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T-Mobile-Sprint merger challenged by US states

SoftBank listed among defendants as it seeks a deal for American mobile unit

The proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile US had won support recently from the Federal Communications Commission.    © Reuters

NEW YORK -- A group of U.S. states seeks to block the proposed merger of carriers T-Mobile US and Sprint, filing a federal lawsuit here Tuesday that threatens to upend the long-sought plans of Sprint parent SoftBank Group.

The complaint filed in the Southern District of New York lists SoftBank as one of the defendants and seeks to permanently block the merger.

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