Gigabit December 2018

T-MOBILE COMPANY FACTS
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Device Recycling Program
In 2017, T-Mobile USA collected
over 4 million used cell phones.
Of the over 4 million used devices
and accessories we collected in
2017, we reuse or resell a 86% of
that hardware—which is by far
the most eco-friendly approach.
The rest are responsibly recycled
by providers we select. Since we
launched our recycling program
back in 2008, over 14.4 million
T-Mobile customer devices (and
counting) have been reused or
resold. Because cell phones contain
precious metals, recycling not
only conserves these materials,
but also helps prevent pollution
and greenhouse gas emissions.
Renewable Energy Savings
T-Mobile utilizes about 2.7 million
megawatt hours (MWh) of energy
across our headquarters, stores,
cell towers, call centers and other
locations. To address this energy
use, T-Mobile has taken the initiative
to enter the renewable energy
space. Through our renewable
energy use we plan to cut our
energy costs by around $100 million
dollars in the next 15 years.
Renewable Energy Leader
T-Mobile has quickly established
itself as the benchmark for the
telecommunications industry in
renewable energy performance.
In April 2017, we made the largest
ever wind power investment to
date by a US wireless company,
signing a long-term agreement of
up to 160MW from the new Red
Dirt wind project in Oklahoma.
The project, operational as of
January 2018, is expected to provide
T-Mobile with over 625 GWh
of renewable energy annually, or
approximately 27% of our overall
power use. Not satisfied to stop
there, in January 2018, T-Mobile
unveiled a 2nd major wind
farm project, an agreement for
160MW with Infinity Renewables'
Solomon Forks Wind Project in
Kansas. This project, expected to
be operational in early 2019, combined
with Red Dirt, will generate
320 MWs for T-Mobile or enough
to meet an estimated 60% of our
total energy needs nationwide.
Growing our Network
Efficiency
T-Mobile calculates its Co2e
emissions in proportion to its
transmitted data volume [in
TByte]. Data volume is an important
indicator for T-Mobile to
create a direct link for the performance
of its networks. T-Mobile’s
data volume transported by its
Networks increased significantly
for 2017 while its carbon emission
intensity figure decreased for that
year by 29.3%