Telecom & Wireless

T-Mobile Added 8.26 Million Customers in 2015

Paul Ausick

Published: February 17, 2016 7:50 am

Last Updated: January 13, 2020 1:06 pm

T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday. For the quarter, the wireless carrier posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.34 and revenues of $8.25 billion. That compared with EPS of $0.15 and revenues of $8.15 billion in fourth quarter of 2014. Adjusted EBITDA rose from $1.75 billion to $2.28 billion. Net income totaled $297 million, compared with $101 million in 2014.The consensus estimates called for EPS of $0.15 and revenue of $8.2 billion.

For the full year, T-Mobile posted EPS of $0.82 and $32.05 billion in revenue, compared with EPS of $0.30 and revenues of $29.56 billion in 2014. Analysts were looking for EPS of $0.65 and revenues of $32 billion.

For the full year, T-Mobile posted net additions of 8.26 million customers, compared with net additions of 8.33 million in 2014.

The company reported net branded postpaid customer additions of 917,000 in the fourth quarter and 3.50 million for the year. That’s down from 4.05 million net additions in 2014. Net branded prepaid customer additions totaled 469,000 in the quarter and 1.30 million for the year, up from 1.24 million at the end of 2014. Mobile broadband customer totals ended the year at 999,000, up from 839,000 in December 2014. Wholesale customer addition totaled 2.44 million in 2015 up from 2.20 million in 2014.

In its outlook, T-Mobile said it expects to deliver “strong growth” in adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow in 2016. Adjusted EBITDA is forecast in the range of $9.1 billion to $9.7 billion and capital spending of $4.5 billion to $4.8 billion. The company expects branded postpaid subscriber additions to total 2.4 million to 3.4 million.

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