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This phone and TV merger is all about spectrum

Jun 4, 2015
Dish Network and T-Mobile could be merging, and the demand for wireless streaming is behind it.

Dish Network's Sling: A shot aimed at cable

Jan 26, 2015
Dish goes after the cord cutters with Sling, a streaming service for $20 a month.

ESPN and Dish break the cable bundle

Jan 6, 2015
Internet-streaming service will serve up ESPN channels for $20 a month.

Will a Softbank-Sprint deal lower mobile phone prices?

Jun 26, 2013
Shareholders of Sprint Nextel approved an offer from Softbank to acquire a bulk of the U.S. phone company. Now it's up to Washington regulators to approve the foreign purchase.

Dish TV Network bids for Sprint Nextel, sets sights on mobile

Apr 15, 2013
The Dish TV Network this morning is making a big bid to get into the mobile space. It wants to buy the country’s third largest cellphone carrier Sprint-Nextel for more than $25 billion.