T-Mobile was the growth driver of the Deutsche Telekom Group, with 7.6 percent revenue increase to EUR 6.746 billion in Q1 2005. The main factor behind this growth – apart from the consolidation of EuroTel Bratislava for the first time, which contributed EUR 86 million – was once again T-Mobile USA with a revenue increase of 27 percent or EUR 545 million. Both T-Mobile's EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA amounted to around EUR 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2005, representing year-on-year increases of 15.1 percent and 15.6 percent respectively. The largest contribution to adjusted EBITDA was once again made by T-Mobile Deutschland with EUR 825 million, followed by T-Mobile USA with EUR 602 million, and T-Mobile UK with EUR 277 million.
The number of mobile communications customers served by fully consolidated Group companies increased to almost 79 million, compared with 70.9 million in the prior-year period. The number of customers served by T-Mobile's majority-owned subsidiaries increased by 1.5 million in the first quarter of 2005. Of these new customers, 70 percent were fixed-term contract subscribers. T-Mobile USA continued its particularly strong performance, adding 957,000 net new customers in the first quarter of 2005. This subsidiary now has 18.3 million customers, which is about 4 million or 28 percent more than the comparable prior-year figure. T-Mobile Deutschland continued to focus its marketing activities on fixed-term contract business. The customer growth of 89,000 new additions was almost entirely attributable to the postpay sector.
