AT&T weighs Dish Networks purchase

AT&T has a problem concerning the amount of spectrum it has available to open up to the masses, and they are currently mulling over whether they should pop open their bank account to pick up Dish Networks. After all, Dish Networks did mention in the past that they are interested in picking up T-Mobile should AT&T’s bid for the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US fail. AT&T executives are wondering whether they should pick up Dish Network in order to add more spectrum to the company, and according to Bloomberg, such a deal would definitely cost AT&T a premium – where some have ranked it to be potentially the highest amount paid in over ten years where a tech takeover is concerned.

AT&T’s nine month courtship for T-Mobile’s hand amounted to nothing, and this has enabled bitter rivals Verizon Wireless to gain more ground, while AT&T had to give up some of its own spectrum to T-Mobile in return as part of a break-up fee, as AT&T distanced themselves from the deal after a regulatory deadlock. Do you think AT&T is willing to part with a 72% premium to bring home Dish Networks under their wings?