Less than a month after Benzinga reported a potential expanding relationship between Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 0.26% and DISH Network Corp DISH 0.79%, DISH management danced around the subject repeatedly on the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning, DISH reported Q2 GAAP earnings of 9 cents per share, with sales coming in at $3.64 billion; estimates called for sales of $3.72 billion.

Benzinga Pro noted the following headlines live during the conference call (first reported by Reuters):

• DISH CEO Charlie Egen Said There Will Be ‘Increased M&A And Things Beyond What It Probably Was In The Past’
• DISH Says It’s In Discussions With Tower Companies, Other Partners On Network Build Out
• Ergen Said Amazon Likely Will Have To Think About Connectivity In Their Future
• Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch Said ‘There Is A Lot Of Touch Points Between Our Businesses With Amazon’
• Lynch Said ‘Also Things We Do On Direct Broadcasting Satellite Side With Alexa Integration, Installing TVs, Lot Of Touch Points With Amazon’

Back on June 8, a source familiar with the matter told Benzinga Amazon and DISH has been exploring an expanded relationship, including a potential merger at some point in the next several months. The person said Amazon is looking to use DISH’s 5G spectrum to support the roll-out of its delivery drones. In addition, the source said…

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