T-Mobile US, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Oct 23, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Oct 23, 2025
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Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-07-23.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsPerformance MeasuresCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-10-23.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsPerformance MeasuresThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Transaction Overview
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The UScellular Wireless Business offers a comprehensive range of wireless communications products and services. As a combined company, we expect to increase competition in the U.S. wireless and broadband industries, achieve synergies and enhance our rural 5G coverage with our combined network footprint. Following the closing of the transactions, UScellular and the Iowa Entities will retain ownership of their other spectrum licenses, as well as their towers.
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On August 1, 2025, upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals (the “UScellular Acquisition Date”), we completed the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business (the “UScellular Acquisition”), and as a result, the UScellular Wireless Business became wholly owned by T-Mobile. In exchange, on the UScellular Acquisition Date, we transferred cash of $2.8 billion. Additionally, the closing of the UScellular Acquisition obligated us to execute the Exchange Offers. On August 5, 2025, we executed the Exchange Offers of certain senior notes of UScellular with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $1.7 billion for T-Mobile notes with the same interest rate, interest payment dates, maturity dates and redemption terms as each corresponding series of senior notes of UScellular.
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UScellular Merger-Related Costs
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UScellular merger-related costs associated with the UScellular Acquisition to date include:
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•Integration costs to achieve efficiencies in network, retail, information technology and back office operations and migrate customers to the T-Mobile network and billing systems;
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•Restructuring costs, including severance and network decommissioning; and
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•Transaction costs, including legal and professional services related to the completion of the UScellular Acquisition.
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UScellular merger-related costs are presented below:
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Anticipated Impacts
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Our UScellular Acquisition restructuring and integration activities are expected to occur over the next two years with substantially all costs incurred and associated cash payments made by the end of fiscal year 2027. We are evaluating additional restructuring initiatives associated with the UScellular Acquisition, which are dependent on consultations and negotiation with certain counterparties and the expected impact on our business operations, which could affect the amount or timing of the costs and related payments.
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As a result of our ongoing restructuring and integration activities, we expect to realize cost efficiencies by eliminating redundancies within our combined network as well as other business processes and operations. Upon completion of these activities, we expect to achieve total annual run rate cost synergies of $1.2 billion, consisting of $950 million in operating expenses and $250 million in capital expenditures.
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Postpaid revenues increased $1.6 billion, or 12%, for the three months ended and increased $3.7 billion, or 10%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily from:
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•Higher average postpaid accounts, including following the acquisitions of UScellular, Metronet and Lumos; and
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Prepaid revenues decreased $91 million, or 3%, for the three months ended and increased $200 million, or 3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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•Higher average prepaid customers.
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The decrease for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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•A higher number of devices sold, primarily driven by higher postpaid upgrades and following the UScellular Acquisition; and
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•A higher number of devices sold, primarily driven by higher postpaid upgrades and following the UScellular Acquisition, partially offset by lower Assurance Wireless devices; and
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•Higher costs following the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business; and
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•Wholesale network access costs and amortization of customer installation fees paid to Metronet and Lumos; partially offset by
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•Lower repair and maintenance expenses.
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•Wholesale network access costs and amortization of customer installation fees paid to Metronet and Lumos; and
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•Higher costs following the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business; mostly offset by
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•Lower repair and maintenance expenses; and
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•A higher number of devices sold, primarily driven by higher postpaid upgrades and following the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business; and
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•A higher number of devices sold, primarily driven by higher postpaid upgrades and following the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business, partially offset by lower Assurance Wireless devices; and
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•Higher personnel-related costs, including payroll, benefits and restructuring;
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•Higher costs following the UScellular Acquisition, including merger-related costs; and
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•Higher advertising expenses.
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•Higher personnel-related costs, including payroll, benefits and restructuring;
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•Higher advertising expenses;
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•Higher costs following the UScellular Acquisition, including merger-related costs; and
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Impairment expensewas $278 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, due to the impairment of capitalized software development costs related to our billing system. See Note 6 – Property and Equipment of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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Depreciation and amortization increased $257 million, or 8%, for the three months ended and was relatively flat for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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The slight decrease for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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•Higher depreciation expense from assets acquired in the UScellular Acquisition.
