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Colorado Drops Out of T-Mobile + Sprint Merger Lawsuit in Exchange for Jobs

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Oct 22, 2019, 11:03 AM by Rich Brome @richbrome

Colorado's attorney general has dropped out of the multi-state lawsuit attempting to block the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. In exchange, Colorado received a promise from Dish to locate the headquarters for its new wireless division in Colorado. Dish will create its new wireless division using assets being divested from Sprint and T-Mobile as part of their deal with the US Department of Justice to approve the merger. 16 states remain attached to the lawsuit challenging the merger.

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