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Monday 1 May 2017

T-Mobile's Profit Remains Same, but User-Growth Outlook Improved

T-Mobile US Inc. will have more subscribers in the year 2017 amid intensified competition from Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc, although there may be a negative impact on its profit.

T-Mobile is a renowned Government cell phone service provider and is the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier that will add to 3.5 million customers this year. Earlier, it had 2.8 million customers. The Washington-based company, Bellevue has also maintained its profit outlook for the year 2017, suggesting that the price to get those new customers in the door will take a hit on the extra earnings they generate.


Even at the higher end, those customers’ additions would result in a trivial strike for the fastest rising U.S. wireless carrier. In 2016, the firm reaped 4.1 million new monthly subscribers nearly two times that of the reputed Government assisted cell phone firm, Verizon.

T-Mobile is inclined to keep increasing its subscriber in order to put pressure on its bigger rivals. To maintain their affluent position in the market, both Government cell phone service providers, Verizon and AT&T, are now actively marketing mobile-phone packages, consisting of unlimited data.

T-Mobile signed 914,000 new subscribers in its first quarter. This number is 820,000 more than the analysts’ expectations.

It will be critical for T-Mobile to add new customers as well as protect profit simultaneously. The Government assisted cell phone provider Verizon’s decision to begin unlimited data services led to shares sinking of nearly every telecom stock in the month of February.

T-Mobile kept its prediction for 2017 adjusted earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes, and amortization of $10.4 billion to $10.8 billion, with analysts expecting $10.7 billion on average. In the previous year, T-Mobile displayed adjusted EBITDA of $10.4 billion.

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Chief Executive Officer John Legere says “the company counted four days in the first quarter that Verizon stole T-Mobile customers, and it is taking market share so far in the second quarter”.

Setback of Affluences

The Government cell phone service provider, T-Mobile’s latest performance may put burden on renowned Government assisted cell phone companies, i.e. Verizon and Sprint Corp. to discover potential deals to expand their wealth.

T-Mobile’s report of loss differs in comparison to a report submitted last week by Verizon about the loss of a record number of customers. Verizon’s growth seems to be stalling. Perhaps, this is why the company has decided to keep the option of taking M&A inquiries from Comcast Corporation or Walt Disney Co. hoping to get a deal that could change the fortunes of the largest wireless service provider in the United States.

On the other hand, Sprint INC. has also been trying to put its best foot forward for strengthening its position in the market.

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