{"id":656886,"date":"2013-05-08T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/?p=161019"},"modified":"2013-05-08T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:01:02","slug":"t-mobile-revenues-dip-but-customer-base-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/656886","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile revenues dip, but customer base growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/143808-t-mobile-to-begin-selling-iphone-and-all-other-phones-unsubsidized-in-2013\/t-mobile_logo_100\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-143827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-143827\" alt=\"T-Mobile_logo_100\" src=\"http:\/\/img.talkandroid.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/T-Mobile_logo_100.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>T-Mobile US released highlights of their 2013 first quarter financial results showing positive growth in their customer base. For the first time since 2009, the carrier experienced positive customer net additions. This was a result of continued strength in prepaid net additions, the seventh consecutive quarter of growth, combined with a significant improvement in postpaid losses. Those losses were down to 199,000, a 61% improvement compared to the prior year when that number was in the 500,000+ range. Overall, T-Mobile added 579,000 customers and now claims 34 million customers. The growth in customers was attributed mainly to the introduction of their new &#8220;Simple Choice&#8221; Un-carrier plans and the addition of the iPhone to their portfolio.<span id=\"more-161019\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the improvement in the customer base, T-Mobile ended the quarter with earnings of $1.2 billion and a margin of 29%. That was 12% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. This performance was achieved even though total revenue was down 7.1% year to year. T-Mobile President and CEO John Legere said, &#8220;Our first quarter operating metrics and financial results are showing positive impact from the changes we began making in the fourth quarter. Branded customer net additions turned positive for the first time since the first quarter of 2009 and our postpaid business has demonstrated significant improvement&#8230;We ended the quarter with strong operational momentum, which is continuing into the second quarter, driven by the successful launch of our Un-carrier &#8216;Simple Choice&#8217; service plan and the introduction of the iPhone into our device line-up. Things only get more exciting from here, having brought\u00a0T-Mobile USA\u00a0and MetroPCS together to create the wireless industry&#8217;s value leader and premier challenger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>T-Mobile reported capital expenditures of $1.1 billion for the first quarter as they continue the buildout of their 4G LTE network. Seven metropolitan locations were announced on March 26th and T-Mobile expects they will cover 200 million people by the end of 2013. Thus far 16,000 cell sites have been upgraded and modernized as part of T-Mobile&#8217;s Network Modernization program.<\/p>\n<p>source: <a  href=\"http:\/\/redirectingat.com\/?id=3031X597718&#038;xs=1&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Finvestor.t-mobile.com%2Fphoenix.zhtml%3Fc%3D177745%26%23038%3Bp%3Dirol-newsArticle%26%23038%3BID%3D1816782%26%23038%3Bhighlight%3D&#038;sref=rss\">T-Mobile US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Come comment on this article: <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/161019-t-mobile-revenues-dip-but-customer-base-growing\/\">T-Mobile revenues dip, but customer base growing<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><small>Visit <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/\">TalkAndroid for Android news<\/a>, <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/guides\/\">Android guides<\/a>, and much more!<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AndroidNewsGoogleAndroidForums\/~4\/gSAjL3z25Vw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T-Mobile US released highlights of their 2013 first quarter financial results showing positive growth in their customer base. For the first time since 2009, the carrier experienced positive customer net additions. 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