T-Mobile US
American telecommunications company
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| February 9 2025 | Scheduled shutdown of GSM network begins. |
| January 2025 | Began notifying customers about the impending shutdown of the GSM network. |
| 2024 | T-Mobile was named in Time's list of influential companies for the year. |
| 2024 | Strong financial performance with revenue increasing to $81,400 million and net income rising to $11,339 million. Employee count stabilizes at 70,000. |
| September 30 2024 | T-Mobile divested its 3.45 GHz upper mid-band spectrum holdings, selling 93% to Columbia Capital for over $2.7 billion and swapping 7% with SoniqWave for 2.5 GHz licenses. |
| May 28 2024 | T-Mobile US announced its planned acquisition of UScellular's wireless operations for $4.4 billion, which includes 4 million customers, 30% of spectrum assets, and rights to over 2,000 towers. |
| May 1 2024 | T-Mobile US officially acquired Mint Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) known for offering prepaid mobile plans with discounts for longer subscription periods. |
| May 1 2024 | T-Mobile US acquired Ultra Mobile, a prepaid Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) known for international calling and texting plans. |
| April 2024 | The FCC fined T-Mobile $80 million for illegally sharing access to customers' real-time location information. T-Mobile responded by stating the decision was 'wrong' and that they intended to challenge the fine. |
| February 2024 | T-Mobile's market capitalization was valued at over US$195 billion, with shares trading at over $160 per share in February. |
| 2023 | At least two additional data breaches occurred, continuing the company's pattern of cybersecurity challenges despite previous investments in security. |
| 2023 | Significant improvement in net income, jumping from $2,590 million in 2022 to $8,317 million, while reducing workforce to 67,000 employees. |
| 2023 | T-Mobile US reported annual earnings of US$8.317 billion and annual revenue of US$78.558 billion, representing a 1.3% decrease from the previous fiscal year. |
| December 2023 | 3.7 GHz C-Band (n77) spectrum becomes available for deployment. |
| October 2023 | T-Mobile announced Ultra-Capacity 5G network covers over 300 million people, providing an average speed of 400 MB/s, two months ahead of schedule. |
| April 20 2023 | T-Mobile announced Go5G and Go5G Plus plans, along with the Essentials Saver plan. The announcement was playfully timed on 4/20, with The Verge noting the company's attempt to humorously 'smoke the competition'. |
| March 2023 | T-Mobile US agreed to acquire Ka'ena Corporation, including Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile brands, for up to $1.35 billion. Ryan Reynolds, majority stakeholder of Mint Mobile, would continue as the brand's spokesman. The acquisition was expected to close later that year, with the final price dependent on Ka'ena's performance. |
| February 13 2023 | T-Mobile users across the United States experienced widespread network outages, prompting the company to quickly respond and investigate the cellular service disruption. |
| 2022 | Slight revenue decline to $79,571 million and reduction in workforce to 71,000 employees. |
| August 2022 | T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a partnership called Coverage Above and Beyond to provide satellite-based cell phone connections throughout the US, starting with text messages and messaging apps. |
| July 1 2022 | T-Mobile retired its 1.9 GHz PCS UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ 3G network, which had been marketed as '4G' services. |
| June 30 2022 | Sprint's LTE network was discontinued, completing the final phase of network decommissioning and integration into T-Mobile's network. |
| May 31 2022 | Sprint's CDMA network was completely shut down, marking the end of its legacy network infrastructure. |
| January 31 2022 | T-Mobile bid approximately $3 billion on C-Band 3.45 GHz licenses from FCC Auction 110, covering up to 184 million people across the United States. |
| 2021 | T-Mobile continues growth trajectory, reaching $80,118 million in revenue, maintaining 75,000 employees despite pandemic challenges. |
| 2021 | T-Mobile acquired C-Band 3.7 GHz licenses, bidding over $9.3 billion to cover 225 million people nationwide. |
| August 18 2021 | T-Mobile provided an update on the data breach, revealing that hackers had accessed records of over 40 million former and prospective customers and 7.8 million existing postpaid customers, including sensitive personal information like names, birthdates, driver's license/ID numbers, and Social Security numbers. |
| August 16 2021 | T-Mobile confirmed a data breach, with hackers claiming to have obtained full customer information from T-Mobile servers. |
| March 29 2021 | T-Mobile announced the discontinuation of TVision, to be effective April 29, 2021, with plans to offer promotional bundles with Philo and YouTube TV. |
| January 22 2021 | T-Mobile unveiled Magenta MAX, a 5G smartphone plan with no throttling, offering unlimited Premium Data, 4K UHD video streaming, complimentary video services, and extensive international communication benefits. |
| January 15 2021 | T-Mobile modified the Netflix benefit, changing to Netflix Basic plan for Magenta subscribers and Netflix Standard plan for Magenta Plus and ONE Plus subscribers. |
| 2020 | Following a merger with Sprint, the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri is renamed T-Mobile Center. |
| 2020 | T-Mobile US headquarters employed 8,000 workers across ten buildings in the Factoria neighborhood of Bellevue, Washington. |
| 2020 | T-Mobile experiences significant growth during COVID-19 pandemic, with revenue jumping from $44,998 million in 2019 to $68,397 million, a 52% increase. Employee count also rises from 53,000 to 75,000. |
| 2020 | Acquired 47 GHz V-Band (n262) spectrum in auction. |
| 2020 | T-Mobile initiated a hiring plan to add 5,000 new jobs over the next year, spanning departments such as Retail, Care, T-Mobile for Business, Engineering, and network organizations. |
| December 30 2020 | TVision Home ceased operations. |
| October 27 2020 | T-Mobile US introduced over-the-top streaming services under the TVision branding, including TVision Vibe, TVision Live, and TVision Channels. |
| August 4 2020 | T-Mobile became the first operator in the world to launch standalone (SA) mode across their national 5G network. This mode improved 5G coverage by eliminating the requirement for a connection to a mid-band LTE cell, which was necessary in non-standalone mode (NSA). |
| August 2 2020 | T-Mobile officially discontinued the Sprint brand following the completion of their merger. |
| July 22 2020 | T-Mobile announced new 5G unlimited tariff plans for both T-Mobile US and Sprint customers, featuring aggressive pricing to unify the customer base. |
| July 16 2020 | T-Mobile announced the official discontinuation of the Sprint brand, setting August 2, 2020 as the date for complete brand transition. |
| July 16 2020 | T-Mobile launched Scam Shield, a service designed to protect customers from phone scammers, as part of the post-merger service improvements. |
| July 2 2020 | T-Mobile officially shut down the entire Sprint 5G network, deactivating Sprint's 2.5 GHz 5G service. Samsung Galaxy S20 5G users could access the new T-Mobile 5G network, while other Sprint customers were required to upgrade to continue 5G service. T-Mobile offered a trade-in deal for legacy Sprint 5G customers to upgrade their devices. |
| July 1 2020 | Dish Network officially purchased Boost Mobile for $1.4B, transferring 9.3 million customers as part of the merger agreement and DOJ requirements. |
| June 23 2020 | T-Mobile sent a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requesting modifications to the merger conditions, including extending 5G speed deployment deadlines and adjusting employment commitment requirements. |
| June 18 2020 | T-Mobile extended the T-Mobile Tuesdays benefit program to all Sprint postpaid customers, integrating customer offerings after the merger. |
| June 16 2020 | T-Mobile announced layoffs of hundreds of Sprint employees, with job terminations planned until August 13. The layoffs were part of a restructuring effort to make room for 200 new positions within the merged company, despite initial claims of job creation. |
| June 15 2020 | Subscribers across the United States suffered a service outage, primarily affecting voice and text services, due to routing issues. |
| April 21 2020 | T-Mobile officially launched its 2.5 GHz 5G NR network using Sprint's acquired spectrum in Philadelphia. They began shutting down Sprint's network in key cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, with plans to transition Sprint subscribers to the T-Mobile brand. |
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