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Performance Measures
In managing our business and assessing financial performance, we supplement the information provided by our condensed consolidated financial statements with other operating or statistical data and non-GAAP financial measures. These operating and financial measures are utilized by our management to evaluate our operating performance and, in certain cases, our ability to meet liquidity requirements. Although companies in the wireless communications services industry may not define each of these measures in precisely the same way, we believe that these measures facilitate comparisons with other companies in the wireless industry on key operating and financial measures.
Postpaid Accounts
A postpaid account is generally defined as a billing account number that generates revenue. Postpaid accounts generally consist of customers that are qualified for postpaid service utilizing phones, 5G broadband modems, fiber connections, mobile internet devices (including tablets and hotspots), wearables, DIGITS and other connected devices (including SyncUP and IoT), where they generally pay after receiving service.
The following table sets forth the number of ending postpaid accounts:
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Postpaid accounts (1) | 31,502 | | | 30,316 | | | 1,186 | | | 4 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 85,000 postpaid accounts from Lumos.
Postpaid Net Account Additions
The following table sets forth the number of postpaid net account additions:
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Postpaid net account additions increased 17,000, or 6%, for the three months ended, primarily from higher gross account additions, partially offset by higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base and the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and lower 5G broadband-only account additions.
Postpaid net account additions increased slightly for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from higher gross account additions, mostly offset by higher account deactivations, including the impact from a growing account base and the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and lower 5G broadband-only account additions.
Customers
A customer is generally defined as a SIM number with a unique T-Mobile identifier that is associated with an account that generates revenue. Customers are qualified either for postpaid service utilizing phones, 5G broadband modems, fiber connections, mobile internet devices (including tablets and hotspots), wearables, DIGITS and other connected devices (including SyncUP and IoT), where they generally pay after receiving service, or prepaid service, where they generally pay in advance of receiving service.
The following table sets forth the number of ending customers: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Postpaid phone customers | 80,338 | | | 77,245 | | | 3,093 | | | 4 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
Postpaid other customers (1) | 26,946 | | | 23,365 | | | 3,581 | | | 15 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Total postpaid customers | 107,284 | | | 100,610 | | | 6,674 | | | 7 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid customers (2) | 25,494 | | | 25,283 | | | 211 | | | 1 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Total customers | 132,778 | | | 125,893 | | | 6,885 | | | 5 | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
Adjustments to customers (1) (2) | 97 | | | 3,504 | | | (3,407) | | | (97) | % | | | | | | | | | | | |
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(1)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
(2)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
5G broadband customers included in Postpaid other customers were 6,556,000 and 4,992,000 as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 5G broadband customers included in Prepaid customers were 752,000 and 595,000 as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Net Customer Additions
The following table sets forth the number of net customer additions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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(1)In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos.
(2)In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through the Ka’ena Acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile.
Total net customer additions increased 254,000, or 17%, for the three months ended and increased 464,000, or 17%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The increase for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•Higher postpaid other net customer additions, primarily due to
•Higher net additions from mobile internet devices, primarily due to higher prior year deactivations of lower ARPU mobile internet devices in the educational sector activated during the Pandemic and no longer needed; and
•Higher 5G broadband net additions; partially offset by
•Increased deactivations from a growing customer base; and
•Lower net additions from wearables; and
•Higher postpaid phone net customer additions, primarily from higher gross additions and higher prepaid to postpaid migrations, partially offset by higher churn, primarily driven by the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and increased deactivations from a growing customer base; partially offset by
•Lower prepaid net customer additions, primarily from increased deactivations from a growing customer base, primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition, higher churn, and higher prepaid to postpaid migrations, partially offset by higher gross additions primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition; and
•5G broadband net customer additions included in postpaid other net customer additions were 427,000 and 358,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 5G broadband net customer additions included in prepaid net customer additions were 27,000 and 48,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The increase for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•Higher postpaid other net customer additions, primarily due to
•Higher net additions from mobile internet devices, primarily due to higher prior year deactivations of lower ARPU mobile internet devices in the educational sector activated during the Pandemic and no longer needed;
•Higher net additions from other connected devices; and
•Higher 5G broadband net additions; partially offset by
•Increased deactivations from a growing customer base; and
•Lower net additions from wearables; and
•Slightly higher postpaid phone net customer additions, primarily from higher gross additions and higher prepaid to postpaid migrations, mostly offset by higher churn, primarily driven by the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations and increased deactivations from a growing customer base; partially offset by
•Lower prepaid net customer additions, primarily from increased deactivations from a growing customer base, primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition, higher churn, and higher prepaid to postpaid migrations, partially offset by higher gross additions, primarily due to the Ka’ena Acquisition.
•5G broadband net customer additions included in postpaid other net customer additions were 814,000 and 704,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 5G broadband net customer additions included in prepaid net customer additions were 64,000 and 107,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Churn
Churn represents the number of customers whose service was deactivated as a percentage of the average number of customers during the specified period further divided by the number of months in the period. The number of customers whose service was deactivated is presented net of customers that subsequently had their service restored within a certain period of time and excludes customers who received service for less than a certain minimum period of time. We believe that churn provides management, investors and analysts with useful information to evaluate customer retention and loyalty.
