Key Financial Indicators
- Overall revenue: $22 billion (+9% year-over-year)
- Service revenue: $18.2 billion (+9%)
- Net income: $2.7 billion (+11%)
- Total customers: 139.9 million
- Total postpaid wireless line net additions: 2.3 million
- Total postpaid customer net additions: 396,000
- Total broadband Internet net additions: 560,000
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T-Mobile continued to outpace its wireless peers during the third quarter (Q3) of the year, with the company posting strong customer and wireless line additions and seeing an uptick in fixed-wireless broadband Internet subscribers.
On Thursday, T-Mobile said its Q3 revenue clocked in at $22 billion, up 9 percent compared to last year, with the bulk of its revenue — $18.2 billion (up 9 percent) — attributed to its service-based offerings like consumer phone, home Internet and business solutions. On a sequential basis, service revenue was up nearly 6 percent from the $17.2 billion earned during Q2.
Net income rose to $2.7 billion, up 11 percent on a year-over basis (down 5 percent on a sequential basis), while diluted earnings per share (EPS) clocked in at $2.41, down 8 percent.
T-Mobile said strong interest in devices and wireless plans were a significant driver of revenue during the period. Total postpaid account additions clocked in at 396,000, while total wireless line additions were 2.3 million. Both were up from net additions last year. T-Mobile offers some customers free wireless lines as a longevity perk throughout the year; the company doesn’t disclose how many of its net wireless line additions are free lines of service.
T-Mobile’s prepaid wireless business also showed strong signs of health: Total prepaid net additions clocked in at 43,000 lines, nearly double the amount of net additions the company reported last year. T-Mobile offers prepaid service under several brands, including Metro by T-Mobile, Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, as well as its own brand.
Broadband momentum remained robust, with 560,000 net additions, including 506,000 5G home internet customers. That pushed total broadband subscribers to nearly 8.9 million, a 48 percent increase from a year ago, T-Mobile said.
T-Mobile ended the quarter with 139.9 million total customers, up from 127.5 million a year ago.
“Our differentiated strategy is working — more and more consumers recognize our industry-leading network and elevated customer experiences through digital innovation,” T-Mobile’s Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan said in a statement.
Gopalan is slated to become T-Mobile’s CEO next month. Outgoing CEO Mike Sievert called the company’s results proof of the “durable, profitable growth engine” T-Mobile has built since its 2020 merger with Sprint.
Service revenue rose 9 percent year-over-year to $18.2 billion, while postpaid service revenue grew 12 percent to $14.9 billion. Net income came in at $2.7 billion, down 11 percent from a year ago, as the company recorded a $208 million impairment charge tied to network assets. Diluted earnings per share were $2.41, compared with $2.61 in the same quarter last year.
T-Mobile began to differentiate itself from its rivals about a decade ago, promoting the company as the “Un-Carrier” that offered good wireless phone plans with numerous perks like in-flight Wi-Fi and access to streaming apps, without compromising on connectivity and service.
Over time, the perks have changed, and the prices of its wireless plans have gone up. Gone are the days when T-Mobile’s best plans offered all-in pricing, with taxes and fees included. Now, the average price per line of service is $85 per month, according to T-Mobile’s own website, and customers wind up shelling out more than the advertised price when taxes, fees and surcharges are factored in.
In recent months, T-Mobile has sought to different itself in other ways, promising customers a five-year, price-lock guarantee for its monthly advertised prices (the guarantee doesn’t cover ancillary costs like taxes and service-related fees) and giving its users access to satellite-based data delivery through its T-Satellite feature.
The company is also leaning on its fixed wireless home Internet bundle as a way to retain customers. T-Mobile said its 5G home Internet service typically delivers download speeds that are 50 percent faster than its next-closest competitor — which could be AT&T or Verizon, depending on the area.
