Ergen: no quick data deal.(EchoStar Communications Corp. joint ventures with DirecTV Group Inc.)
Multichannel News, March, 2006 by Farrell, Mike
EchoStar Communications Corp. CEO Charlie Ergen told analysts last Wednesday that he might be open to a joint broadband venture with rival DirecTV Group Inc., but didn't appear to hold out much hope for a deal anytime soon.
During EchoStar's conference call to discuss fourth-quarter financial results, Ergen said it would make sense for the satellite industry as a whole to investigate advances in terrestrial wireless in a standardized way. Because of the cost of building out the network, he said, it would make more sense for a 30 million-subscriber company to offer a terrestrial wireless broadband solution than a 12 million to 13 million subscriber company. EchoStar's Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite platform has about 12 million subscribers. DirecTV...
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