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Dish deal to acquire Boost from T-Mobile set to close July 1 – Source CNET Tech

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Dish is paying almost $5 billion for mobile spectrum and prepaid carrier Boost.


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Satellite TV provider Dish Network looks set to close its $5 billion deal with the new T-Mobile on July 1, according to a filing Wednesday with the SEC. Under the deal, which allowed for the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Dish is acquiring Sprint’s prepaid mobile carrier Boost Mobile as well as Sprint’s 800MHz wireless spectrum to help it build a 5G network.

The T-Mobile-Sprint merger was only permitted by the Justice Department when Dish said it would acquire Sprint’s mobile assets to become a…

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