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Deutsche Telekom Denies Report Its CEO Prefers Deal With Sprint to One With Dish

A Deutsche Telekom spokesman Tuesday denied a report in the New York Post that DT CEO Timotheus Hoettges has made clear he would prefer a deal with Sprint to one with Dish Network. Hoettges said it in a meeting with…

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investors at an RBC Capital Markets road show in Toronto last week, the tabloid reported. The paper “asked us to confirm a couple of statements” from Hoettges at the conference, the spokesman said in an email. “We did not do so because they were false.” DT is the majority owner of T-Mobile USA. Industry observers said last week a DT/Dish deal likely would pass muster with U.S. regulators if it is proposed (see 1506040051). T-Mobile CEO John Legere was in Washington Tuesday for a series of meetings on Capitol Hill and at the FCC, he said on social media.