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Other (expense) income, netchanged $85 million, from net income of $7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, to a net expense of $78 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and changed $154 million, from net income of $19 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, to a net expense of $135 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily from our proportionate share of losses from the Lumos and Metronet joint ventures.
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Income tax expense decreased $94 million, or 10%, for the three months ended and increased $242 million, or 10%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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•Lower income before income taxes; partially offset by
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On July 11, 2025, we received all necessary regulatory approvals, and the UScellular Acquisition is expected to close on August 1, 2025. Upon closing of the transaction, we expect to account for the UScellular transaction as a business combination and to consolidate the acquired operations. Our estimates for total annual run rate cost synergies and total cost to achieve the integration will be updated subsequent to closing of the transaction.
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•Higher average postpaid accounts.
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Prepaid revenues increased $51 million, or 2%, for the three months ended and increased $291 million, or 6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from:
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•An increase of $337 million in liquidation revenue, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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•Higher site costs related to the continued build-out of our nationwide 5G network; partially offset by
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The decrease for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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•Higher site costs related to the continued build-out of our nationwide 5G network.
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•An increase of $684 million in device cost of equipment sales, primarily from higher average cost per device sold, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix, including the impact of higher postpaid device upgrades and lower Assurance Wireless device sales; and
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•An increase of $256 million in liquidation costs, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $255 million, or 5%, for the three months ended and increased $605 million, or 6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from:
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•Higher payroll and benefit related expenses, including from the impact of acquisitions;
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•Higher advertising expenses; and
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Other (expense) income, net was insignificant for both periods.
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Our effective tax rate was 24.7% and 22.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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•An increase in excess tax benefits related to the vesting of restricted stock awards.
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Our effective tax rate was 23.9% and 23.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Net income included a Sprint Merger-related gain, net of Sprint Merger-related costs and tax, of $6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and Sprint Merger-related costs, net of Sprint Merger-related gain and tax, of $91 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. There were no Sprint Merger-related costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Postpaid net account additions increased slightly for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from higher gross account additions, mostly offset by higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base and the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and lower 5G broadband-only account additions.
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•Higher 5G broadband net additions; partially offset by
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•Higher 5G broadband net additions; partially offset by
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Prepaid churn increased 11 basis points for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to normalized switching activity.
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Postpaid ARPA increased $7.33, or 5%, for the three months ended and increased $6.35, or 4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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•An increase in 5G broadband and fiber-only accounts.
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•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans; and
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•An increase in 5G broadband and fiber-only accounts.
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•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans; and
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(3)UScellular Merger-related costs generally include pre-merger consulting and legal fees.
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•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of $61 million and $241 million in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of $122 million and $534 million in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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The use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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Net cash used in financing activities increased $3.1 billion, or 74%, for the three months ended and decreased $1.8 billion, or 31%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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The use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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•$7.8 billion in Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net.
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Adjusted Free Cash Flow increased $157 million, or 4%, for the three months ended and increased $1.2 billion, or 15%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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•Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions recognized in the prior year; and
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•Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions recognized in the prior year; and
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Investors and others should note that we announce material information to our investors using our investor relations website (https://investor.t-mobile.com), newsroom website (https://t-mobile.com/news), press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. We intend to also use certain social media accounts as a means of disclosing information about us and our services and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD (the @TMobileIR X account (https://x.com/TMobileIR), the @MikeSievert X account (https://x.com/MikeSievert) and our Chief Executive Officer’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sievert), both of which Mr. Sievert also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, and the @TMobileCFO X account (https://x.com/tmobilecfo) and our Chief Financial Officer’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-osvaldik-3887394), both of which Mr. Osvaldik also uses as a means for personal communication and observations). 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 our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that we intend to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on our investor relations website.
