T-Mobile US (TMUS) early Thursday preannounced strong Q2 subscriber numbers and unveiled its newest Uncarrier-branded promotion — offering customers free roaming to Mexico and Canada — sending its stock up. In Q2, T-Mobile said it added 2.1 million net subscribers, up 41% from the year-earlier period, including 760,000 postpaid phone subscribers , up 31%. Including 248,000 postpaid mobile broadband accounts, mostly tablet users, postpaid
Despite a German media report that Comcast (CMCSA) is in talks with Deutsche Telekom to acquire U.S.-based T-Mobile (TMUS), a source close to Comcast says the cable TV firm isn’t interested. “Comcast is not interested in T-Mobile,” the industry source told IBD. Comcast has touted its plans to expand public Wi-Fi networks. Comcast also has the option of leasing wholesale network capacity from Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications (VZ),
Comcast (CMCSA) is in talks with Deutsche Telekom over acquiring U.S.-based T-Mobile (TMUS), a German magazine reported Wednesday, though no deal appears imminent. Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) owns 66% of T-Mobile, which has been gaining share in the U.S. wireless market against bigger rivals with its aggressive marketing. Analysts at UBS and Oppenheimer have speculated that No. 1 cable firm Comcast, thwarted by regulators in a proposed takeover of