T-Mobile adds 4.07Mn subscribers in 2008 (USA)

T-Mobile USA, one of the country’s leading mobile operator, has added a large number of prepaid subcribers to its kitty in Q4’08, despite the introduction of the Google phone. T-Mobile is way ahead of other mobile operators in the country when it comes to prepaid subscribers, who pay less and move on contracts.

T-Mobile adds 621, 000 in Q4, of which 57% were from the prepaid segment. Looking at the annual growth, T-Mobile aaded 4.07 million subscribers including 1.13 million from SunCom Wireless’ acquisition.

Nearly 82% of T-Mobile’s subscriber base 32.8 million are using the contract tariffs.
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