Ergen says Dish must prevail in bidding war for Sprint

By Sinead Carew and Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Acquiring Sprint Nextel is so important to Dish Network Corp founder and Chairman Charlie Ergen that he said on Thursday he may have to put the satellite TV company up for sale unless it prevails in its bidding war for Sprint with Japan's SoftBank Corp. Ergen also proposed a number of other possible outcomes on Dish's quarterly conference call. He said he could take on a bidding partner or sell some non-core Dish assets to pay down debt if a bidding war with SoftBank becomes too pricey. Dish made a $25. ...

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