T-Mobile (TMUS) is handing the CEO baton to Srini Gopalan, the company's COO, as the carrier braces to fend off rivals in wireless and broadband. Gopalan, who will succeed Mike Sievert on Nov. 1 after the CEO's five-year run, said he is "honored and grateful" for the opportunity to build on Sievert's legacy of "disrupting the industry" while pushing further into artificial intelligence and digital capabilities. T-Mobile stock was little changed in Monday trading. Year to date, the stock is up over 7% and ...

The telecom giant is very profitable and produces strong cash flow. Its cash flow from operations was $7.8 billion during the first quarter, a $700 million increase from the prior year. It was enough cash to cover its capital expenses ($4.1 billion) and dividend payment ($2.9 billion), with room to spare ($700 million in excess free cash flow). That continued its trend of producing strong excess free cash flow. Verizon generated $8.6 billion in excess free cash flow after capital expenses and dividend payme ...