T-Mobile US reported strong Q3 figures which it said “continue to lead the wireless industry in both customer and financial growth”.

The company added 2.3 million total net customers during the period, marking its tenth consecutive period of additions above 1 million. It ended the period with 61.2 million customers, making it unlikely that closest rival Sprint will have been able to regain number three spot (after Verizon and AT&T) by this metric.

“Our momentum is strong and our incredible customer growth is translating directly into solid financial growth, which makes it crystal clear that putting customers first is just good business,” said John Legere, president and CEO.

It reported a profit attributable to shareholders of $125 million, compared with a loss of $94 million in the prior-year period, on revenue of $7.85 billion, up 6.8 per cent.

Service revenue increased by 11 per cent to $6.3 billion, primarily as a result of its customer base gains, although this was partially offset by declines in equipment sales, as T-Mobile shifted to a lease model which entails a different form of revenue recognition.

It also said that adjusted EBITDA grew by 42 per cent year-on-year to $1.9 billion, which was attributed to higher service revenue, strong cost control, and decreased losses on equipment sales, partially offset by higher selling, general and administrative expenses due to customer growth.

The operator said it has already achieved its stated year-end 2015 goal of covering 300 million people with its 4G network, and plans to continue its network coverage expansion throughout the year.

It has also refarmed and integrated all of the MetroPCS spectrum into the T-Mobile network. It recorded $193 million of costs for the CDMA network shutdowns in Q3, and expects to incur additional network decommissioning costs of $125 million to $225 million, the majority in 2015.

While the company has revised its guidance for branded postpaid net customer additions for 2015 upward to 3.8 million to 4.2 million from 3.4 million to 3.9 million, it has not revised its adjusted EBITDA guidance ($6.8 billion to $7.2 billion) for the twelve months.