>> if you don't get deutsche telekom, it just cannot happen. there is no way.if they could control the debt somehow. this could be the quickest deal-killer of all time. >> ryan? >> i would agree. earlier, it feels like the copy trying to swallow the fish. not sure if this will follow through. >> he swallowed his japanese mobile operator. >> the difference is the debt. rightnnot go into this now and say, i'm going to add on the debt that t-mobile does not have. t-mobile already has that debt. >> it feels like the guppy swallowed the fish. all right. entries in horowitz, benedict evans, and ryan reith, idc. after this quick break, continuing our deep dive of samsung right here on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg west." the lee family has led the samsung group since 1938. now their dynasty may be threatened. the company's powerful patriarch entering his third month in the hospital after having a heart attack. his son is expected to inherit the family business. the possible handover comes as samsung faces increasing pressure for the compan

. >> deutsche telekom is looking to dean iliad's noncompetitive. >> deutsche telekom is an importantof t-mobile, essentially they put the company together. it is going to be necessary for any deal to happen to acquire the company. they clearly favor the sprint offer. i go back to the notion iliad of where they're going to get the money to do a deal like this. it is not clear. .-mobile has a ton of debt it is not like they can leverage it more. than is a smaller company t-mobile. deutsche telekom saying they are not partnering with these guys. they have not engaged with them in any way. they prefer the sprint deal. >> fonts from you guys? -- thoughts from you guys? is a pirate.l he fought his way into the market and turned it upside down. he looked at the u.s. market and said this is ripe for a pirate. john legere think he is a pirate. everybody thinks highly of him, and highly of xavier niel. ofchanging the ownership t-mobile change how it will be able to compete? you don't get deutsche telekom, which owns 66% of the company, it can't happen. there is no way. this could be the quicke

and a merger between article's telekom in brazil's only has been threatened by financing problems. it has been revealed that one company failed to repay a loan from 900 million euros to the group. to renegotiated terms, portugal telecom will now control just a quarter of the new combined entity instead of a 40% stake as planned. i'll be back with a little more business news in just over an hours time. >> thank you for that business update. time now for what is happening with news. >> hello there. welcome to the web news with our pick of the stories making the online headlines. show, an on today american basketball star criticized for a pro-palestine tweet. selfies posing a problem at the tour de france. namibia.ng a wave in i apologize if i offended anyone with my previous tweet -- it was a mistake. i have never commented on international politics and never .ill american basketball player dwight howard posted these shortly after tweeting and then deleting a message that the conflict between israel and palestine. the nba star had tweeted "free palestine." it sparked lively debate am

they are run by private companies like at&t, deutsche telekom, level three, centurylink.el the same speed. that last mile is owned by a small group of internet service comcast, time warner cable, and verizon. they have different rules of the road. we got off the information super highway but now we are hitting traffic. when the traffic jams are fellow travelers, others like the netflix 18 wheeler monster truck was able to pay for their own fast lane. that's the deal they struck recently with comcast allowing their service to get to consumers faster than their competitors. is that fair? net neutrality would make it an even playing field for all the drivers on the road in that last mile. the toll keepers, comcast and time warner, don't like it. they want their own rules of the road. drivers like us just want the freedom of the open road. is it about net neutrality that has people so up in arms? >> i think the things that get business people up in arms is what kind of businesses could be developed in the future? play, netflixo wins because they have more money over hulu. >>

. >> there is a notion here that deutsche telekom might want to unload some of their shares, becauset of sprint deal would require a lengthy regulatory process and maybe iliad would help them lighten their load a little bit right here. >> clearly t-mobile in the past has been a troubled carrier, and they have really turned things around. it might be that there is more of a comfort level from the twinge telecom side saying, this is an interesting business, and we are willing to take more equity on a combined basis. a lot of that pressure has been alleviated recently. >> when i was a short seller, one of my colleagues refuse to ever meet the ceo of a coveney lest he be charmed. i will admit to being charmed by the t-mobile ceo, john leger. i wonder -- you talk to wall street investors all the time. guy traipsing around in a t-shirt -- how is that playing out in wall street? >> it is certainly a change from traditional telecom executives we have known. tweeting and wearing magenta t-shirts and things like this. it is definitely a different look. it is resonating with customers. he has d

don't forget, t-mobile is crommed by deutsche telekom. the germans. he runs the show.. they only 60-plus percent of it and talking to sprint for a very long time. this company, carl, what i can tell you, has about a $19 billion enterprise value, from what i can gather at this point, but a $17 billion market value. $2 billion or so in debt. it's a reseller, again, of network capacity. i'm not sure it really owns a great deal of network. i don't see what synergies, if any, would be available to them. yes, we have extraordinarily generous credit markets. you could imagine, perhaps, they would be in a position to try to do something, but they're smaller in size. that is market cap wise than t-mo. no synergies apparent to me at this point. granted it's early, in any sort of a deal. let's wait and see. holefully a little more insight, behind these headlines. >> knowing what you know about the dance between t-mo and sprint over the last months, looking at the dow jones headlines. iliad may offer to t-mobile of u.s. do you think that's price depend ntd and the talks were deep

this is why companies such as vodafone and deutsche telekom are saying, let us consolidate. let us join forces. look at the deal with ono and vodafone. they're saving could cut 2 billion euros in costs. they could increase sales by one billion euros. that is what is attracting vodafone to buy ono. they spent on kabul deutsche land last year. this is why they could be eyeing in italy to of wind try to build up their market share. we are expecting more consolidation to come, just not happening in france right now. back to you. >> here is what else is on our radar today. hasrgan chief jimmy diamond throat cancer and will get treatment shortly. he told employees and shareholders in a memo that his condition is curable. he also said he will continue running the firm as normal during his radiation and chemotherapy. being investigated by u.k. agulators after a study shows psychological experiment influenced what users saw in their news feeds. facebook says it has taken appropriate protections for people's information. in the u.s. is said to be more than 4000 lockheed martin missile

need to mention you're speaking with a number of hats on because you were the former ceo of deutsche telekom now you're with croatia telecom. we thank you for speaking with us. >> it's a pleasure. i should not neglect to say croatia has great infrastructure. we have not only roads, well positioned harbors, but the telecom infrastructure is world class, as well. >> gotta go. thank you very much. we'll enjoy your connections. and more to come in around an hour. sometimes you can places where you can never get a connection, so it's nice to be here. >> thank you, louisa. we'll catch up with you later on in the show. on cnbc.com, we put all the details of that story and more on over emerging week. >>> how competent are young people when it comes to money matters? the oecb has been trying to find out by testing 15-year-olds across 18 different countries. who is the winner? the youth of shanghai, excepts such as bank accounts and savings rates, they should be the custodians of global financial system in the future. but how do you fare? here is a sample question. you can buy loose tomatoes for $2775