The following table sets forth the churn:
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Postpaid phone churn increased 10 basis points for the three months ended and increased 7 basis points for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations.
Prepaid churn increased 11 basis points for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to normalized switching activity.
Prepaid churn increased 3 basis points for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to normalized switching activity, partially offset by the inclusion of prepaid customers associated with the Ka’ena Acquisition with lower churn.
Postpaid Average Revenue Per Account
Postpaid Average Revenue per Account (“ARPA”) represents the average monthly postpaid service revenue earned per account. Postpaid ARPA is calculated as Postpaid revenues for the specified period divided by the average number of postpaid accounts during the period, further divided by the number of months in the period. We believe postpaid ARPA provides management, investors and analysts with useful information to assess and evaluate our postpaid service revenue realization and assists in forecasting our future postpaid service revenues on a per account basis. We consider postpaid ARPA to be indicative of our revenue growth potential given the increase in the average number of postpaid phone customers per account and increases in postpaid other customers, including 5G broadband, fiber, mobile internet devices (including tablets and hotspots), wearables, DIGITS and other connected devices (including SyncUP and IoT).
The following table sets forth our operating measure ARPA: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Postpaid ARPA increased $7.33, or 5%, for the three months ended and increased $6.35, or 4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The increase for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans;
•An increase in customers per account, including from the continued adoption of 5G broadband and the continued growth of T-Mobile for Business customers; and
•Higher premium services, primarily high-end rate plans, net of contra-revenues for content included in such plans, and discounts for specific affinity groups, such as 55+, military and first responders; partially offset by
•Increased promotional activity; and
•An increase in 5G broadband and fiber-only accounts.
The increase for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•An increase in customers per account, including from the continued adoption of 5G broadband and the continued growth of T-Mobile for Business customers;
•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans; and
•Higher premium services, primarily high-end rate plans, net of contra-revenues for content included in such plans, and discounts for specific affinity groups, such as 55+, military and first responders; partially offset by
•Increased promotional activity; and
•An increase in 5G broadband and fiber-only accounts.
Average Revenue Per User
Average Revenue per User (“ARPU”) represents the average monthly service revenue earned per customer. ARPU is calculated as service revenues for the specified period divided by the average number of customers during the period, further divided by the number of months in the period. We believe ARPU provides management, investors and analysts with useful information to assess and evaluate our service revenue per customer and assist in forecasting our future service revenues generated from our customer base. Postpaid phone ARPU excludes postpaid other customers and related revenues, which include 5G broadband, fiber, mobile internet devices (including tablets and hotspots), wearables, DIGITS and other connected devices (including SyncUP and IoT).
The following table sets forth our operating measure ARPU:
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Postpaid Phone ARPU
Postpaid phone ARPU increased $1.55, or 3%, for the three months ended and increased $1.07, or 2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from:
•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans; and
•Higher premium services, primarily high-end rate plans, net of contra-revenues for content included in such plans, and discounts for specific affinity groups, such as 55+, military and first responders; partially offset by
•Increased promotional activity, including the success of bundled offerings; and
•Continued growth in T-Mobile for Business customers with lower ARPU given larger account sizes.
Prepaid ARPU
Prepaid ARPU decreased $1.31, or 4%, for the three months ended and decreased $1.87, or 5%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily from the inclusion of lower ARPU prepaid customers associated with the Ka’ena Acquisition.
Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before Interest expense, net of Interest income, Income tax expense, Depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation and certain expenses, gains and losses, which are not reflective of our ongoing operating performance (“Special Items”). Special Items include Sprint Merger-related costs, UScellular Merger-related costs, certain legal-related expenses, restructuring costs not directly attributable to the Sprint Merger or UScellular Merger (including severance), and other non-core gains and losses. Core Adjusted EBITDA represents Adjusted EBITDA less device lease revenues. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by Service revenues. Core Adjusted EBITDA margin represents Core Adjusted EBITDA divided by Service revenues.
Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Core Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures utilized by our management, including our chief operating decision maker, to monitor the financial performance of our operations and allocate resources of the Company as a whole. We historically used Adjusted EBITDA, and we currently use Core Adjusted EBITDA internally as a measure to evaluate and compensate our personnel and management for their performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA as benchmarks to evaluate our operating performance in comparison to our competitors. Management believes analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental measures to evaluate overall operating performance and to facilitate comparisons with other wireless communications services companies because they are indicative of our ongoing operating performance and trends by excluding the impact of interest expense from financing, non-cash depreciation and amortization from capital investments, non-cash stock-based compensation, and Special Items. Management believes analysts and investors use Core Adjusted EBITDA because it normalizes for the transition in the Company’s device financing strategy, by excluding the impact of device lease revenues from Adjusted EBITDA, to align with the exclusion of the related depreciation expense on leased devices from Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Core Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA margin have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for income from operations, net income or any other measure of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP.
The following table illustrates the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA and reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA to Net income, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:
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(1)Stock-based compensation includes payroll tax impacts and may not agree with stock-based compensation expense on the condensed consolidated financial statements. Additionally, certain stock-based compensation expenses associated with the Sprint Merger have been included in Sprint Merger-related (gain) costs, net.
(2)Sprint Merger-related (gain) costs, net, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, includes the $100 million gain recognized for the extension fee previously paid by DISH associated with the license purchase agreement for 800 MHz spectrum licenses, which was not purchased.
(3)UScellular Merger-related costs generally include pre-merger consulting and legal fees.
(4)Legal-related expenses, net, consists of the settlement of certain litigation and compliance costs associated with the August 2021 cyberattack and is presented net of insurance recoveries.
(5)Other, net, primarily consists of certain severance, restructuring and other expenses, gains and losses, not directly attributable to the Sprint Merger or UScellular Merger, which are not reflective of T-Mobile’s core business activities and are, therefore, excluded from Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA.
NM - Not meaningful
Core Adjusted EBITDA increased $514 million, or 6%, for the three months ended and increased $1.2 billion, or 7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The components comprising Core Adjusted EBITDA are discussed further above.
The increase for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•Higher Total service revenues; and
•Higher Equipment revenues, excluding Lease revenues; partially offset by
•Higher Cost of equipment sales;
•Higher Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding Special Items; and
•Higher Cost of services, excluding Special Items.
Adjusted EBITDA increased $494 million, or 6%, for the three months ended and increased $1.1 billion, or 7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the fluctuations in Core Adjusted EBITDA, discussed above, partially offset by lower lease revenues, which decreased $20 million for the three months ended and decreased $54 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operations, proceeds from issuance of debt, financing leases, the sale of certain receivables, the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) and an unsecured short-term commercial paper program. Further, the incurrence of additional indebtedness may inhibit our ability to incur new debt in the future to finance our business strategy under the terms governing our existing and future indebtedness.
Cash Flows
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Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities increased $1.5 billion, or 27%, for the three months ended and increased $3.2 billion, or 30%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The increase for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•A $1.3 billion decrease in net cash outflows from changes in working capital, primarily due to lower use of cash from Accounts receivable, Other current and long-term liabilities and Short- and long-term operating lease liabilities, partially offset by higher use of cash from Other current and long-term assets; and
•A $205 million increase in Net income, adjusted for non-cash income and expenses.
•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of the Pledge Amendments as described below.
•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of $61 million and $241 million in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The increase for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•A $2.4 billion decrease in net cash outflows from changes in working capital, primarily due to lower use of cash from Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, Accounts receivable, Short- and long-term operating lease liabilities and Other current and long-term liabilities, partially offset by higher use of cash from Inventory, Other current and long-term assets and Equipment installment plan receivables; and
•An $868 million increase in Net income, adjusted for non-cash income and expenses.
•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of the Pledge Amendments as described below.
•Net cash provided by operating activities includes the impact of $122 million and $534 million in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities decreased $119 million, or 7%, for the three months ended and increased $1.5 billion, or 43%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The use of cash for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•$2.4 billion in Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest, from the continued build-out of our nationwide 5G network;
•$908 million in Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, net, primarily from the joint acquisition of Lumos; and
The use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•$4.8 billion in Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest, from the continued build-out of our nationwide 5G network;
•$983 million in Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, net, primarily from the joint acquisition of Lumos;
•$726 million of cash consideration, net of cash acquired, related to our acquisitions of Vistar and Blis; partially offset by
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities increased $3.1 billion, or 74%, for the three months ended and decreased $1.8 billion, or 31%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The use of cash for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•$3.3 billion in Repayments of long-term debt;
•$2.6 billion in Repurchases of common stock;
•$996 million in Dividends on common stock; and
•$331 million in Repayments of financing lease obligations.
The use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•$5.0 billion in Repurchases of common stock;
•$3.7 billion in Repayments of long-term debt;
•$2.0 billion in Dividends on common stock;
•$646 million in Repayments of financing lease obligations; and
•$302 million in Tax withholdings on share-based awards; partially offset by
•$7.8 billion in Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As of June 30, 2025, our Cash and cash equivalents were $10.3 billion compared to $5.4 billion at December 31, 2024.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
Adjusted Free Cash Flow represents Net cash provided by operating activities less cash payments for Purchases of property and equipment, plus Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions. Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP financial measure utilized by management, investors and analysts of our financial information to evaluate cash available to pay debt, repurchase shares, pay dividends and provide further investment in the business. Adjusted Free Cash Flow margin is calculated as Adjusted Free Cash Flow divided by Service revenues. Adjusted Free Cash Flow margin is utilized by management, investors, and analysts to evaluate the Company’s ability to convert service revenue efficiently into cash available to pay debt, repurchase shares, pay dividends and provide further investment in the business.
The table below provides a reconciliation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow to Net cash provided by operating activities, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:
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Adjusted Free Cash Flow increased $157 million, or 4%, for the three months ended and increased $1.2 billion, or 15%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The increase for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•Higher Net cash provided by operating activities, as described above; partially offset by
•Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions recognized in the prior year; and
•Higher Cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest, driven by planned timing of capital purchases.
•Adjusted Free Cash Flow includes the impact of $61 million and $241 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs.
The increase for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily from:
•Higher Net cash provided by operating activities, as described above; partially offset by
•Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions recognized in the prior year; and
•Higher Cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest, driven by planned timing of capital purchases.
•Adjusted Free Cash Flow includes the impact of $122 million and $534 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, in net payments for Sprint Merger-related costs.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no significant net cash proceeds from securitization.
On October 22, 2024, we executed amendments (the “Pledge Amendments”) to the EIP Sale Arrangement and the Service Receivable Sale Arrangement (as discussed in Note 5 – Sales of Certain Receivables of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Following the effective date of the Pledge Amendments of November 1, 2024, all cash proceeds associated with the sale of such receivables, a portion of which, prior to November 1, 2024, were recognized as Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions within Net cash used in investing activities on our
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, were recognized as operating cash flows. The Pledge Amendments did not have a net impact on Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
Borrowing Capacity
We maintain a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) with an aggregate commitment amount of $7.5 billion. As of June 30, 2025, there was no outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility.
We maintain an unsecured short-term commercial paper program with the ability to borrow up to $2.0 billion from time to time. This program supplements our other available external financing arrangements and proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. As of June 30, 2025, there was no outstanding balance under this program.
Debt Financing
On January 31, 2025, our wholly owned subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, Inc., entered into a credit agreement with certain financial institutions, backed by an Export Credit Agency (the “ECA Facility”), providing for a loan of up to $1.0 billion. On March 17, 2025, we drew down the full $1.0 billion available under the ECA Facility and recognized the net proceeds within Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
As of June 30, 2025, our total debt and financing lease liabilities were $85.3 billion, excluding our tower obligations, of which $76.5 billion was classified as long-term debt and $1.2 billion was classified as long-term financing lease liabilities.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we issued long-term debt for net proceeds of $7.8 billion, including proceeds from the ECA Facility, and repaid short-term debt with an aggregate principal amount of $3.7 billion.
For more information regarding our debt financing transactions, see Note 8 – Debt of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
License Purchase Agreements
On August 8, 2022, we entered into License Purchase Agreements to acquire spectrum in the 600 MHz band from Channel 51 License Co LLC and LB License Co, LLC (together with Channel 51 License Co LLC, the “Sellers”) in exchange for total cash consideration of $3.5 billion. On March 30, 2023, we and the Sellers entered into Amended and Restated License Purchase Agreements, pursuant to which we and the Sellers agreed to bifurcate the transaction into two tranches of licenses, with the closings on the acquisitions of certain licenses in Chicago, Dallas and New Orleans being deferred in order to potentially expedite the regulatory approval process for the remainder of the licenses. Subsequently, on August 25, 2023, we and the Sellers entered into Amendments No. 1 to the Amended and Restated License Purchase Agreements, whereby we deferred the closings of certain additional licenses in Chicago and Dallas into the second closing tranche. Together, the licenses with closings deferred into the second closing tranche represent approximately $1.1 billion of the aggregate $3.5 billion cash consideration.
The FCC approved the purchase of the first tranche on December 29, 2023. The first tranche closed on June 24, 2024, and the associated payment of $2.4 billion was made on August 5, 2024.
The FCC approved the purchase of the Dallas licenses included in the second tranche on October 22, 2024. The purchase of the Dallas licenses closed on December 6, 2024, and the associated payment of $541 million was made on the same day.
The FCC approved the remaining Chicago and New Orleans deferred licenses from the second tranche on April 15, 2025. The purchase of the remaining licenses closed on June 2, 2025, and the associated payment of $604 million was made on the same day.
On September 12, 2023, we entered into a License Purchase Agreement with Comcast (the “Comcast License Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which we will acquire spectrum in the 600 MHz band from Comcast in exchange for total cash consideration of between $1.2 billion and $3.3 billion, subject to an application for FCC approval. The licenses are subject to an exclusive leasing arrangement between us and Comcast entered into contemporaneously with the Comcast License Purchase Agreement. On January 13, 2025, we and Comcast entered into an amendment to the Comcast License Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which we will acquire additional spectrum. Subsequent to the amendment, the total cash consideration for the transaction is between $1.2 billion and $3.4 billion. We anticipate the closing will occur in the first half of 2028.
On September 10, 2024, we entered into a License Purchase Agreement with N77 License Co LLC (“Buyer”), pursuant to which Buyer has the option to purchase all or a portion of our remaining 3.45 GHz spectrum licenses in exchange for a range of cash consideration, with the specific licenses sold to be determined based upon the amount of committed financing raised by Buyer. Following receipt of the required regulatory approvals, on April 30, 2025, we completed the sale of a portion of our 3.45 GHz spectrum licenses for $2.0 billion.
On May 30, 2025, we entered into a License and Unit Purchase Agreement with NEWLEVEL IV, L.P. and NEWLEVEL, LLC, both of which are affiliates of Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), pursuant to which we will sell our 800 MHz spectrum licenses in exchange for cash consideration of $2.9 billion and the receipt of Grain’s 600 MHz spectrum licenses, which we are currently utilizing under lease agreements with Grain. In addition, we may receive a share of certain future proceeds from transactions entered into by Grain that monetize the 800 MHz spectrum licenses, subject to certain terms and conditions and following a certain return on invested capital for Grain. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and contingent on the receipt of regulatory approvals, including the FCC’s approval regarding certain modifications to the 800 MHz spectrum licenses, and is currently expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 or first quarter of 2026. In addition, we expect an increase to our cash income tax liability of approximately $850 million upon the transaction close.
