T-Mobile chief operating officer John Legere nervily expected that the quantity of U.S. businesses shift to the carrier can grow even quicker in 2016, doubling the quantity of small- and mid-sized businesses already in T-Mobile's fold.
In typical bluster, Legere on Wednesday noted in an exceedingly web log, including wide-ranging 2016 predictions, that growth with business customers has become "by so much the quickest space of growth for U.S.."
The reason?
"American businesses area unit jaded with installation deals, overages and overcharging from AT&T and Verizon," he said. "So it ought to come back as no surprise that companies of all sizes area unit flocking—and can still flock—to the Un-carrier."
Legere did not say what number little and mid-sized business customers already use T-Mobile for wireless services, however analysts have calculable there area unit lots of, if not thousands. Still, the No. three carrier has not been thought-about a serious contestant for business users of wireless services, while T-Mobile has worked arduous to draw in them.
In March, T-Mobile declared new valuation for business customers that it claimed would price forty second but AT&T or Verizon.
For all of 2014, Legere aforesaid T-Mobile collected $3.8 billion of the $83 billion spent by business customers on wireless services. the majority of that outlay -- $72 billion -- went for services from each AT&T and Verizon; most of the rest visited Sprint. Figures for 2015 weren't directly obtainable.
Prior to the March announcement, Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner had aforesaid that T-Mobile was a "no-show with business customers and also the solely direction for T-Mobile in business is up."
Legere's different 2016 predictions were mostly boasts concerning T-Mobile's client growth and continuing enhancements in LTE coverage. He did predict that T-Mobile can "walk away a winner" within the lowband spectrum auctions coming back to the Federal Communications Commission in 2016.
He referred to as out Verizon Wireless particularly. "Big Red is FINALLY setting out to notice they need a true fight on their hands...we area unit setting out to see them sweat!" He slammed Verizon's outlay of billions in advertising and aforesaid the carrier features a "borderline creepy infatuation with time periods" that's notable in its purchase of AOL and interest in shopping for Yahoo! "They could establish themselves because the place for previous dotcoms—because they extremely should assume they recognize 'the millennial.' Up next, MySpace, WebVan or Lycos!"
Among his additional art movement predictions, Legere expected that video game and increased real estate can "hit a tipping purpose in 2016"; aforesaid optical instrument and social media can get larger ; and expects drones can progress from hobby toys to "super, astonishingly helpful."
Somewhat ominously, Legere additionally aforesaid he plans to urge into Twitter battles with additional presidential candidates. In Gregorian calendar month, Legere and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump listed barbs on Twitter, with Trump in one tweet declaring he uses T-Mobile and "it's pathetic, born calls, no service."