UPDATE 1-US FCC approval paves way for SoftBank, Sprint, Clearwire deals
July 05, 2013 at 17:00 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp on Friday received the final approval it needed from U.S. regulators for its $21.6 billion bid to take control of Sprint Nextel Corp, the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider.