T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) of T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile,” “we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company”) includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including information concerning our future results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “could” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The following important factors, along with the Risk Factors included in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q, could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements:

•competition, industry consolidation and changes in the market for wireless communications services and other forms of connectivity;

•cyberattacks, disruptions, data loss or other security breaches;

•our inability to adopt and deploy network technologies in a timely and effective manner;

•our inability to effectively execute our digital initiatives and drive customer and employee adoption of emerging technologies;

•our inability to retain or motivate key personnel, hire qualified personnel or maintain our corporate culture;

•system failures and business disruptions, allowing for unauthorized use of or interference with our network and other systems;

•the scarcity and cost of additional wireless spectrum, and regulations relating to spectrum use;

•the timing and effects of any pending and future acquisition, investment, joint venture, merger, or divestiture involving us, including our inability to obtain any required regulatory approval necessary to consummate any such transactions or to achieve the expected benefits of such transactions;

•adverse economic, political or market conditions in the U.S. and international markets, including changes resulting from increases in oil prices, inflation or interest rates, tariffs and trade restrictions, supply chain disruptions, fluctuations in global currencies, immigration policies, and impacts of geopolitical instability, such as global conflict, wars and further escalations thereof;

•operational delays, higher procurement costs, such as memory chip cost impacts on smartphones, and operational costs, and increased regulatory and compliance complexities, for example, as a result of changes to trade policies, including higher tariffs, restrictions and other economic disincentives to trade;

•our inability to successfully deliver new products and services;

•any failure or inability of our third parties (including key suppliers) to provide products or services for the operation of our business;

•sociopolitical volatility and polarization and risks related to environmental, social and governance matters;

•our substantial level of indebtedness and our inability to service our debt obligations in accordance with their terms;

•changes in the credit market conditions, credit rating downgrades or an inability to access debt markets;

•our inability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting;

•compliance with the current regulatory framework, including our national security obligations, and any changes in regulations or in the regulatory framework under which we operate;

•laws and regulations relating to the handling of privacy, data protection and artificial intelligence (“AI”);

•unfavorable outcomes of and increased costs from existing or future regulatory or legal proceedings;

•difficulties in protecting our intellectual property rights or if we infringe on the intellectual property rights of others;

•our offering of regulated financial services products and exposure to a wide variety of state and federal regulations;

•new or amended tax laws or regulations or administrative interpretations and judicial decisions affecting the scope or application of tax laws or regulations;

•our wireless licenses, including those controlled through leasing agreements, are subject to renewal and may be revoked;

•our exclusive forum provision as provided in our Certificate of Incorporation;

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•interests of Deutsche Telekom AG (“DT”), our controlling stockholder, which may differ from the interests of other stockholders;

•our current and future stockholder return programs may not be fully utilized, and our share repurchases and dividend payments pursuant thereto may fail to have the desired impact on stockholder value; and

•future sales of our common stock by DT and our inability to attract additional equity financing outside the United States due to foreign ownership limitations by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”).

Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Investors and others should note that we announce material information to our investors using our investor relations website (https://investor.t-mobile.com), newsroom website (https://t-mobile.com/news), press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. We intend to also use certain social media accounts as a means of disclosing information about us and our services and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD (the @TMobileIR X account (https://x.com/TMobileIR), the @SriniGopalan X account (https://x.com/SriniGopalan) and our CEO’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srini-gopalan/), both of which Mr. Gopalan also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, and the @TMobileCFO X account (https://x.com/tmobilecfo) and our Chief Financial Officer’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-osvaldik-3887394), both of which Mr. Osvaldik also uses as a means for personal communications and observations). The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these social media channels in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that we intend to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on our investor relations website.

Overview

The objectives of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) are to provide users of our condensed consolidated financial statements with the following:

•A narrative explanation from the perspective of management of our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect future results;

•Context to the condensed consolidated financial statements; and

•Information that allows assessment of the likelihood that past performance is indicative of future performance.

