2015 Is a Crunch Year for T-Mobile US

2015 will be a crucial year for all US mobile network operators but foremost for T-Mobile US, the subsidiary of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom and the smallest of the four leading US carriers.

It has to compete against the big three carriers in US spectrum auctions. One is ongoing, while the other, more costly low band auction is currently set for the first quarter of 2016. To compete successfully in such an auction, which could go up to hundreds of millions of dollars or more, T-Mobile US will need a war chest. But its parent company and majority stakeholder Deutsche Telekom wants to offload T-Mobile so that it can focus on competing in a rapidly consolidating European market.