"T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) Chief Executive Officer John Legere was kicked out of a trade-show party hosted by AT&T Inc. (T), adding fuel to a commercial rivalry that is getting personal.
Legere, who is positioning his company as the "un-carrier" upending the mobile-phone industry, showed up at the AT&T-sponsored event in Las Vegas last night for attendees of the International Consumer Electronics Show. Shortly after appearing in a Twitter photo posted by CNET reporter Roger Cheng, Legere was shown the door.
"Some security guards escorted him out. It was crazy," Cheng wrote in a Twitter message. Legere later told technology news site Re/code he had gone to the party to see rapper Macklemore perform."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Legere, who is positioning his company as the "un-carrier" upending the mobile-phone industry, showed up at the AT&T-sponsored event in Las Vegas last night for attendees of the International Consumer Electronics Show. Shortly after appearing in a Twitter photo posted by CNET reporter Roger Cheng, Legere was shown the door.
"Some security guards escorted him out. It was crazy," Cheng wrote in a Twitter message. Legere later told technology news site Re/code he had gone to the party to see rapper Macklemore perform."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
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