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EchoStar Says It Will Join With Telephone or Internet Company
Littleton, Colorado, April 17 (Bloomberg) -- EchoStar Communications Corp., the No. 3 U.S. satellite-television provider, will ''partner'' with a telephone and/or Internet company soon, the Rocky Mountain News reported, citing Chief Executive Charlie Ergen, speaking at the company's annual shareholder meeting yesterday. Likely partners include any of the Baby Bells, long-distance providers or Internet companies, said Ergen, who didn't elaborate on when or whom, or what type of ventures or alliances EchoStar might form. ''They're all going to need a video product'' to compete with the new AT&T Corp., Ergen said, the Denver newspaper reported.
Last month, AT&T completed its $59.4 billion purchase of Tele-Communications Inc., making it the second-largest cable-TV company, with 10.5 million customers.
(RMN 4/17 www.denver-rmn.com)
Apr/17/1999 16:03
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