Dish Raises Offer For Clearwire To Top Sprint Bid

Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) has enhanced its bid for mobile-broadband operator Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) to $4.40 per share, topping its rival Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) bid by nearly 30 percent. Dish Network Corp Letter To Clearwire Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) indicated in its Wednesday letter to Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) Chairman John Stanton that Dish board had approved the revised offer. The mobile-broadband operator Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) is scheduled to hold a special shareholder meeting on Friday to consider the Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) offer. Last week, the number three operator in the U.S. Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), upped the takeover…