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title: Another Merger? This Time It's T-Mobile and Dish Network
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The merger news comes on the heels of the failed Time Warner Cable/Comcast merger. Though the deal is technically in the formative stages, the two companies have already determined who would lead the new company: T-Mobile's offbeat CEO John Legere will remain CEO, while Dish Network's Charlie Ergen would become chairman. Dish has billions of dollars of wireless licenses, and T-Mobile has the cell network to put those licenses to use. Re/code's Ina Fried, however, says this merger is like [two people who hook up](http://recode.net/2015/06/03/a-t-mobile-dish-deal-could-be-the-ultimate-marriage-of-convenience/) because they are the last ones left in the bar at closing time.

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