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T-Mobile-Sprint merger completed, creating new wireless giant

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In this photo illustration a T-Mobile logo seen displayed on a smartphone. ( Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ) NEW YORK - Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed the takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new wireless giant that rivals AT&T and Verizon in size.

The companies announced the deal, valued at $31.6 billion based on T-Mobile's closing stock price Tuesday, two years ago. It has taken a long time to close because of pushback from state and federal regulators.

The Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice approved the deal last year, with DOJ telling the companies that they must set up satellite TV company Dish as a new wireless carrier — an unusual

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