Sprint Corp has dropped its bid to acquire No 4 US carrier T-Mobile US Inc after regulatory resistance showed no signs of softening despite months of lobbying, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The move is a rare setback for Sprint's Japanese parent SoftBank Corp, whose billionaire founder Masayoshi Son had seen the acquisition as key to taking on US market leaders AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc.
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