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Dish rips T-Mobile for being anti-competitive over plan to shut down network used for Boost Mobile

Dish Network is not happy with T-Mobile over its plans to shut down a network still used by millions of… Read More

Dish could save T-Mobile-Sprint merger with reported $6B deal for spectrum and Boost Mobile

A potential $6 billion deal with Dish Network could pave the way for approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. Bloomberg reported… Read More

Amazon and Dish? Report points to possible tie-up between online retailer and satellite TV giant

Amazon.com and Dish Network Corp. have held discussions about the two companies inking a partnership agreement to build-out a new… Read More

Dish DVRs get Amazon Alexa integration for TV voice control via Echo devices

The days of frantically searching for a lost TV remote may soon be coming to an end, at least for… Read More

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What GeekWire’s top stories of 2016 say about the state of humanity

Unprecedented global connectivity, a search for solitude in a fast-paced world, a yearning to connect with something bigger than ourselves … and,… Read More

For defying no-call lists, Dish faces potential fines totaling $24 billion

Dish’s telemarketers allegedly failed to heed no-call lists, and the satellite-TV provider may be fined up to $24 billion, a sum… Read More

T-Mobile reportedly in talks to merge with Dish Network

T-Mobile is once again the subject of merger talks, with The Wall Street Journal reporting Wednesday night that the Bellevue-based… Read More

Sling TV apologizes for spotty March Madness streams during most-watched Final Four in 19 years

Sling TV couldn’t quite handle the amount of users trying to access its streams of this weekend’s NCAA basketball games. The Dish… Read More

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GeekWire Radio at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — We’re back with the first official GeekWire radio show of 2015, direct from the press room at… Read More

CES Video: Sony, Samsung, Dish, Toyota and more of GeekWire’s takeaways from press day

LAS VEGAS — GeekWire’s John Cook, Taylor Soper and I share our impressions from CES Press Day in this latest video… Read More

What’s next for T-Mobile? The list of potential acquirers may surprise you

French Telecom provider Iliad said today it was pulling the plug on its plans to acquire T-Mobile. So, if not… Read More

Dish reportedly looking to make bid for T-Mobile

The battle for who might buy T-Mobile is heating up. A report by Reuters today said that Dish Network is considering… Read More

It’s official: Clearwire minority shareholders approve Sprint deal

Finally, the Clearwire/Sprint roller-coaster is coming to a stop. After six months of back and forth, shareholders from Bellevue-based Clearwire… Read More

Report: FCC set to greenlight Sprint’s deals with Clearwire and Softbank

After a long and drawn out bidding war, Clearwire’s fate appears to be nearly certain. The Federal Communications Commission is set… Read More

Giving up: Dish removes bid for Clearwire after Sprint increases offer

Sprint may end up victorious in the bidding war for Clearwire, as Dish Network today withdrew its offer to purchase… Read More

New Clearwire bid from Sprint tops offer from Dish

Sprint seems to have gained the upper hand today in the ongoing tug-of-war over Clearwire after submitting a bid to… Read More

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse to Clearwire execs: Dish deal is not a ‘viable alternative’

Well, the rhetoric keeps rising as Sprint and Dish Network battle for Clearwire, the Bellevue-based provider of mobile broadband service.… Read More

With increased Dish offer on table, Clearwire delays vote on Sprint bid

Bellevue-based Clearwire is delaying its vote on Sprint’s takeover offer to give the company extra time to discuss Dish Network’s new… Read More

Dish boosts offer for Clearwire to $4.40 per share as bidding war with Sprint escalates ahead of Friday vote

The bidding war continues. Dish Network has boosted its offer for Bellevue-based Clearwire, just two days before shareholders were set to… Read More

Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum for $1.5B

Both Sprint and Dish Network are looking to buy Clearwire, the Bellevue-based wireless broadband operator that’s most coveted for its… Read More

Clearwire takes $80M from Sprint, continues talks with Dish

As it continues to weigh buyout offers, Clearwire has elected to take an $80 million investment from Sprint, a move… Read More

Study shows Sprint severely undervaluing Clearwire spectrum

A study that one Clearwire shareholder commissioned shows that the company’s spectrum is worth two to three times more than what… Read More