Dish counters Sprint with higher bid for Clearwire
Posted on January 09, 2013 at 07:54 AM EST
Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for $3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2.97 per share. Clearwire disclosed Dish's offer in a press release on Tuesday afternoon, saying it has an obligation to consider the offer.