T-Mobile Races Ahead on 5G in U.S.

摘要

T-Mobile's turnaround started eight years ago, following a failed takeover by AT&T. It had lost 1.7 million customers the previous year and was a distant fourth among wireless carriers in the U.S., with a network so dinky that Apple Inc. didn't even bother making a version of the iPhone for it. Recasting itself as an irreverent, pink-hued underdog, T-Mobile US Inc. has not only caught up with larger rivals, but actually begins 2021 with a significant lead building out a 5G network in the U.S. Last April, T-Mobile purchased Sprint Corp. for $26.5 billion. The deal, which followed multiple unsuccessful attempts at consolidation among carriers in the last decade, created a company with a vast spectrum on which to build its next-generation network.