Our MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read together with, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, and audited consolidated financial statements, included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Except as expressly stated, the financial condition and results of operations discussed throughout our MD&A are those of T-Mobile US, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Acquisition of UScellular Wireless Business

Transaction Overview

On August 1, 2025 (the “UScellular Acquisition Date”), we completed the acquisition (the “UScellular Acquisition”) of substantially all of United States Cellular Corporation’s (“UScellular”) wireless operations and select spectrum assets and 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 “UScellular Wireless Business”). In exchange, on the UScellular Acquisition Date, we transferred cash of $2.8 billion. Additionally, the closing of the UScellular Acquisition obligated us to execute exchange offers, which were launched on May 23, 2025 (the “Exchange Offers”). On August 5, 2025, we executed the Exchange Offers of certain senior notes of UScellular with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $1.7 billion for T-Mobile notes.

For more information regarding the UScellular Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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UScellular Merger-Related Costs

Merger-related costs associated with the UScellular Acquisition to date include:

•Integration costs to achieve efficiencies in network, retail, information technology and back office operations and migrate customers to the T-Mobile network and billing systems;

•Restructuring costs, including contract terminations, severance and network decommissioning; and

•Transaction costs, including legal and professional services related to the completion of the UScellular Acquisition.

See Note 15 – Restructuring Costs of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

UScellular merger-related costs have been excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as we do not consider these costs to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance. See “Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A. Net cash payments for UScellular merger-related costs, including payments related to our restructuring plan, are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and our calculation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow.

UScellular merger-related costs are presented below:

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Anticipated Impacts

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

The objectives of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) are to provide users of our consolidated financial statements with the following:

•A narrative explanation from the perspective of management of our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect future results;

•Context to the consolidated financial statements; and

•Information that allows assessment of the likelihood that past performance is indicative of future performance.

Our MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read together with, our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, included in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K. Except as expressly stated, the financial condition and results of operations discussed throughout our MD&A are those of T-Mobile US, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Acquisition of UScellular Wireless Business

Transaction Overview

On May 24, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with United States Cellular Corporation (“UScellular”), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., and USCC Wireless Holdings, LLC for the acquisition of substantially all of UScellular’s wireless operations and select AWS, PCS, 600 MHz, 700 MHz and other 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.

On May 23, 2025, we launched exchange offers (the “Exchange Offers”) for any and all of certain outstanding senior notes of UScellular for new notes of T-Mobile with the same interest rate, interest payment dates, maturity dates and redemption terms as each corresponding series of 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 (the “Consent Solicitations”). The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were subject to the closing of the UScellular Acquisition (as defined below), which occurred 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 (together with UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets, the “UScellular Wireless Business”) 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 $175 million payable in cash. Prior to our acquisition of the Iowa Entities, UScellular held a minority interest in each of the Iowa Entities.

The UScellular Wireless Business offers a comprehensive range of wireless communications products and services. As a combined company, we expect to increase competition in the telecommunications industry, achieve synergies and enhance our rural 5G coverage with our combined network footprint. Following the closing of the transactions, UScellular and the Iowa Entities will retain ownership of their other spectrum licenses, as well as their towers.

On August 1, 2025, upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals (the “UScellular Acquisition Date”), we completed the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business, and as a result, the UScellular Wireless Business became wholly owned by T-Mobile. In exchange, on the UScellular Acquisition Date, we transferred cash of $2.8 billion. Additionally, the closing of the UScellular Acquisition obligated us to execute the Exchange Offers. On August 5, 2025, we executed the Exchange Offers of certain senior notes of UScellular with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $1.7 billion for T-Mobile notes with the same interest rate, interest payment dates, maturity dates and redemption terms as each corresponding series of senior notes of UScellular.

