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T-Mobile today announced<\/a> that it has closed a deal that divests Sprint’s <\/a> pre-paid businesses, including Boost and Virgin Mobile. The news finds Dish entering the wireless carrier game<\/a> in earnest, courtesy of the $1.4 billion deal.<\/span><\/p>\n The whole thing was, of course, a key part of T-Mobile’s bid to merge with Sprint. It was a relatively small concession to those worried that such a deal would decrease competition in the market, as the number of major U.S. carriers shrunk from four down to three. The $26 billion T-Mobile\/Sprint <\/a> deal was finally completed in April of this year, and has already resulted in hundreds of lost jobs<\/a>, as reported last month by TechCrunch.<\/span><\/p>\n The deal gives Dish a nice head start in the pre-paid phone game, with north of 9 million customers and access to T-Mobile’s wireless network for the next seven years. It also finds current Dish’s COO John Swieringa stepping in to lead the new subsidiary. Oh, and there’s a new Boost logo, too:<\/span><\/p>\n Dish<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See? It’s basically the old Boost Mobile <\/a> logo, but with the little Dish wireless symbols in the middle, to really show you who’s boss.<\/p>\n Dish used the opportunity to announce a new plan for Boost users with 15GB of data for $45, and has already begun switching consumers with compatible devices over to the new T-Mobile-backed network.<\/span><\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Brian Heater<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-2.jpeg\")
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T-Mobile today announced that it has closed a deal that divests Sprint’s pre-paid businesses, including Boost and Virgin Mobile. The news finds Dish entering the wireless carrier game in earnest, courtesy of the $1.4 billion deal. The whole thing was, of course, a key part of T-Mobile’s bid to merge with Sprint. It was a relatively small concession to those worried … Continue reading Dish closes Boost Mobile purchase, following T-Mobile\/Sprint merger<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading