Company profile
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Bellevue, United States
- Ownership
- Majority-owned by Deutsche Telekom AG; publicly traded
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The analyses
The Disruptor's Playbook · Business Model
T-Mobile Burned the Contract to Win the Market. Now It's Quietly Raising Prices.
The Uncarrier playbook killed contracts and even paid your $375 early-termination fee to switch. It was real disruption. But by 2024 T-Mobile was raising legacy plans $2-$5 a line - and its CEO promised more in 2025. The weapon was always for the growth phase.
7 min
The Turnaround · Decision Forks
AT&T Tried to Buy T-Mobile. It Accidentally Funded the Company That Ate Its Lunch.
In 2011 AT&T agreed to pay $39B for T-Mobile. When regulators killed it, the breakup penalty handed Deutsche Telekom $3B cash plus spectrum — about $4B in total. T-Mobile used the would-be acquirer's money to build the strategy that took its customers.
8 min