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Wall Street wary of Dish Network's plan to replace Sprint
Wall Street is starting to throw cold water on billionaire Charlie Ergen’s prospects for building the nation’s fourth-largest wireless network — which is bad news for T-Mobile’s planned $26 billion...
Justice Department OKs T-Mobile's $26.5B acquisition of Sprint
T-Mobile won Justice Department approval for its $26 billion merger with Sprint on Friday by selling satellite TV company Dish the tools it needs to become the nation’s fourth largest...
T-Mobile sale to Dish 'imminent,' thanks to DOJ threat
A deal to make satellite TV provider Dish Network the nation’s fourth largest mobile carrier is days away from being finalized — thanks to the Department of Justice, The Post...
Google joins Dish in talks to create 4th mobile carrier: sources
Google is in talks to help create a fourth US wireless carrier, even as Sprint and T-Mobile struggle to get their controversial merger cleared by federal and state authorities, The...
4 states join effort to stop T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint
Four more states joined an effort by state attorneys general, including NY’s Letitia James, to stop T-Mobile‘s acquisition of Sprint, it emerged Friday. Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Nevada will be...
Dish exec could be months away from finalizing T-Mobile deal
Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen is taking his sweet time striking a deal to buy T-Mobile’s assets — a delay that is already creating a web of complications for T-Mobile’s planned...
Dish Network boss eyes creating 4th mobile carrier
Talks to create a No. 4 US wireless carrier are quickly picking up steam — and Charlie Ergen is poised to run the prospective telecom colossus. The maverick telecom tycoon...
T-Mobile-Sprint merger appears to be in major trouble
The legal mess engulfing T-Mobile’s $26 billion deal to buy Sprint looks more complicated than ever, but experts say the upshot is starting to look simple: the merger is in...
NY AG's challenge throws T-Mobile-Sprint merger into doubt
New York State Attorney General Letitia James is leading a group of states in challenging T-Mobile’s controversial merger with Sprint — an unusual legal salvo that throws the $26 billion...
Amazon interested in buying Boost from T-Mobile, Sprint: report
Amazon.com Inc is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from U.S. carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday....
FCC and DOJ may agree on Sprint, T-Mobile merger
When it comes to T-Mobile and Sprint, President Trump’s top regulators may be more closely aligned than previously thought. Before making this week’s surprise announcement that he supported the controversial,...
FCC chief Ajit Pai backs controversial Sprint, T-Mobile merger
T-Mobile’s controversial deal to buy rival Sprint won’t be getting any more static from the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai threw his weight behind the $26 billion mega-merger...
Barr recuses himself from T-Mobile-Sprint merger decision
US Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from weighing in on a planned $26 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint due to potential conflicts of interest, a source with...
T-Mobile says no need for longer price cap promise in Sprint deal
T-Mobile’s CEO resisted calls Tuesday to cap cellular prices for more than three years if the company is permitted to go through with its $26.5 billion plan to merge with...
DOJ staffers 'not impressed' with features of T-Mobile, Sprint merger
Prominent Department of Justice staffers are privately pooh-poohing aspects of T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion deal to buy rival Sprint — raising the potential it will face headwinds, The Post has learned....
Sprint sues AT&T over '5G' wireless branding
Sprint sued AT&T late on Thursday, saying it is misleading consumers into believing that it is using fifth-generation wireless network, known as 5G, a technology that has not yet been...
Cell companies are still selling your real-time location data
A new bombshell report from Joseph Cox over at Motherboard details how carriers like Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are all in the business of selling real-time location data of subscribers....
Sprint, Samsung team up to release 5G phones this summer
Sprint said on Monday it plans to release 5G smartphones with Samsung Electronics in the US during the summer. Last month, rival Verizon Communications disclosed similar plans for the first...
Sprint settles New York state sales tax suit for $330M
Sprint will pay a record-breaking $330 million to settle a seven-year-old case that accused it of under-collecting sales taxes to make its calling plans more appealing to customers. The agreement...
T-Mobile says Sprint deal could close early next year
T-Mobile US’s chief financial officer said there is a possibility that its $26 billion acquisition deal of Sprint will close as early as the first quarter of 2019. T-Mobile, majority...