T-Mobile US, Inc.

, commonly shortened to T-Mobile, is a United States based wireless network

operator whose majority shareholder is the German telecommunications company Deutsche
Telekom (DT). Its headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan
area. T-Mobile is the third largest wireless carrier in the United States with 72.6 million customers as
of Q4 2017.[5]
T-Mobile US provides wireless voice and data services in the United States, Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands under the T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands (which it acquired in a reverse
takeover in 2013, resulting in the company going public on the NASDAQ stock exchange), and also
serves as the host network for many mobile virtual network operators. The company has annual
revenues of over $40 billion.[4] Its network reaches 98 percent of Americans.[6][7][non-primary source needed] In
2015, Consumer Reports named T-Mobile the number one American wireless carrier.[8] In 2017, T-
Mobile was ranked #1 in Customer Service Satisfaction by Nielsen.[9]

T-Mobile US, Inc.

The Un-Carrier (slogan)

Type Public

Traded as NASDAQ: TMUS

NASDAQ-100 Component

Industry Wireless telecommunications

Predecessor VoiceStream Wireless Inc.

T-Mobile USA Inc.
MetroPCS Communications Inc.

Founded 1994; 24 years ago (as VoiceStream

Wireless PCS)

Founder John W. Stanton

Headquarters Bellevue, Washington, U.S.

Number of 20,100
locations (2,200 direct-owned
 13,300 exclusive 3rd party
4,600 non-exclusive 3rd party)

Area served United States

Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands

Key people Timotheus Höttges

(Chairman of the Board)
John J. Legere
(President & CEO)

J. Braxton Carter
(Executive VP & CFO)

Products Mobile telephony

Wireless broadband

Revenue US$ 40.60 billion (2017)

Operating income US$ 4.89 billion (2017)

Net income US$ 4.54 billion (2017)

Total assets US$ 70.56 billion (2017)

Total equity US$ 22.56 billion (2017)

Owner Deutsche Telekom AG. (66%)

Number of ~51,000 (2017)

employees

Divisions MetroPCS, Layer3 TV

Website www.T-Mobile.com
The telecom insurgent, led by the colorful CEO John Legere (literally: He always
wears T-Mobile magenta), has seen stellar growth, and rising morale to match, in
recent years. Employees here say the company “truly embraces diversity” and
that they feel “inspired” to be in a place where “every voice matters.”

For more on John Legere’s leadership, see “Inside T-Mobile’s Big, Brash
Comeback.”

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Rank last year

-
Years on list
2
HQ location
Bellevue, Wash.
Employees
51,600
Job openings (as of February 2018)
2,000
Industry
Telecommunications
Revenue, 2017 or most recent year ($M)
-
Year founded
1994
Type of organization
Public
Number of work sites
-
Website
http://www.t-mobile.com