Dish and Google could create a new wireless carrier

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What you need to know

  • The director of Alphabet is said to be in talks with Dish about creating a new wireless carrier.
  • The deal relies on the T-Mobile and Sprint merger being approved and the DOJ requiring the company to aid in creating a new wireless carrier.
  • It would take at least three years for the new Google/Dish owned carrier to launch.

Google is said to be in talks with Dish to help create a new wireless carrier, should the T-Mobile and Sprint merger go through.

T-Mobile and Sprint have been working for months now to get federal and state authorities to approve a merger of the two carriers. If approved, the two would create New T-Mobile, which has made many promises such as better coverage, faster speeds, and lower prices (at least for a period of time).

However, in order to get approval for the merger, the companies have faced a bit of push back from the Department of Justice. The DOJ wants to require T-Mobile and Sprint to create a new wireless carrier to compete in the market.

Enter Dish, the Colorado-based satellite TV giant, with aspirations of launching a wireless network to rival AT&T, Verizon, and New T-Mobile.

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Dish already owns $10 billion worth of unused wireless spectrum, and with the acquisition of more towers and equipment from T-Mobile, it would put Dish in the perfect position to create the next major wireless network.

Now, it looks like Google is also getting in on the action, with sources saying Alan Mulally has been in talks with Dish Network. Alan Mulally is the current director of Alphabet and former Ford Motor chief executive that helped it weather the great recession.

With the majority of Google’s business model relying on users having quick, reliable, and affordable access to the internet, it only makes sense that it would want to provide that access. It has already run into several problems with expanding Google Fiber, and going wireless would help alleviate many of these issues.

Google already runs its own MVNO cellular service…

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