T-Mobile (TMUS) Reports Addition of 8M+ Customers in FY15

January 6, 2016 7:31 AM EST

T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) provided a preliminary view of key customer results for the fourth quarter of 2015, once again demonstrating that customers are choosing T-Mobile for flexibility, choice and value.

“In 2015 we AGAIN saw 8.3 million customers come to T-Mobile, and 2.1 million in Q4 - marking 11 consecutive quarters of over 1 million net adds and 3 quarters in a row with more than 2 million total nets for the Un-carrier,” said John Legere, President and CEO of T-Mobile. “That means we added 23,000 customers per day, EVERY DAY for the last two years, so trust me when I say we have NO plans to stop disrupting the status quo in wireless!”

Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2015 Customer Results

In the fourth quarter of 2015, T-Mobile added 2.1 million net customers, bringing its total customer count to more than 63 million at year-end 2015. This was the eleventh consecutive quarter that the Company has generated more than 1 million net customer additions and the third consecutive quarter with more than 2 million net customer additions. Full-year 2015 also marked the second consecutive year that the Company added more than 8 million net customers, which is expected to once again lead the wireless industry.

T-Mobile also saw ongoing strength in branded postpaid customers, reporting branded postpaid net customer additions of 1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. This was the sixth consecutive quarter in which the Company has reported more than 1 million branded postpaid net customer additions. Branded postpaid phone net customer additions were 917,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015, bringing the total branded postpaid phone net customer additions to approximately 10 million since the launch of the Un-carrier. For full-year 2015, the Company added 4.5 million branded postpaid net customer additions, well above the revised guidance for branded postpaid net customer additions of 3.8 to 4.2 million provided in connection with the third quarter of 2015 earnings.

Branded prepaid net customer additions in the fourth quarter of 2015 were 469,000. For full-year 2015, the Company added 1.3 million branded prepaid net customer additions.

Wholesale net customer additions were 301,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 2.4 million for full-year 2015.

Branded postpaid phone churn was 1.46% in the fourth quarter of 2015, down 27 basis points year-over-year, marking the best churn improvement of the year. Sequentially, churn was stable instead of the typical seasonal increase.

T-Mobile delivered on some major network milestones in 2015. The Company more than doubled its LTE footprint during the year, expanding its reach to 304 million Americans. T-Mobile also aggressively rolled out Extended Range LTE on low-band 700MHz A-Block spectrum, which is now live in over 300 markets covering 185 million Americans, while continuing to deploy Wideband LTE, which is now live nationwide.

America’s Un-carrier plans to share more details and its full financial results for fourth quarter and full-year 2015 in February.

Preliminary Customer Results

As of % Change
(in thousands)

December 31,2015 (1)

September 30,2015

December 31,2014

Qtr/Qtr

Year/Year

Customers, end of period
Branded postpaid phone customers 29,355 28,438 25,844 3.2% 13.6%
Branded postpaid mobile broadband customers 2,340 1,965 1,341 19.1% 74.5%
Total branded postpaid customers 31,695 30,403 27,185 4.2% 16.6%
Branded prepaid customers 17,631 17,162 16,316 2.7% 8.1%
Total branded customers 49,326 47,565 43,501 3.7% 13.4%
Wholesale customers 13,956 13,655 11,517 2.2% 21.2%
Total customers, end of period 63,282 61,220 55,018 3.4% 15.0%
Three Months Ended % Change Year Ended % Change
(in thousands)

December 31,2015 (1)

September 30,2015

December 31,2014

Qtr/Qtr Year/Year

2015 (1)

2014

2015 vs2014

Net customer additions
Branded postpaid phone customers 917 843 1,037 8.8% (11.6)% 3,511 4,047 (13.2)%
Branded postpaid mobile broadband customers 375 242 239 55.0% 56.9% 999 839 19.1%
Total branded postpaid customers 1,292 1,085 1,276 19.1% 1.3% 4,510 4,886 (7.7)%
Branded prepaid customers 469 595 266 (21.2)% 76.3% 1,315 1,244 5.7%
Total branded customers 1,761 1,680 1,542 4.8% 14.2% 5,825 6,130 (5.0)%
Wholesale customers 301 632 586 (52.4)% (48.6)% 2,439 2,204 10.7%
Total net customer additions 2,062 2,312 2,128 (10.8)% (3.1)% 8,264 8,334 (0.8)%
Three Months Ended

Quarter-over-QuarterChange

Year-over-YearChange

December 31,2015 (1)

September 30,2015

December 31,2014

Branded postpaid phone churn 1.46% 1.46% 1.73% -27 bps
Branded prepaid churn 4.20% 4.09% 5.39% +11 bps -119 bps
(1) The Company's customer results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2015 are preliminary and subject to completion of the Company's year-end closing review procedures. Full fourth quarter results are expected to be released in February.

T-Mobile Social Media

Investors and others should note that the Company announces material financial and operational information to its investors using its investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The Company also intends to use the @TMobileIR Twitter account (https://twitter.com/TMobileIR) and the @JohnLegere Twitter (https://twitter.com/JohnLegere) and Periscope accounts, which Mr. Legere also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, as means of disclosing information about the Company and its services and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these social media channels in addition to following the Company’s press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that the Company intends to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on the Company’s investor relations website.



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