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Dish could pay $5 billion for T-Mobile/Sprint assets, merger could be approved
July 07, 2025
According to inside sources speaking withBloomberg, Dish is reportedly in final talks to buy various assets — including wireless spectrum — from bothT-MobileandSprint. If true, this could be the final hurdle to get theT-Mobile-Sprint mergerapproved by the Department of Justice.
The anonymous sources claim Dish will pay about $5 billion for bothBoost Mobile— which is owned by Sprint — as well as wireless spectrum from both carriers. This would set up Dish to become a new wireless carrier and eventually compete against the “new” T-Mobile,AT&T, andVerizon.
However, Dish would be much smaller than any of those companies. Essentially, there would be three major wireless carriers in the United States instead of the Big Four we currently see. Dish entering the wireless industry, though, would appease the Justice Department’s concerns over the T-Mobile-Sprint merger disrupting an already competitive market.
We’ve known that Dish isinterested in entering the wireless spacefor a few weeks now, so this news is not too surprising. At one point, even Google was reportedly in talks to buy spectrum from T-Mobile and Sprint — although the search giant denies this to be true.
According toBloomberg, the Justice Department could approve the T-Mobile-Sprint merger as soon as tomorrow if this deal with Dish is locked.
Unfortunately, even if the Justice Department does give its blessing, the two companies will still need toface a lawsuitfiled by various attorneys general (all Democrats) intent on stopping the merger. The approval of the DoJ, though, could stymy those efforts and cause the plaintiffs to drop the case.
Without a doubt, this is the closest we’ve been to seeing the T-Mobile-Sprint merger get approved. At this point, it looks like it could finally happen.
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