T-Mobile Adding 2.5 GHz to 600-Plus Sites Weekly

T-Mobile is adding 2.5 GHz spectrum at the rate of 600-700 sites every week, said Neville Ray, president-technology, on the carrier’s Q2 call Thursday (see 2008060074). “We are running very, very hard,” Ray said: “We’ve got great resources out there working very safely and with health and safety paramount. Our supply chain is actually really robust.” Chief Financial Officer Peter Osvaldik said 95% of customers that took advantage of the FCC’s Keep America Connected pledge have made some form of payment. “There is a small subset of FCC pledge customers that likely will not recover,” he said: Q2 results reflect 110,000 deactivations, including 90,000 postpaid phones.