Dish abandons Sprint purchase to focus on acquiring Clearwire

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Dish abandons Sprint purchase to focus on acquiring Clearwire
It looks like the final roadblock between SoftBank's purchase of Sprint has gotten out of the way. Dish Network has pulled its bid to buy Sprint, and says that it will instead focus its efforts on acquiring Clearwire in its ongoing plans to build its own wireless carrier. Dish had jumped in and outbid SoftBank for Sprint back in April, but now it is abandoning that plan, saying in a statement:

SoftBank has been working towards purchasing a 70% stake in Sprint since October, and just last week the Department of Justice wrapped up its investigation into the proposal, and approved the merger. SoftBank also upped its offer to Sprint, in order to fend off Dish, but since Dish is no longer in the race, it looks like SoftBank has a clear shot. 

source: Dish via The Verge

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