Lumos Joint Venture
On April 24, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with Fund VI to establish a joint venture between us and Fund VI to acquire Lumos from EQT’s predecessor fund, EQT Infrastructure III. On April 1, 2025, we completed the joint acquisition of Lumos. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we invested $932 million to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and 97,000 fiber customers. The funds invested by us will be used to fund future fiber builds. In addition, pursuant to the definitive agreement, we expect to make an additional capital contribution of approximately $500 million between 2027 and 2028 under the existing business plan.
For more information regarding the Lumos joint venture, see Note 3 – Joint Ventures of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Acquisition of Ka’ena Corporation
On May 1, 2024, we completed the Ka’ena Acquisition. The total purchase price consists of an upfront payment on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date and an earnout payable on August 1, 2026.
Based on the adjusted amount paid upfront, an additional $420 million in future cash and T-Mobile common stock is payable in satisfaction of the earnout.
For more information regarding the Ka’ena Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Acquisition of UScellular Wireless Business
On May 24, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with UScellular pursuant to which, among other things, we will acquire substantially all of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 billion, payable in cash and the assumption of up to $2.0 billion of debt through exchange offers to certain UScellular debtholders prior to closing.
On May 23, 2025, we launched exchange offers for any and all of certain outstanding senior notes of UScellular. In conjunction with the Exchange Offers, we also solicited consents for each series of the outstanding senior notes of UScellular to effect a number of amendments to the applicable indenture under which each such series of notes were issued and are governed. As of July 1, 2025, the total principal amount of certain outstanding UScellular senior notes validly tendered was $1.7 billion. To the extent any debtholders do not participate in the Exchange Offers, their senior notes will continue as obligations of UScellular, and the cash portion of the purchase price will be correspondingly increased. The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are subject to the closing of the UScellular Acquisition and will expire on August 1, 2025.
On July 11, 2025, we received all necessary regulatory approvals, and the UScellular Acquisition is expected to close on August 1, 2025.
On July 22, 2025, we entered into asset purchase agreements for the acquisition of substantially all of the wireless operations assets of each of Farmers Cellular Telephone Company, Inc., Iowa RSA No. 9 Limited Partnership, and Iowa RSA No. 12
Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Iowa Entities”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $170 million. These transactions are expected to close concurrently with the UScellular Acquisition on August 1, 2025.
Following the closing of the transaction, UScellular will retain ownership of its other spectrum, as well as its towers. Subject to the closing of the transaction, we will enter into a 15-year master license agreement to lease space on at least 2,100 towers being retained and to extend our tenancy term on approximately 600 towers where we are already leasing space from UScellular for 15 years post-closing. We estimate the incremental future minimum lease payments associated with the master license agreement will be $1.4 billion over 15 years post-closing.
Metronet Joint Venture
On July 18, 2024, we entered into a definitive agreement with KKR to establish a joint venture to acquire Metronet. At closing, we expect to invest approximately $4.6 billion, adjusted for Metronet’s incremental pre-close debt financing, to acquire a 50% equity interest in the joint venture and all existing residential fiber customers, as well as funding of the joint venture. We do not anticipate making further capital contributions following the closing under the existing business plan. On July 9, 2025, we received all necessary regulatory approvals, and the joint acquisition of Metronet is expected to close on July 24, 2025.
For more information regarding the Metronet joint venture, see Note 3 – Joint Ventures of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Acquisition of Vistar Media Inc.
Upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, on February 3, 2025, we completed the Vistar Acquisition, and as a result, Vistar became a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile. In exchange, we transferred cash of $621 million.
For more information regarding the Vistar Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Acquisition of Blis Holdco Limited
Upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, on March 3, 2025, we completed the Blis Acquisition, and as a result, Blis became a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile. In exchange, we transferred cash of $180 million.
For more information regarding the Blis Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have arrangements, as amended from time to time, to sell certain EIP accounts receivable and service accounts receivable on a revolving basis as a source of liquidity. As of June 30, 2025, we derecognized net receivables of $1.6 billion upon sale through these arrangements.
Future Sources and Uses of Liquidity
We may seek additional sources of liquidity, including through the issuance of additional debt, to continue to opportunistically acquire spectrum licenses or other long-lived assets in private party transactions, make strategic investments, repurchase shares, pay dividends or for the refinancing of existing long-term debt on an opportunistic basis. Excluding liquidity that could be needed for acquisitions of businesses, spectrum and other long-lived assets, or for any potential stockholder returns, we expect our principal sources of funding to be sufficient to meet our anticipated liquidity needs for business operations for the next 12 months, as well as our longer-term liquidity needs. Our intended use of any such funds is for general corporate purposes, including for capital expenditures, spectrum purchases, opportunistic investments and acquisitions, redemption of debt, tower obligations, share repurchases, and dividend payments.
We determine future liquidity requirements for operations, capital expenditures, share repurchases and dividend payments based in large part upon projected financial and operating performance, and opportunities to acquire additional spectrum or repurchase shares. We regularly review and update these projections for changes in current and projected financial and operating results, general economic conditions, the competitive landscape and other factors. We have incurred, and will incur, substantial expenses to comply with the Government Commitments (as defined below), and we have incurred all of the remaining restructuring and integration costs associated with the Sprint Merger, with the cash expenditures for the Sprint Merger-related costs extending beyond 2024. There are a number of additional risks and uncertainties that could cause our financial and operating results and capital requirements to differ materially from our projections, which could cause future liquidity to differ materially from our assessment.
The indentures, supplemental indentures and credit agreements governing our long-term debt to affiliates and third parties, excluding financing leases, contain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Issuers or borrowers and the Guarantor Subsidiaries to incur more debt, create liens or other encumbrances, and merge, consolidate or sell, or otherwise dispose of, substantially all of their assets. We were in compliance with all restrictive debt covenants as of June 30, 2025.
Financing Lease Facilities
We have uncommitted financing lease facilities with certain third parties that provide us with the ability to enter into financing leases for network equipment and services. We expect to enter into up to a total of $1.2 billion in financing lease commitments during the year ending December 31, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, we have entered into $10.6 billion of financing leases under these financing lease facilities, of which $424 million and $667 million was executed during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Capital Expenditures
Our liquidity requirements for capital expenditures have been driven primarily by capital expenditures for spectrum licenses, the construction, expansion and upgrading of our network infrastructure, the integration of the networks, spectrum, technology, personnel and customer base of T-Mobile and Sprint, which is substantially complete, and investments in information technology platforms. We expect to maintain our investment in capital expenditures related to these efforts in 2025 compared to 2024, as we continue to build out our nationwide 5G network and our digital transformation. Future capital expenditure requirements will be primarily driven by the deployment of acquired spectrum licenses.
Stockholder Returns
On December 13, 2024, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized our 2025 Stockholder Return Program of up to $14.0 billion that will run through December 31, 2025. The 2025 Stockholder Return Program consists of repurchases of shares of our common stock and the payment of cash dividends. The declaration and payment of all dividends is subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on financial and legal requirements and other considerations. The amount available under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program for share repurchases will be reduced by the amount of any cash dividends declared and paid by us.
The 2025 Stockholder Return Program is consistent with the Company’s capital allocation framework outlined during its Capital Markets Day in September 2024. As discussed at Capital Markets Day, the Company expects its business plan to support approximately $80.0 billion in investments and capital returns between September 18, 2024, and the end of 2027. The Company currently plans to allocate such funds as follows:
•Up to $50.0 billion for share repurchases and cash dividends, which includes the 2025 Stockholder Return Program;
•Approximately $19.0 billion in a discretionary and flexible envelope for potential activities, which may include de-levering, investments in our core business, strategic investments, and/or additional capital returns to stockholders beyond the $50.0 billion initial allocation; and
On November 21, 2024, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our issued and outstanding common stock, which was paid on March 13, 2025, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 28, 2025.
On February 6, 2025, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our issued and outstanding common stock, which was paid on June 12, 2025, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 30, 2025.
On June 5, 2025, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our issued and outstanding common stock, which will be paid on September 11, 2025, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 29, 2025.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, we paid an aggregate of $996 million and $2.0 billion, respectively, in cash dividends to our stockholders, which was presented within Net cash used in financing activities on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. As of June 30, 2025, $986 million for dividends payable is presented within Other current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we repurchased 10,148,791 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $243.32 for a total purchase price of $2.5 billion, and during the six months ended June 30, 2025, we repurchased 20,240,018 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $244.04 for a total purchase price of $4.9 billion, under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program. As of June 30, 2025, we had up to $7.1 billion remaining under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program for repurchases of shares and quarterly dividends through December 31, 2025.
Subsequent to June 30, 2025, from July 1, 2025, through July 18, 2025, we repurchased 2,032,767 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $232.16 for a total purchase price of $472 million under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program. As of July 18, 2025, we had up to $6.6 billion remaining under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program for repurchases of shares and quarterly dividends through December 31, 2025.
Related Party Transactions
We have related party transactions associated with DT, SoftBank or their respective affiliates in the ordinary course of business, including intercompany servicing and licensing.
As of July 18, 2025, DT and SoftBank held, directly or indirectly, approximately 52.2% and 5.7%, respectively, of the outstanding T-Mobile common stock, with the remaining approximately 42.1% of the outstanding T-Mobile common stock held by other stockholders. As a result of the Proxy, Lock-Up and ROFR Agreement, dated April 1, 2020, by and between DT and SoftBank, DT has voting control, as of July 18, 2025, over approximately 57.5% of the outstanding T-Mobile common stock.
Disclosure of Iranian Activities under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act
Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and the Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act. Section 13(r) requires an issuer to disclose in its annual or quarterly reports, as applicable, whether it or any of its affiliates knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings relating to Iran or with designated natural persons or entities involved in terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Disclosure is required even where the activities, transactions or dealings are conducted outside the U.S. by non-U.S. affiliates in compliance with applicable law, and whether or not the activities are sanctionable under U.S. law.
As of the date of this report, we are not aware of any activity, transaction or dealing by us or any of our affiliates for the three months ended June 30, 2025, that requires disclosure in this report under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, except as set forth below with respect to affiliates that we do not control and that are our affiliates solely due to their common control with either DT or SoftBank. We have relied upon DT and SoftBank for information regarding their respective activities, transactions and dealings.