For more information regarding the UScellular Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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UScellular Merger-Related Costs

Merger-related costs associated with the UScellular Acquisition to date include:

•Integration costs to achieve efficiencies in network, retail, information technology and back office operations and migrate customers to the T-Mobile network and billing systems;

•Restructuring costs, including contract terminations, severance and network decommissioning; and

•Transaction costs, including legal and professional services related to the completion of the UScellular Acquisition.

UScellular merger-related costs have been excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as we do not consider these costs to be reflective of our ongoing operating performance. See “Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA” in the “Performance Measures” section of this MD&A. Net cash payments for UScellular merger-related costs, including payments related to our restructuring plan, are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and our calculation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow.

UScellular merger-related costs are presented below:

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Anticipated Impacts

As a result of our UScellular Acquisition restructuring and integration activities, we expect to realize cost efficiencies by eliminating redundancies within our combined network as well as other business processes and operations. Upon completion of these activities, we expect to achieve total annual run rate cost synergies of $1.2 billion, consisting of $950 million in operating expenses and $250 million in capital expenditures, with costs to achieve expected to be approximately $2.6 billion.

Our restructuring and integration activities associated with the UScellular Acquisition are expected to occur over the next two years with substantially all costs incurred and associated cash payments made by the end of fiscal year 2027. We are evaluating additional restructuring initiatives associated with the UScellular Acquisition, which are dependent on consultations and negotiations with certain counterparties and the expected impact on our business operations, which could affect the amount or timing of the costs and related payments.

Acquisition of Vistar Media Inc.

On December 20, 2024, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger for the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Vistar Media Inc. (“Vistar”), a provider of technology solutions for digital-out-of-home advertisements (the “Vistar Acquisition”).

Upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, on February 3, 2025 (the “Vistar Acquisition Date”), 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Acquisition of Blis Holdco Limited

On February 18, 2025, we entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Blis Holdco Limited (“Blis”), a provider of advertising solutions (the “Blis Acquisition”).

Upon the completion of certain customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, on March 3, 2025 (the “Blis Acquisition Date”), 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

Acquisition of Ka’ena Corporation

On May 1, 2024 (the “Ka’ena Acquisition Date”), we completed the merger with Ka’ena Corporation and its subsidiaries, including, among others, Mint Mobile LLC (collectively, “Ka’ena”), and as a result, Ka’ena became a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile (the “Ka’ena Acquisition”). The total purchase price consists of an upfront payment on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date and an earnout payable in the third quarter of 2026. On the Ka’ena Acquisition Date, and in satisfaction of the upfront payment, we transferred $420 million in cash and 3,264,952 shares of T-Mobile common stock valued at $536 million as determined based on its closing market price on April 30, 2024, for a total payment fair value of $956 million. A portion of the upfront payment made on the Ka’ena Acquisition Date was for the settlement of the preexisting wholesale relationship with Ka’ena. The amount of the upfront payment was subject to customary adjustments, and as a result of such adjustments, $17 million of the upfront payment was returned to T-Mobile during the fourth quarter of 2024, which resulted in a commensurate increase in the maximum payable in satisfaction of the earnout.

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.

Prior to the Ka’ena Acquisition, Ka’ena was a wholesale partner of the Company for which we recognized service revenues within Wholesale and other service revenues. Upon the closing of the Ka’ena Acquisition, this relationship was effectively terminated, and the Company acquired Ka’ena’s prepaid customer relationships and began to recognize service revenues associated with these customers within Prepaid revenues and operating expenses primarily within Selling, general and administrative expenses on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income subsequent to the Ka’ena Acquisition Date.

For more information regarding the Ka’ena Acquisition, see Note 2 – Business Combinations of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Sprint Merger-Related Costs

Sprint Merger-related costs generally include:

•Integration costs to achieve efficiencies in network, retail, information technology and back office operations, migrate customers to the T-Mobile network and billing systems and the impact of legal matters assumed as part of the Merger;

•Restructuring costs, including severance, store rationalization and network decommissioning; and

•Transaction costs, including legal and professional services related to the completion of the transactions.

Sprint Merger-related costs have been excluded from our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adj

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