Unnamed ‘Sneaky’ Parties Tried to Malign Dish at FCC, but ‘It Didn’t Work,’ Says Ergen
Dish Network has gotten a fair shake at the FCC despite the attempts of “sneaky” parties that approached the agency with “whispers” to malign the company for competitive reasons, testified Chairman Charlie Ergen at the T-Mobile/Sprint bench trial last week…
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in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan (see 1912170068). “Incumbents don’t want us in the business,” said Ergen, not naming names. “The good news is, the sneaky companies weren’t factual and it didn’t work.” If the DOJ remedy deal goes through, Dish would compete against T-Mobile for wireless subscribers, but would need to rely on T-Mobile’s network for seven years. DOJ will assign a “monitor” to prevent “mischief” between the companies, said Ergen. “Outside of mischief, they’ll be aggressive in the marketplace,” he said of T-Mobile. Asked by Judge Victor Marrero if T-Mobile starting a price war would amount to mischief, Ergen said it would not.