The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced its official approval of two related deals by Sprint Nextel Corp, SoftBank Corp and Clearwire Corp. The regulatory approval was the last hurdle for SoftBank’s $21.6 billion bid to buy 78 percent of Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider. Sprint’s bid to buy out the portion of wireless company Clearwire that it doesn’t already own faces a vote by minority shareholders on July 8.
