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Dish Network Chairman Charles Ergen called FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday to ask him to hold off on a decision on SoftBank’s buy of Sprint Nextel while Dish’s offer is still on the table, said a Dish filing. “DISH discussed its request for the Commission to hold the above captioned proceeding in abeyance in light of DISH’s April 15, 2013 merger proposal to the Board of Directors of Sprint for a total cash and stock consideration of $25.5 billion,” said an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/13Ad5AH). “The DISH merger proposal is a real and substantial offer to which the Sprint Board of Directors must give all due consideration, as it is better for American consumers, better for Sprint shareholders, and better for U.S. national security than the SoftBank proposal.” Friday was the 147th day of the FCC’s review of SoftBank/Sprint. The agency tries to act on such transactions within 180 days.