Dish Network bails on Sprint deal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidySDqKJPfBTg09wMKD6aitIMynQI4VoRGd5BQaGIDHTwYQ2OZyuvNx38ikWNBN-PZnGDNNDWMNE7TfGLaaB5blxQfAbDmKOwT-u2JXHLJvz6lqfAyOQ8GBE5HR-KWPX7-Y_0kWrRPBE8/s1600/dish1_0_0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidySDqKJPfBTg09wMKD6aitIMynQI4VoRGd5BQaGIDHTwYQ2OZyuvNx38ikWNBN-PZnGDNNDWMNE7TfGLaaB5blxQfAbDmKOwT-u2JXHLJvz6lqfAyOQ8GBE5HR-KWPX7-Y_0kWrRPBE8/s1600/dish1_0_0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b> Dish gives up their plans to buyout Sprint, but will still focus on their offer for Clearwire</b><br /><br />Dish Network has declined to submit a new bid in their on-again, off-again plan to acquire Sprint, and will miss the June 18 deadline. This opens the way for SoftBank to carry out their original plans to buy a significant portion of the U.S. carrier, pending regulatory approval of course.<br /><br />In a statement released today, Dish says they are unable to submit a bid by the deadline because Sprint has "made it impracticable for Dish to submit a revised offer by the June 18th deadline". The company will consider their other options to strike some sort of a deal with Sprint, and will continue to focus on a separate offer for Clearwire.

Dish Network bails on Sprint deal

 Dish gives up their plans to buyout Sprint, but will still focus on their offer for Clearwire Dish Network has declined to submit a new bid...

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