The company began in 2001 following the purchase of VoiceStream Wireless PCS by German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. Trading as T-Mobile USA, the company was the target of an AT&T takeover bid in 2011, but the deal fell through after rejection by U.S. regulators. In 2013, T-Mobile USA’s merger with MetroPCS Communications led to the company’s renaming as T-Mobile US, Inc. In April, 2020, T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation completed their merger and T-Mobile is now the whole owner of Sprint. The company provides wireless voice, messaging, and data services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, under the T-Mobile, MetroPCS, and GoSmart Mobile brands. Sprint becomes a subsidiary of T-Mobile after the acquisition, until the Sprint brand is phased out.
T-Mobile customers
T-Mobile currently has more than 104 million subscribers, of which 84 million are postpaid customers. In 2019, the company had a monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) of 36.86 U.S. dollars and a postpaid churn rate of 0.87 percent in the second quarter of 2021. Overall, T-Mobile receives a relatively high customer satisfaction index score for its mobile network quality, sharing the second place with AT&T.