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Investors and others should note that we announce material information to our investors using our investor relations website (https://investor.t-mobile.com), newsroom website (https://t-mobile.com/news), press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. We intend to also use certain social media accounts as a means of disclosing information about us and our services and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD (the @TMobileIR X account (https://x.com/TMobileIR), the @MikeSievert X account (https://x.com/MikeSievert) and our Chief Executive Officer’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sievert), both of which Mr. Sievert also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, the @SriniGopalan X account (https://x.com/SriniGopalan) and our COO’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srini-gopalan/), both of which Mr. Gopalan also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, and the @TMobileCFO X account (https://x.com/tmobilecfo) and our Chief Financial Officer’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-osvaldik-3887394), both of which Mr. Osvaldik also uses as a means for personal communication and observations). 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 our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that we intend to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on our investor relations website.
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Our MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read together with, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, and audited consolidated financial statements, included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Except as expressly stated, the financial condition and results of operations discussed throughout our MD&A are those of T-Mobile US, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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Our MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read together with, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, and audited consolidated financial statements, included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Except as expressly stated, the financial condition and results of operations discussed throughout our MD&A are those of T-Mobile US, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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On May 24, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with United States Cellular Corporation (“UScellular”), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., and USCC Wireless Holdings, LLC, pursuant to which, among other things, we will acquire substantially all of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 billion, payable in cash and the assumption of up to $2.0 billion of debt through exchange offers to certain UScellular debtholders prior to closing (the “UScellular Acquisition”).
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On May 24, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with United States Cellular Corporation (“UScellular”), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., and USCC Wireless Holdings, LLC for the acquisition of substantially all of UScellular’s wireless operations and select AWS, PCS, 600 MHz, 700 MHz and other spectrum assets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 billion, payable in cash and the assumption of up to $2.0 billion of debt through exchange offers to certain UScellular debtholders.
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On May 23, 2025, we launched exchange offers for any and all of certain outstanding senior notes of UScellular. In conjunction with the Exchange Offers, we also solicited consents for each series of the outstanding senior notes of UScellular to effect a number of amendments to the applicable indenture under which each such series of notes were issued and are governed. As of July 1, 2025, the total principal amount of certain outstanding UScellular senior notes validly tendered was $1.7 billion. To the extent any debtholders do not participate in the Exchange Offers, their senior notes will continue as obligations of UScellular, and the cash portion of the purchase price will be correspondingly increased. The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are subject to the closing of the UScellular Acquisition and will expire on August 1, 2025.
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On May 23, 2025, we launched exchange offers (the “Exchange Offers”) for any and all of certain outstanding senior notes of UScellular for new notes of T-Mobile with the same interest rate, interest payment dates, maturity dates and redemption terms as each corresponding series of senior notes of UScellular. In conjunction with the Exchange Offers, we also solicited consents for each series of the outstanding senior notes of UScellular to effect a number of amendments to the applicable indenture under which each such series of notes were issued and are governed (the “Consent Solicitations”). The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were subject to the closing of the UScellular acquisition, which occurred on August 1, 2025.
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On July 22, 2025, we entered into asset purchase agreements for the acquisition of substantially all of the wireless operations assets of each of Farmers Cellular Telephone Company, Inc., Iowa RSA No. 9 Limited Partnership, and Iowa RSA No. 12
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On July 22, 2025, we entered into asset purchase agreements for the acquisition of substantially all of the wireless operations assets (together with UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets, the “UScellular Wireless Business”) of each of Farmers Cellular Telephone Company, Inc., Iowa RSA No. 9 Limited Partnership, and Iowa RSA No. 12 Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Iowa Entities”) for an aggregate purchase price of $175 million payable in cash. Prior to our acquisition of the Iowa Entities, UScellular held a minority interest in each of the Iowa Entities.