DT, through certain of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, is party to roaming and interconnect agreements with the following mobile and fixed line telecommunication providers in Iran, some of which are or may be government-controlled entities: Irancell Telecommunications Services Company, Telecommunication Kish Company, Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, and Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran. In addition, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, DT, through certain of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, provided basic telecommunications services to seven customers in Germany identified on
the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control: Bank Melli, Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank, CPG Engineering & Commercial Services GmbH, Golgohar Trade and Technology GmbH, International Trade and Industrial Technology ITRITEC GmbH, The Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kara Industrial Trading GmbH. These services are in the process of being terminated, in particular by undertaking appropriate legal steps before German courts. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, gross revenues of all DT affiliates generated by roaming and interconnection traffic and telecommunications services with the Iranian parties identified herein were less than $0.1 million, and the estimated net profits were less than $0.1 million.
In addition, DT, through certain of its non-U.S. subsidiaries that operate a fixed-line network in their respective European home countries (in particular, Germany), provides telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business to the Embassy of Iran in those European countries. Gross revenues and net profits recorded from these activities for the three months ended June 30, 2025, were less than $0.1 million. We understand that DT intends to continue these activities.
Separately, SoftBank, through one of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, provides roaming services in Iran through Irancell Telecommunications Services Company. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, SoftBank had no gross revenues from such services, and no net profit was generated. We understand that the SoftBank subsidiary intends to continue such services. This subsidiary also provides telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business to accounts affiliated with the Embassy of Iran in Japan. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, SoftBank estimates that gross revenues and net profit generated by such services were both under $0.1 million. We understand that the SoftBank subsidiary is obligated under contract and intends to continue such services.
In addition, SoftBank, through one of its non-U.S. indirect subsidiaries, provides office supplies to the Embassy of Iran in Japan. SoftBank estimates that gross revenues and net profit generated by such services during the three months ended June 30, 2025, were both under $0.1 million. We understand that the SoftBank subsidiary intends to continue such activities.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies and estimates as previously disclosed in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to economic risks in the normal course of business, primarily from changes in interest rates, including changes in investment yields and changes in spreads due to credit risk, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and other factors. These risks, along with other business risks, impact our cost of capital. Our policy is to manage exposure related to fluctuations in interest rates in order to manage capital costs, control financial risks and maintain financial flexibility over the long term. We have established interest rate risk limits that are closely monitored by measuring interest rate sensitivities of our debt portfolio. As of June 30, 2025, we have €4.8 billion outstanding in EUR-denominated Senior Notes, which are subject to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We have entered into cross-currency swap agreements that qualify and have been designated as fair value hedges of our EUR-denominated debt, mitigating our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses. We do not foresee significant changes in the strategies used to manage market risk in the near future.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Our disclosure controls include the use of a Disclosure Committee that is comprised of representatives from our Accounting, Legal, Treasury, Technology, Risk Management, Government Affairs and Investor Relations functions and are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under
the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q.
The certifications required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) are filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Form 10-Q.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In the second quarter of 2025, we began implementation of a new global enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system. The implementation is expected to occur in phases over the next several years and will replace many of our operating and financial systems. The ERP system is designed to accurately maintain our financial records, support integrated billing, supply chain and other operational functionality, facilitate data analysis and accelerate information reporting to our management team related to the operation of the business. During the second quarter of 2025, we made changes to our internal control over financial reporting to address processes impacted by the ERP system implementation.
As the phased implementation of the new ERP system continues, we could have additional changes to our processes and procedures which, in turn, could result in additional changes to our internal control over financial reporting. As such changes occur, we will evaluate quarterly whether such changes materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
Other than the above-noted changes, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Other than the updated risk factors below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Any acquisition, divestiture, investment, joint venture or merger may subject us to significant risks, any of which may harm our business.
We may pursue acquisitions of, investments in, or joint ventures or mergers with, other companies, or the acquisition of technologies, services, products or other assets that we believe would complement or expand our business. We may also elect to divest some of our assets to third parties. Some of these potential transactions could be significant relative to the size of our business and operations. Any such transaction would involve a number of risks and could present financial, managerial and operational challenges, including:
•diversion of management attention from running our existing business;
•increased costs to integrate the networks, spectrum, technology, personnel, customer base, distributors and business partners and business practices of the company involved in any such transaction with our business;
•increased interest expense and leverage or limits on other uses of cash;
•potential loss of talent during integration due to differences in culture, locations, or other factors;
•difficulties in effectively integrating the financial, operational and sustainability systems of the business involved in any such transaction into (or supplanting such systems with) our financial, operational and sustainability reporting infrastructure and internal control framework in an effective and timely manner;
•risks of entering markets in which the Company has no or limited experience and where competitors have stronger market positions;
•to the extent any acquired business has any international operations, potential exposures to risks associated with maintaining and expanding such operations, including unfavorable and uncertain regulatory, political, economic, tax and labor conditions;
•potential exposure to material liabilities not discovered in the due diligence process or as a result of any litigation arising in connection with any such transaction;
•significant transaction-related expenses in connection with any such transaction, whether consummated or not;
•risks related to our ability to obtain any required regulatory approvals necessary to consummate any such transaction; and
•any business, technology, service, or product involved in any such transaction may significantly under-perform relative to our expectations, and we may not achieve the benefits we expect from the transaction, which could, among other things, also result in a write-down of goodwill and other intangible assets associated with such transaction.
We have entered into joint venture agreements aimed at establishing a robust fiber broadband network that complements our fixed wireless services. Once closed, differences in views among the joint venture participants may result in delayed decisions or disputes. Operating through joint ventures in which we do not hold a majority ownership interest results in us having limited control over many decisions made with respect to the businesses of the joint ventures. We also cannot control the actions of our joint venture partners. These joint ventures may not be subject to the same requirements regarding internal controls and internal control over financial reporting that we follow. As a result, internal control problems may arise with respect to these joint ventures. Any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and could also affect our reputation.
Additionally, in connection with our Sprint Merger and related transactions, including the acquisition by DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”) of certain prepaid wireless business (the “Prepaid Transaction”), we agreed to fulfill various government commitments (the “Government Commitments”), including, among others, extensive 5G network build-out, delivering high-speed wireless services to the vast majority of Americans and marketing our in-home fixed wireless product to households
where spectrum capacity is sufficient, as well as commitments related to national security, pricing and availability of rate plans. These Government Commitments materially increased our compliance obligations and could result in additional expenses and/or penalties in the future. In connection with the Prepaid Transaction, we and DISH entered into certain arrangements, including a Master Network Services Agreement (the “MNSA”), pursuant to which we provide DISH, for a period of seven years, network services for certain end users and infrastructure mobile network operator services to assist in the access and integration of the DISH network.
Any failure to fulfill our obligations under the Government Commitments and the MNSA in a timely manner could result in substantial fines, penalties, or other legal and administrative actions, liabilities, and reputational harm.
Economic, political and market conditions may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.
Our business, financial condition, and operating results are affected by changes in general economic conditions, including interest rates, consumer credit conditions, consumer debt levels, consumer confidence, unemployment rates, economic growth, tariffs and trade restrictions, fluctuations in global currencies, immigration policies, energy costs, rates of inflation (or concerns about deflation), supply chain disruptions, impacts of current geopolitical conflict or instability, such as the Ukraine-Russia, Iran-Israel and Israel-Hamas wars and further escalations thereof, and other macroeconomic factors.
The wireless industry, broadly, is dependent on population growth, including growth in the immigrant population. As a result, we expect the wireless industry’s customer growth rate to be moderate in comparison with historical growth rates, leading to ongoing competition for customers. In addition, the Government Commitments place certain limitations on our ability to increase prices, which limits our ability to pass along growing costs to customers. Rising prices for goods, services, and labor due to inflation, including inflation resulting from higher tariffs, restrictions and other economic disincentives to trade, could adversely impact our margins and/or growth.
Our services and device financing plans are available to a broad customer base, a significant segment of which may be vulnerable to weak economic conditions, particularly our subprime customers. We may have greater difficulty in gaining new customers within this segment, and existing customers may be more likely to terminate service and default on device financing plans due to an inability to pay.
Weak economic and credit conditions may also adversely impact our suppliers, dealers, wholesale partners or MVNOs, and enterprise and government customers, some of which may file for bankruptcy, or may experience cash flow or liquidity problems, or may be unable to obtain or refinance credit such that they may no longer be able to operate. Any of these could adversely impact our ability to distribute, market, or sell our products and services.
Changes to trade policies, including higher tariffs, restrictions and other economic disincentives to trade, may lead to operational delays, higher procurement and operational costs, and regulatory and compliance complexities, resulting in supply chain disruptions and higher prices and lower demand for devices and services we sell.
As a provider of telecommunications services, we depend on suppliers to provide us, directly or through other suppliers, with items such as equipment for our network, handsets, tablets, accessories, other mobile communication devices, other components and raw materials. Changes or proposed changes in U.S. or other countries’ trade policies that result in higher tariffs, restrictions and other economic disincentives to international trade may materially increase the costs we incur in developing, deploying and maintaining our network and offering products and services to our customers. A certain portion of the increased costs may be absorbed by certain suppliers, but some suppliers may struggle to absorb the increased costs, especially over the long term, potentially leading to supply disruptions or cost pass-throughs to us, which may lead to us increasing the prices we charge our customers. In addition, rapid changes in trade policies may negatively affect procurement timelines and supplier relationships and may introduce new compliance requirements. We may face potential delays in sourcing critical equipment due to customs clearance and supply chain bottlenecks, and material changes to cost structures could pressure our expenses and customer pricing.
Our attempts to mitigate potential disruptions to our supply chain and offset procurement and operational cost pressures, such as through alternative sourcing and/or increases in the selling prices of some of our products and services, may not be successful. Higher product or service prices for our customers may make it more difficult to attract new customers or cause increases in customer churn. Furthermore, we may not be able to offset any cost increases through productivity and cost-saving initiatives. To the extent that cost increases result in significant increases in our expenditures, or if our price increases are not sufficient to offset these increased costs adequately or in a timely manner, and/or if our revenues decrease, our business, financial condition or operating results may be adversely affected.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The table below provides information regarding our share repurchases during the three months ended June 30, 2025:
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(1) On December 13, 2024, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stockholder return program for up to $14.0 billion that will run through December 31, 2025. The amounts presented represent the remaining dollar amount authorized for purchase under the 2025 Stockholder Return Program, as applicable, as of the end of the period, which has been reduced by the amount of any cash dividends declared and paid by the Company.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
During the three months ended June 30, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or officers , modified, or any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| July 23, 2025 | | /s/ Peter Osvaldik | |
| | Peter Osvaldik | |
| | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
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