May 20, 2026
Now that it's sold off all its spectrum, Dish isn't going to be able to build the nationwide 5G network that it promised the U.S. Department of Justice it would as part of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, so the DOJ is asking a D.C. federal court to nix that part of their agreement.
April 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking to appoint former U.S. attorney and current Kasowitz Benson Torres partner Edward McNally as the new monitoring trustee to oversee the government's settlement with T-Mobile that cleared the way for its $26 billion acquisition of Sprint.
October 20, 2023
Dish Network will make a $100 million down payment in order to extend the deadline for its planned purchase of spectrum from T-Mobile that was part of the government's deal to restore competition following T-Mobile's merger with Sprint.
September 25, 2023
T-Mobile wants Dish Network to secure financing and pay up the $3.6 billion it owes the mobile company for divestiture of spectrum, signaling it doesn't think the U.S. Department of Justice's suggestion of a seven-month deadline extension is any better than Dish's request for 10 months.
September 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday largely backed Dish's bid for an extension on its deadline to buy spectrum from T-Mobile, divested as part of the Sprint merger clearance settlement, although the DOJ said the extension should only be seven months, not the 10 months Dish wants.
September 01, 2023
The fight over Dish's bid for a 10-month extension on its deadline to buy spectrum from T-Mobile, divested as part of the Sprint merger clearance settlement, escalated Friday in D.C. federal court, with Dish accusing T-Mobile of opposing the delay just to hinder a potential wireless rival.
August 28, 2023
Dish Network can't push off its obligation to finance a $3.6 billion divestiture of spectrum of T-Mobile just because interest rates are way higher now than they were three years ago, T-Mobile told a D.C. federal court.
August 17, 2023
Dish Network on Thursday asked for more time to line up financing for its purchase of spectrum from T-Mobile that was part of a government settlement intended to restore competition lost with T-Mobile's $56 billion deal for Sprint.
July 06, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice has told a D.C. federal court it allowed T-Mobile to keep about 11,000 subscribers from Sprint's prepaid mobile business that were supposed to be divested to Dish Network as a concession to T-Mobile and Sprint's $56 billion merger.
April 15, 2020
A D.C. court approval earlier this month for the U.S. Department of Justice's deal clearing T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint turned largely on protections put in place to help stand-up satellite television provider Dish Network as a new mobile competitor, according to the just-released opinion.