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On May 1, 2024 (the “Ka’ena Acquisition Date”), we completed the merger with Ka’ena Corporation and its subsidiaries, including, among others, Mint Mobile LLC (collectively, “Ka’ena”), and as a result, Ka’ena became a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile (the “Ka’ena Acquisition”). The total purchase price consists of an upfront payment on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date and an earnout payable on August 1, 2026. On the Ka’ena Acquisition Date, and in satisfaction of the upfront payment, we transferred $420 million in cash and 3,264,952 shares of T-Mobile common stock valued at $536 million as determined based on its closing market price on April 30, 2024, for a total payment fair value of $956 million. A portion of the upfront payment made on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date was for the settlement of the preexisting wholesale relationship with Ka’ena. The amount of the upfront payment was subject to customary adjustments, and as a result of such adjustments, $17 million of the upfront payment was returned to T-Mobile during the fourth quarter of 2024, which resulted in a commensurate increase in the maximum payable in satisfaction of the earnout.
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On May 1, 2024 (the “Ka’ena Acquisition Date”), we completed the merger with Ka’ena Corporation and its subsidiaries, including, among others, Mint Mobile LLC (collectively, “Ka’ena”), and as a result, Ka’ena became a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile (the “Ka’ena Acquisition”). The total purchase price consists of an upfront payment on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date and an earnout payable in the third quarter of 2026. On the Ka’ena Acquisition Date, and in satisfaction of the upfront payment, we transferred $420 million in cash and 3,264,952 shares of T-Mobile common stock valued at $536 million as determined based on its closing market price on April 30, 2024, for a total payment fair value of $956 million. A portion of the upfront payment made on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date was for the settlement of the preexisting wholesale relationship with Ka’ena. The amount of the upfront payment was subject to customary adjustments, and as a result of such adjustments, $17 million of the upfront payment was returned to T-Mobile during the fourth quarter of 2024, which resulted in a commensurate increase in the maximum payable in satisfaction of the earnout.
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Sprint Merger-related costs were excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as we do not consider these costs to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance. See “Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A.
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Sprint Merger-related costs were excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as we do not consider these costs to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance. See “Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A.
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On April 24, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with a fund operated by EQT, EQT Infrastructure VI (“Fund VI”), to establish a joint venture between us and Fund VI to acquire Lumos (“Lumos”), a fiber-to-the-home platform, from EQT’s predecessor fund, EQT Infrastructure III. On April 1, 2025, we completed the joint acquisition of Lumos, upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we invested $932 million to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and 97,000 fiber customers. The funds invested by us will be used to fund future fiber builds. In addition, pursuant to the definitive agreement, we expect to make an additional capital contribution of approximately $500 million between 2027 and 2028 under the existing business plan. Following the joint acquisition, Lumos transitioned to a wholesale model where we are the anchor tenant owning residential and small business customer relationships. We account for the Lumos joint venture under the equity method of accounting with our proportionate share of earnings presented within Other (expense) income, net on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We recognize revenues for fiber customers and the related wholesale costs paid to the joint venture for network access within Postpaid revenues and Cost of services, respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
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On April 24, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with a fund operated by EQT, EQT Infrastructure VI (“Fund VI”), to establish a joint venture between us and Fund VI to acquire Lumos (“Lumos”), a fiber-to-the-home platform, from EQT’s predecessor fund, EQT Infrastructure III. On April 1, 2025, we completed the joint acquisition of Lumos, upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we invested $932 million to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and 97,000 fiber customers. The funds invested by us will be used by the joint venture to fund future fiber builds. In addition, pursuant to the definitive agreement, we expect to make an additional capital contribution of approximately $500 million between 2027 and 2028 under the existing business plan. Following the joint acquisition, Lumos transitioned to a wholesale model where we are the anchor tenant owning residential and small business customer relationships.
