Sony Ericsson to put up their new Network Vision towers. And here we have Ergen complaining that Sprint going with Softbank would hamper their network buildout.

 

[Zaap]

Eeesh. I'm so sick of people abusing the term racism trying to appeal to base emotion.

No wonder people have this guy on ignore.

 

[Ravynmagi]

I think the way they phrased it seems fine to me. I believe there are a lot of people that would prefer American telecommunications companies to be owned by an American company and not a foreign company. I see nothing racist. And why are we speaking of patriotism like it's a bad thing? Most people no matter where they live would feel the same.

 

[Oyeve]

Again, WTF does this post have to do with mobile devices and gadgets??? Did SIRI call him the "N" word?

 

[pm]

Since the topic is about Sprint and Sprint is one of the big four carriers and the acquisition of Sprint by either Softbank or Dish Network would affect mobile devices that use Sprint as a service provider, I'm leaving the thread alone. But I did change the title to more accurately reflect the article linked.

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[Oyeve]

Since the topic is about Sprint and Sprint is one of the big four carriers and the acquisition of Sprint by either Softbank or Dish Network would affect mobile devices that use Sprint as a service provider, I'm leaving the thread alone. But I did change the title to more accurately reflect the article linked.

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Thank you.

 

[oslama]

Dish and Sprint customer service support is in India and Phillipines and is horrible. Softbank would be an improvement for Sprint.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Dish and Sprint customer service support is in India and Phillipines and is horrible. Softbank would be an improvement for Sprint.

Good chance that whoever buys them, they'll continue to use the same customer support because it's cheap.

 

[AustinInDallas]

are they talking about mexicans?

 

[billydaman]

Dish and Sprint customer service support is in India and Phillipines and is horrible. Softbank would be an improvement for Sprint.

I do not know about DISH but I do know Sprint US based CS and TS is located in several US cities and not where you say.

 

[Anonemous]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4293352/sprint-clear-to-vote-on-softbank-buyout-after-sec-approval

It's up to the shareholders and FCC now.