T-Mobile Hopes to Catch-up with American Wireless Giants

Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile has expressedCEO, René Obermann. "The US market is very big
confidence that it can upgrade its mobile phoneand offers significant growth potential. It's big enough
network in the US, to improve its market share infor four players."With just 21.7 million subscribers at the
comparison to Cingular, Verizon, and Sprint Nextel.end of 2005, T-Mobile will need to make big gains to
Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile has expressedcatch up to the "big three" wireless carriers, which
confidence that it can upgrade its mobile phoneeach boast over 50 million customers. And market
network in the US, to improve its market share inleader, Cingular Wireless, is expected to become a lot
comparison to Cingular, Verizon, and Sprint Nextel.Thestronger with the pending merger of its two parent
three larger competitors have all secured additionalcompanies.Obermann, however, remains unfazed by
spectrum to provide 3G wireless services, somethingAT&T's acquisition of BellSouth. "We've emerged
that T-Mobile will have to do if it wants to keep up withfrom all the mergers around us in the US as a
the rapidly changing mobile phone industry. Thesuccessful, independent service-provider," he
German company claims that its up for the challenge,commented on the matter. "I don't think the latest
however, and has what it takes to become a strongtransaction will have any adverse effect on
player in the 3G market."We now want to offer realus."(Originally published by TeleClick.
high-speed mobile internet services," said T-Mobile