After taking an unexpectedly (and unnecessarily) long time to close a transaction with T-Mobile that seemed like a done deal the moment Magenta officially completed its own Sprint takeover four months ago, Dish Network just caught us off guard by announcing an agreement that no one saw coming.
According to Ting Mobile, Dish’s new daughter operator, this deal had been in the works for months as well. The reason why we didn’t hear any rumors about the acquisition before Dish and Ting “signed and sealed” an agreement, of course, might have something to do with the latter’s size.
