T-Mobile USA hits 25 million

T-Mobile USA has passed the 25 million subscriber milestone, adding 901,000 net new customers in the fourth quarter of last year, including 783,000 net new post-paid users. Contract customers account for almost 85% of all T-Mobile subscribers. Customer churn fell from 3% in the third quarter to 2.9% in the most recent period, while post-paid churn dropped from 2.3% to 2.1%. The firm is the fourth largest cellco in the US, behind AT&T/Cingular, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel.