You’ll undoubtedly remember just over two years ago, T-Mobile and MetroPCS merged to form one company. Technically, it was structured as a reverse merger. T-Mobile didn’t have its own stock listing at the tim and was “acquired” by MetroPCS and took on its stock listening. Although it was structured that way, Deutsche Telekom still owned the controlling stake in the … [read full article]
You probably need no reminding of that time in 2011 when Deutsche Telekom tried to sell T-Mobile US to AT&T, or that time last year when Sprint/SoftBank came close to making an official merger bid. But since the beginning of the Uncarrier initiative, T-Mobile has gone from strength to strength. … [read full article]
During the earnings call for the final quarter of 2014, John Legere announced that – unofficially – T-Mobile was already ahead of Sprint in total subscriptions. But the official numbers didn’t agree. After T-Mo’s blockbuster quarter, many had assumed that those official numbers would catch up. With the Verizon and AT&T posting disappointing subscriber add numbers, the industry was all but certain … [read full article]
With the earnings call well and truly behind us I’ve had some time to think and ponder on some of the talking points. It’s easy when looking at numbers and figures to get bogged down by statistics and financials. I find it takes time, and a purposeful step back sometimes to get the big picture. And perhaps see what’s next. Thanks to a review I’m working on for PhoneDog and LG’s launch event, I was kept busy … [read full article]
At 10am Eastern (7am Pacific) T-Mobile will launch in to its quarterly earnings call. And the third one in a row with a social element. Customers, media, fans and analysts can all get involved either through the usual call-in options or by tweeting questions to @TMobileIR using #TMUSearnings. And if you want to tune in and watch the entire call as it happens, fear not, we have you covered. T-Mobile posted … [read full article]
T-Mobile has just published its results for the 1st quarter of 2015 and – as it has done for the past few quarters – it’s looking very good for our favorite magenta-colored carrier. Among the highlights for the first three months of this year were record postpaid churn, strong postpaid subscriber growth and service revenue growth. . Subscribers There are number of key highlights when looking at the subscriber additions for the first … [read full article]
T-Mobile just announced that its first quarter financial results will be revealed at 10:00am Eastern Time (7am Pacific) on April 28. Like previous quarters, there will be a short time of scripted remarks before launching in to “free-flowing dialogue with analysts, investors, media and consumers.” Also, like last quarter, T-Mobile will publish a live stream of the video on Twitter which you can access from your mobile device. Just be sure to follow … [read full article]
We’re approaching the end of the first quarter of 2015, and if analyst predictions are anything to go by, it may well have been another successful one for T-Mobile. And a lot of this is based on T-Mo’s announcements made during the Uncarrier 9.0 event last week. During the Uncarrier unveiling, … [read full article]
During today’s Q4 earnings call – which was streamed live on YouTube for the first time – several questions were fielded after all the announcements were made. One of which came from a Twitter user who asked if BlackBerry handsets might make a return to T-Mobile. And, to those BlackBerry loyalists among the T-Mo subscriber base, Legere’s answer will come as welcome news. Although there’s nothing specific to report in terms … [read full article]
Ahead of the schedules earnings call, T-Mobile has released its full financial results for 2014, and for the fourth quarter. And it makes for good reading as the earnings reports generally do these days for T-Mo. . FINANCIALS In the fourth quarter – as previously announced – T-Mobile added 2.1 million customers to its ranks. With all four … [read full article]
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