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On July 18, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with KKR & Co. Inc. (“KKR”) to establish a joint venture to acquire Metronet Holdings, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Metronet”), a fiber-to-the-home platform. At closing, we expect to invest approximately $4.6 billion, adjusted for Metronet’s incremental pre-close debt financing, to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and all existing residential fiber customers, as well as funding of the joint venture. We do not anticipate making further capital contributions following the closing under the existing business plan. Following the joint acquisition, Metronet will become a wholesale services provider, and its residential fiber retail operations and customers will transition to us. On July 9, 2025, we received all necessary regulatory approvals, and the joint acquisition of Metronet is expected to close on July 24, 2025. Upon closing of the transaction, we expect to account for the Metronet joint venture under the equity method of accounting and recognize revenues for fiber customers and the related wholesale costs paid to the joint venture for network access within Postpaid revenues and Cost of services, respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
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On July 18, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with KKR & Co. Inc. to establish a joint venture to acquire Metronet Holdings, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Metronet”), a fiber-to-the-home platform. On July 24, 2025, we completed the joint acquisition of Metronet upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we invested $4.6 billion to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and 713,000 residential fiber customers. Following the joint acquisition, Metronet became a wholesale services provider, and its residential fiber retail operations and customers transitioned to us. We do not anticipate making further capital contributions under the existing business plan.
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The following discussion and analysis is for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same periods in 2024, unless otherwise stated.
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The following discussion and analysis is for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the same periods in 2024, unless otherwise stated.
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Total revenues increased $1.4 billion, or 7%, for the three months ended and increased $2.7 billion, or 7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The components of these changes are discussed below.
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Total revenues increased $1.8 billion, or 9%, for the three months ended and increased $4.4 billion, or 7%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The components of these changes are discussed below.
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•Higher postpaid ARPA. See “Postpaid ARPA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A; and
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•Higher postpaid ARPA. See “Postpaid ARPA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A.
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Wholesale and other service revenues decreased $221 million, or 24%, for the three months ended and decreased $595 million, or 30%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from:
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Wholesale and other service revenues increased $33 million, or 5%, for the three months ended and decreased $562 million, or 21%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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Equipment revenues increased $333 million, or 11%, for the three months ended and increased $786 million, or 12%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Equipment revenues increased $258 million, or 8%, for the three months ended and increased $1.0 billion, or 11%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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•An increase of $510 million in device sales revenue, primarily from higher average revenue per device sold, net of promotions, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix, including the impact of higher postpaid device upgrades and lower Assurance Wireless device sales; and
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•Higher average revenue per device sold, net of promotions, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix.
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•An increase of $221 million in device sales revenue, primarily from higher average revenue per device sold, net of promotions, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix, including the impact of higher postpaid device upgrades and lower Assurance Wireless device sales; and
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•Higher average revenue per device sold, net of promotions, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix; and
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•An increase of $147 million in liquidation revenue, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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•An increase in liquidation revenue, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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Total operating expenses increased $777 million, or 5%, for the three months ended and increased $1.3 billion, or 4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The components of this change are discussed below.
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Total operating expenses increased $2.1 billion, or 13%, for the three months ended and increased $3.3 billion, or 7%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The components of this change are discussed below.
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Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, increased $53 million, or 2%, for the three months ended and decreased slightly for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, increased $151 million, or 6%, for the three months ended and increased slightly for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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•A decrease of $73 million in Sprint Merger-related costs related to network decommissioning and integration recognized in the prior year.
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•A decrease of $173 million in Merger-related costs related to network decommissioning and integration recognized in the prior year.
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Cost of equipment sales, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, increased $571 million, or 14%, for the three months ended and increased $970 million, or 11%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Cost of equipment sales, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, increased $546 million, or 13%, for the three months ended and increased $1.5 billion, or 12%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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•An increase of $431 million in device cost of equipment sales, primarily from higher average cost per device sold, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix, including the impact of higher postpaid device upgrades and lower Assurance Wireless device sales; and
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•An increase in device cost of equipment sales, primarily from:
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•An increase of $124 million in liquidation costs, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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•An increase in liquidation costs, primarily due to a higher number of liquidated devices.
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Postpaid revenues increased $1.2 billion, or 9%, for the three months ended and increased $2.1 billion, or 8%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from:
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Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $829 million, or 16%, for the three months ended and increased $1.4 billion, or 9%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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The increase for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
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The increase for the three months ended September 30, 2025, was primarily due to higher depreciation expense from assets acquired in the UScellular Acquisition.
