T-Mobile US finally has surpassed Sprint to become the country’s third-largest wireless carrier.
For the quarter ending June 30, Bellevue-based T-Mobile added 2.1 million customers, ending the period with 58.9 million customers. Sprint, reporting its quarterly results Tuesday, said it added only 675,000, ending the period with 57.7 million customers. That allowed T-Mobile to step up to the No. 3 position, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere said repeatedly last year that he expected T-Mobile to overtake Sprint in total customers by the end of 2014, putting his company behind industry giants Verizon and AT&T.