Dish gets U.S. DOJ support to extend deadline on T-Mobile airwaves deal

In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia made by the Justice Department related to Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY), T-Mobile (TMUS), Sprint, and Dish‘s (DISH) agreement to a final judgement to remedy “the loss of competition” from T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint, the United States “respectfully requests that if the Court grants DISH’s request to modify the Final Judgment in this matter, that the Court give DISH until April 1, 2024, to exercise the option.” The filing added: “To facilitate the orderly divestiture of the 800 MHz spectrum, DISH has agreed to (i) waive any right to seek additional extensions so that the spectrum does not lie fallow for an unknown period, see DISH Reply at 5, and (ii) it has represented to the United States that it will waive its right to enforce the non-solicitation clause in the License Purchase Agreement so that T-Mobile can concurrently conduct the auction process.”