How Dish's deal could improve Sprint

Dish makes a $25.5 billion bid to merge with Sprint, Microsoft is rumored to be looking into smartwatches, and Electronic Arts ends its Sims games on Facebook.

Bridget Carey

April 15, 2013 1:38 p.m. PT

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Dish has made a $25.5 billion unsolicited bid to merge with Sprint. Today's video explains what this deal means for consumers and how it might improve Sprint's network.

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