T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) today
announced that they have selected Henrietta, New York, as the location
for their previously announced Greater Rochester area Customer
Experience Center (CEC), subject to the close of their merger to become
the New T-Mobile.
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At full operation, the New T-Mobile CEC facility in Henrietta will
directly employ more than 1,000 workers in the community and indirectly
produce another 500 to 600 jobs. The new CEC jobs will feature great
wages and benefits and will make the New T-Mobile one of the region’s
top 20 largest employers. The Henrietta CEC will support the expanded
deployment of T-Mobile’s innovative Team of Experts (TEX) service model,
which provides customers direct personal access to a dedicated team of
specialists when they call or message for assistance. Specialists based
in the Henrietta CEC will serve a large portion of the Northeast,
including New York State. T-Mobile is not seeking any economic
incentives related to this facility.
In selecting the Greater Rochester area, T-Mobile engaged the Center for
Governmental Research (CGR), an independent nonprofit consultancy, to
conduct a thorough assessment of the economic and fiscal impact of a
proposed Henrietta CEC on the Greater Rochester region. CGR found that
the new development would likely generate significant economic momentum
for the Greater Rochester area. According to CGR’s analysis the region
will see the following benefits:
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Spillover effects of New T-Mobile’s investment will generate 500 to
600 jobs in addition to the up to approximately 1300 direct CEC
employees within the region. -
CEC employee payroll will range from $22.1 to $26.0 million and will
generate a combined income/sales tax of $1.5 to $1.8 million. -
Construction-phase investment will produce 200 direct and 30 spillover
jobs with a total combined payroll of $13.0 million. -
Compensation and spending at the fully operational CEC will include
$2.6 to $3.2 million in income tax and $1.7 to $2.0 million in
combined state and local sales tax.
“There’s a lot to love about the Greater Rochester community — and I’m
excited for the New T-Mobile to become a bigger part of it,” said
T-Mobile and New T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer John Legere. “This
area is known for its innovation, entrepreneurship and having some of
the nicest people around… come to think of it, that sounds a lot like
Team Magenta! We can’t wait to open our new Customer Experience Center
in Henrietta, welcome more than 1,000 people to our T-Mobile family and
get to work taking care of customers!”
“T-Mobile’s decision to invest in the greater Rochester area following
its proposed merger with Sprint demonstrates once again that New York
State is open for business and is a testament to how the private and
public sectors can work together to spur economic growth upstate,” said
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “We look forward to welcoming New
T-Mobile and the more than one thousand new jobs it will bring.”
“I’m delighted that this project will help strengthen our regional
economy and bring over 1,000 new, good-paying jobs to our community. I
am grateful to T-Mobile, pending its merger with Sprint, for choosing to
invest in Rochester and look forward to working with them to increase
innovation and provide new opportunities for our working families. I
also look forward to working with New T-Mobile to address the digital
divide as it deploys a 5G network that can help bring high-speed mobile
service to customers across the state, including those in rural areas,”
said U.S. Representative Joe Morelle (New York 25th District).
Henrietta CEC employees will get to experience firsthand why T-Mobile is
consistently recognized as a great employer year after year for its
continued commitment to creating a positive workplace. In addition to
competitive pay, all employees will be eligible to receive the great
benefits that T-Mobile offers today including health coverage, stock
grants, career development opportunities, college tuition assistance, a
childcare subsidy benefit, paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy
benefits. CGR estimated that 180 Henrietta CEC workers would access more
than $385,000 in tuition assistance benefits offered by T-Mobile. The
Un-carrier has earned nearly 60 national and local workplace awards in
the last year, including Best Places to Work honors for parents,
diversity, women, Hispanics, LGBTQ and more. T-Mobile’s care centers
were specifically recognized on best place to work lists 22 times in
2018 alone!
The New T-Mobile’s investment in Customer Experience Centers, including
previously announced new locations in Kingsburg in Fresno County,
California and Overland Park, Kansas, and expansion of other existing
centers will create more than 5,000 additional American jobs by 2021.
The combined company will have 7,500 more customer care professionals in
2024 than the two standalone companies would employ. This is just one
way the New T-Mobile will invest billions of dollars in job creation and
infrastructure in the U.S. Together from day one, Sprint and T-Mobile
will employ more people in the U.S. than both companies would
separately. Other investments include building out a state-of-the-art,
nationwide 5G network, delivering more competition and new choice to
customers like broadband, and opening new stores to an expanding
customer base.
The completion of the combination remains subject to regulatory
approvals and certain other customary closing conditions. We expect to
receive federal regulatory approval in the first half of 2019.
Additional information regarding T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint can be
found at www.NewTMobile.com.
About T-Mobile
As America’s Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is redefining
the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading
product and service innovation. Our advanced nationwide 4G LTE network
delivers outstanding wireless experiences to 81.3 million customers who
are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue,
Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and
operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. For more
information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served 54.5 million connections as of Dec. 31, 2018 and is
widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national
carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands including
Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant
national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier
1 Internet backbone. Today, Sprint’s legacy of innovation and service
continues with an increased investment to dramatically improve coverage,
reliability, and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to
launching the first 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
Important Additional Information
In connection with the proposed transaction, T-Mobile US, Inc.
(“T-Mobile”) has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No.
333-226435), which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 29, 2018, and which contains
a joint consent solicitation statement of T-Mobile and Sprint
Corporation (“Sprint”), that also constitutes a prospectus of T-Mobile
(the “joint consent solicitation statement/prospectus”), and each party
will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the
SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT CONSENT
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The documents filed by T-Mobile may be obtained
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Investor Relations, 1 Park Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or by
telephone at 212-358-3210. The documents filed by Sprint may be obtained
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Shareholder Relations, 6200 Sprint Parkway, Mailstop KSOPHF0302-3B679,
Overland Park, Kansas 66251, or by telephone at 913-794-1091.
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combined company to make payments on debt or to repay existing or future
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adverse changes in the ratings of T-Mobile’s or Sprint’s debt securities
or adverse conditions in the credit markets; negative effects of the
announcement, pendency or consummation of the transaction on the market
price of T-Mobile’s or Sprint’s common stock and on T-Mobile’s or
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customer, supplier, employee or other business relationships;
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difficulties related to the integration of Sprint’s network and
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contained in the business combination agreement during the pendency of
the proposed transaction could adversely affect T-Mobile’s or Sprint’s
ability to pursue business opportunities or strategic transactions;
effects of changes in the regulatory environment in which T-Mobile and
Sprint operate; changes in global, political, economic, business,
competitive and market conditions; changes in tax and other laws and
regulations; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Form S-4,
as well as in T-Mobile’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2017 and in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q,
including in the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and
“Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” as well as
in its subsequent reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the
SEC and available at www.sec.gov
and www.t-mobile.com,
and in Sprint’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2018 and in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including in
the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “MD&A —
Forward-Looking Statements,” as well as in its subsequent reports on
Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov
and www.sprint.com.
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actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied
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persons reading this communication are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements. T-Mobile and Sprint assume
no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this
communication (whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise), except as required by applicable law.
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