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Depreciation and amortization decreased $102 million, or 3%, for the three months ended and decreased $275 million, or 4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from higher depreciation expense from the acceleration of certain technology assets in the prior year.
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•Higher depreciation expense from the acceleration of certain technology assets in the prior year; offset by
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Operating income, the components of which are discussed above, increased $583 million, or 13%, for the three months ended and increased $1.4 billion, or 16%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Operating income, the components of which are discussed above, decreased $266 million, or 6%, for the three months ended and increased $1.1 billion, or 8%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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Interest expense, net increased $68 million, or 8%, for the three months ended and increased $104 million, or 6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from higher interest expense related to the issuances of Senior Notes during the first quarter of 2025.
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Interest expense, net increased $88 million, or 11%, for the three months ended and increased $192 million, or 7%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily from higher interest expense due to higher average debt outstanding and a higher average effective interest rate.
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Income before income taxes, the components of which are discussed above, was $4.3 billion and $3.8 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $8.1 billion and $6.9 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Income before income taxes, the components of which are discussed above, was $3.5 billion and $4.0 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $11.6 billion and $10.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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•Tax benefits recognized in the prior period from adjustments to certain tax reserves.
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•Net tax benefits recognized in the prior period from adjustments to certain tax reserves.
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Net income, the components of which are discussed above, was $3.2 billion and $2.9 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $6.2 billion and $5.3 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Net income, the components of which are discussed above, was $2.7 billion and $3.1 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $8.9 billion and $8.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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(1) The decrease in Due to non-guarantors was primarily driven by the impact of certain intercompany settlements during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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(1) The decrease in Due to non-guarantors was primarily driven by the impact of certain intercompany settlements during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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(1) The decrease in Due to non-guarantors was primarily driven by the impact of certain intercompany settlements during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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(1) The decrease in Due to non-guarantors was primarily driven by the impact of certain intercompany settlements during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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Income tax expense increased $215 million, or 26%, for the three months ended and increased $336 million, or 21%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Postpaid net account additions increased 81,000, or 26%, for the three months ended and increased 85,000, or 10%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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Postpaid net account additions increased 17,000, or 6%, for the three months ended, primarily from higher gross account additions, partially offset by higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base and the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and lower 5G broadband-only account additions.
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•Higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base.
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(1)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
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(3)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
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(2)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
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(4)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
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5G broadband customers included in Postpaid other customers were 6,556,000 and 4,992,000 as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 5G broadband customers included in Prepaid customers were 752,000 and 595,000 as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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5G broadband customers included in Postpaid other customers were 7,163,000 and 5,377,000 as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 5G broadband customers included in Prepaid customers were 792,000 and 625,000 as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Fiber customers included in Postpaid other customers were 934,000 as of September 30, 2025.
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(1)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
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(3)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
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(2)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
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(4)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
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UScellular merger-related costs have been excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as we do not consider these costs to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance. See “Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A. Net cash payments for UScellular merger-related costs, including payments related to our restructuring plan, are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and our calculation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
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We account for the Lumos and Metronet joint ventures under the equity method of accounting with our proportionate share of earnings presented within Other (expense) income, net on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We recognize revenues for fiber customers and the related wholesale costs paid to the joint ventures for network access within Postpaid revenues and Cost of services, respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
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•Lower prepaid ARPU. See “Prepaid ARPU” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A; partially offset by
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•Higher advertising revenues, primarily from the acquisitions of Vistar and Blis; partially offset by
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•Lower MVNO revenues, including lower DISH and TracFone MVNO revenues.
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•An increase in device sales revenue, primarily from:
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•An increase in device sales revenue, primarily from:
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•Higher average cost per device sold, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix.
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•An increase in device cost of equipment sales, primarily from:
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•Higher average cost per device sold, primarily driven by an increase in the high-end phone mix; and
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•Higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base; and
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•The temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations.
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•Higher net additions from other connected devices; partially offset by
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•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans;
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•Increased promotional activity, including the success of bundled offerings.
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•Higher Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding Special Items;
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•Higher Equipment revenues, excluding Lease revenues; partially offset by
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•Higher Cost of services, excluding Special Items.
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On August 29, 2025, our wholly owned subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, Inc., entered into a credit agreement with certain financial institutions, backed by an Export Credit Agency (an “ECA Facility”), providing for a loan of up to $1.0 billion (the “ECA Facility due November 2036”). As of September 30, 2025, the ECA Facility due November 2036 is undrawn.
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On July 24, 2025, we completed the joint acquisition of Metronet. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we invested $4.6 billion to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and 713,000 residential fiber customers. We do not anticipate making further capital contributions following the closing under the existing business plan.
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For more information regarding the UScellular Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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On June 5, 2025, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our issued and outstanding common stock, which was paid on September 11, 2025, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 29, 2025.
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Net cash payments for Sprint Merger-related costs, including payments related to our restructuring plan, are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and our calculation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow and were $61 million and $241 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $122 million and $534 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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On May 23, 2025, we launched exchange offers for any and all of certain outstanding senior notes of UScellular (the “Exchange Offers”). In conjunction with the Exchange Offers, we also solicited consents for each series of the outstanding senior notes of UScellular to effect a number of amendments to the applicable indenture under which each such series of notes were issued and are governed (the “Consent Solicitations”). As of July 1, 2025, the total principal amount of certain outstanding UScellular senior notes validly tendered was $1.7 billion. To the extent any debtholders do not participate in the Exchange Offers, their senior notes will continue as obligations of UScellular, and the cash portion of the purchase price will be correspondingly increased. The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are subject to the closing of the UScellular Acquisition and will expire on August 1, 2025.
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•A decrease of $180 million in Sprint Merger-related costs related to network decommissioning and integration recognized in the prior year; mostly offset by
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•Higher income before income taxes; and
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•Tax benefits recognized in the prior period from adjustments to certain tax reserves; partially offset by
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•Increased deactivations from a growing customer base; and
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•Lower prepaid net customer additions, primarily from increased deactivations from a growing customer base, primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition, higher churn, and higher prepaid to postpaid migrations, partially offset by higher gross additions primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition; and
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•Higher net additions from mobile internet devices, primarily due to higher prior year deactivations of lower ARPU mobile internet devices in the educational sector activated during the Pandemic and no longer needed;
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•Increased deactivations from a growing customer base; and
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•Lower net additions from wearables; and
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•An increase in customers per account, including from the continued adoption of 5G broadband and the continued growth of T-Mobile for Business customers;
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•Higher premium services, primarily high-end rate plans, net of contra-revenues for content included in such plans, and discounts for specific affinity groups, such as 55+, military and first responders; partially offset by
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•Higher premium services, primarily high-end rate plans, net of contra-revenues for content included in such plans, and discounts for specific affinity groups, such as 55+, military and first responders; partially offset by
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•$915 million in Purchases of spectrum and intangible assets, including the remaining 600 MHz spectrum licenses purchased from Channel 51 License Co LLC and LB License Co, LLC (see Note 6 – Goodwill, Spectrum License Transactions and Other Intangible Assets of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements); and
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•$2.1 billion in Proceeds from the sale of property, equipment and intangible assets, primarily from the sale of a portion of the 3.45 GHz licenses to N77 License Co LLC (see Note 6 – Goodwill, Spectrum License Transactions and Other Intangible Assets of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).
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•$3.7 billion in Repayments of long-term debt;
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•Higher Cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest, driven by planned timing of capital purchases.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, were recognized as operating cash flows. The Pledge Amendments did not have a net impact on Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
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On May 24, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with UScellular pursuant to which, among other things, we will acquire substantially all of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 billion, payable in cash and the assumption of up to $2.0 billion of debt through exchange offers to certain UScellular debtholders prior to closing.
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Subsequent to June 30, 2025, from July 1, 2025, through July 18, 2025, we repurchased 2,032,767 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $232.16 for a total purchase price of $472 million under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program. As of July 18, 2025, we had up to $6.6 billion remaining under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program for repurchases of shares and quarterly dividends through December 31, 2025.