# T-Mobile

> T-Mobile US is a national connectivity company whose consumer and business portfolio spans mobile service, devices, fixed-wireless and fiber broadband, direct-to-cell satellite coverage, IoT, public-safety connectivity and advertising. Its Un-carrier strategy removed familiar customer irritants and its Sprint merger supplied valuable mid-band spectrum; the next test is extending that advantage while preserving the challenger culture that created it.

- **Founded:** 1994
- **Headquarters:** Bellevue, United States
- **Founders:** John W. Stanton (Founder of VoiceStream Wireless, T-Mobile US's predecessor)
- **Team size:** Approximately 75,000 full-time and part-time employees as of December 31, 2025.
- **Products:** Postpaid wireless, Metro by T-Mobile, 5G network, 5G Home Internet, Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile
- **Notable:** Created the Un-carrier program in 2013, using simplified plans and the removal of familiar customer pain points to reset industry expectations., Completed the Sprint merger in 2020 and rapidly deployed Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum for mid-band 5G., Reported 142.4 million postpaid and prepaid customers at year-end 2025.

## Products & services

- **Postpaid wireless** — Consumer and business voice, messaging and data plans sold with phones, tablets, watches and other connected devices.
- **Metro by T-Mobile** — Prepaid wireless service aimed at value-conscious customers, operated after the 2013 MetroPCS combination.
- **5G network** — Nationwide low-band coverage paired with mid-band capacity, materially strengthened by spectrum obtained in the Sprint merger.
- **5G Home Internet** — Fixed-wireless broadband delivered through a self-installed gateway where network capacity is available.
- **Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile** — Prepaid brands acquired with Ka'ena, including Mint's digital-first, multi-month plan model and Ultra's international focus.
- **T-Priority** — A public-safety offering using a dedicated 5G network slice and priority across 5G bands for first responders.
- **T-Satellite with Starlink** — Direct-to-cell coverage that connects compatible ordinary smartphones outside terrestrial coverage, beginning with messaging and selected data uses.
- **T-Fiber** — Residential fiber broadband offered through infrastructure partnerships and acquisitions including Lumos and Metronet-related operations.
- **T-Mobile for Business** — Wireless plans, business internet, IoT, private networks, managed connectivity and public-sector services.
- **Advertising Solutions** — Audience, mobile, digital-out-of-home and retail-media products built from assets including Vistar Media and Blis.

## Achievements

- Created the Un-carrier program in 2013, using simplified plans and the removal of familiar customer pain points to reset industry expectations.
- Completed the Sprint merger in 2020 and rapidly deployed Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum for mid-band 5G.
- Reported 142.4 million postpaid and prepaid customers at year-end 2025.
- Ookla named T-Mobile Best Mobile Network in the U.S. for three consecutive reporting periods through the first half of 2026.
- Launched T-Satellite commercially in 2025 after beta testing direct-to-cell service with Starlink.
- Completed the acquisition of substantially all UScellular wireless operations and specified spectrum assets in 2025.
- Reached 500 communities through its Hometown Grants initiative by June 2026.
- Built Project 10Million around a goal of connecting up to 10 million eligible student households.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported second-quarter service revenue of $19.0 billion, postpaid ARPA of $152.91 and 277,000 postpaid net account additions.
- **2026-07** — Ookla named T-Mobile Best Mobile Network for a third consecutive reporting period; Opensignal and P3 also issued broad network awards.
- **2026-06** — Completed its Hometown Grants initiative after funding projects in 500 communities.
- **2026-04** — Connected Figure AI's F03 production robots to its 5G Advanced network as an early physical-AI use case.
- **2026-02** — Raised portions of its multi-year growth outlook and emphasized wireless, broadband and adjacent businesses as growth pillars.
- **2025-11** — Srini Gopalan became president and CEO; Mike Sievert moved to vice chairman.
- **2025-08** — Completed the approximately $4.3 billion acquisition of substantially all UScellular wireless operations and selected spectrum assets.
- **2025-07** — Commercially launched T-Satellite direct-to-cell service with Starlink.

## Links

- Website: https://www.t-mobile.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/t-mobile
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TMobile
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMobile/custom
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tmobile/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMobile
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tmobile

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Last updated: 2026-08-13