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Charles pushes for a different strategy. \u201cI believed the only way we could be a final survivor was to buy one of the Baby Bell companies\u201d that own the last mile, Charles will say. \u201cBernie said, \u2018You\u2019re probably right, but it will take us three years to get it done.\u2019 The Bells were regulated monopolies. There were too many regulatory hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charles repeat\u00ac edly urges Bernie not to buy Sprint and reminds him that Washington regulators specifically told him [Bernie] after the MCI deal that they wouldn\u2019t approve another acquisition of a large long-distance company. \u201cBernie wouldn\u2019t listen. He said, \u2018We\u2019re doing this deal. The Sprint lawyers tell me we can get this done.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201d In October, Bernie offers $127 billion for Sprint, dwarfing the MCI purchase and astounding Wall Street. If he manages to make this happen, it will, once again, be the largest acquisition incorporate history. In addition to the FCC, the deal must be approved by the Department of Justice and the European Union because both companies operate in Europe. \u201cWhen we made the offer for Sprint, Bernie told me, \u2018This will make us bigger than AT&T,\u2019 \u201d Charles will recall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there was a lot of ego involved in us buying Sprint.\u201d A Double-Edged Sword The thing that has helped me personally is that I don\u2019t understand a lot of what goes on in this industry. \u2014Bernie Ebbers It\u2019s January, 2000. After more than a decade at WorldCom, my boss Charles is calling it quits.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s had enough. After years of long hours and one acquisition after another, he\u2019s burned out. But it\u2019s more than that. Bernie is becoming increasingly difficult. \u201cI love the guy,\u201d Charles will tell me, \u201cbut it\u2019s like the old saying\u2014you can love somebody but that doesn\u2019t mean you can live with them.\u201d The camaraderie that once existed in the executive suite has faded.<\/p>\n

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