MobileNest

T-Mobile USA today announced its second-quarter results, showing increase in profits but a slight decrease in adding new customers.

Second quarter results:

• 972,000 net new customers added in Q2 2005 - total customer base of 19.2 million. (1,092,000 in the second quarter of 2004.)
• Revenue of $3.04 billion, up from $2.46 billion Q2 a year ago
• Net Income (profit) of $387 million, up more than 60% from Q2 2004
• Average Revenue Per User of $54, down from $55 the same quarter the year before
• Average cost of acquiring a customer $310, down from $318 Q2 last year

T-Mobile also added over 1,000 new cell sites on air in Q2 2005 which makes for a total of almost 31,000 cell sites on air.