Another three months have passed and yet again we are reporting about the eccentric John Legere and his unique use of punctuation cooing over 1.6 million net additions to T-Mobile US subscriber numbers.  

With these new customers in the 21st consecutive quarter of at least 1 million net adds, it now takes total subscribers in the T-Mobile US grasp to 75.6 million. Total revenues are up 4% to $10.6 billion across the second quarter, while the 4G LTE network now covers now covers 323 million people, just 2 million short of the end-2018 target.  

“T-Mobile just recorded its best Q2 in company history,” said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile US. “That means 21 quarters with over one million net adds, record-high service revenues, industry-leading postpaid phone net additions, and record-low postpaid phone churn. Our business is strong, our strategy is working and we won’t stop.”  

While these numbers are certainly something for the boisterous and unconventional CEO to shout about, the earnings call leaned naturally towards the much-anticipated tie up between T-Mobile US and Sprint. While the deal is working its way through the regulatory approval process in typically slug-like fashion, there are whispers in corners of the industry it may well be blocked by the watchdogs.  

Fortunately for T-Mobile US, aside from scale and more efficient operational processes, it doesn’t seem to need Sprint that much. Yes, the boost to subscription numbers, the existing footprint and certain spectrum assets would be welcomed, but T-Mobile US is a company which is continuing to gather momentum on its own. The team boasted of an aggressive deployment of 600 MHz across the quarter, augmenting existing low-band capabilities on 700 MHz, while also being awarded the fastest LTE network according to Ookla, and winning 5 of 7 categories in most recent OpenSignal study.