Although Dish Network is not interested in entering an bidding war for potential suitors, the satellite television company is primed and ready to snag T-Mobile if the Sprint merger falls apart this summer. Bloomberg reports that Dish has been eyeing both DirecTV and T-Mobile in recent months, but as DirecTV shares have risen amid talk of an ATT acquisition, the rival provider has become too expensive to chase. “We don’t have the kind of money to go outbid Sprint for T-Mobile or outbid ATT for DirecTV,” said Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen. “So we have to be well positioned so no matter what happens it’s all good for us, and I think we’re there.” Ergen recommends that his board wait and let the chips fall as
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