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| And doing it with industry-leading churn, which means we get the service side continues to improve and getting stronger and better, and that translates to really great EBITDA performance |
| So, we like our chances there to be successful, and many of the attractive BEAD awards we have already had |
| There is no entry-level pricing that resets a year later, and our churn, solid |
| And the customer gets what they want and we’re able to walk the industry up an ARPU stack, which all investors should be pleased with |
| I was very proud of how our network team recovered |
| And now we’ve got such good cost control in the company and our execution is strong, we see an opportunity there as well to participate in that part of the growing market |
| And by and large now, this last weekend was a little bit more enjoyable than the prior weekend, as you and I were talking off stage, and the business is performing well |
| And I’m pleased that our sales organizations are bringing in high-quality growth |
| Working through that requires running an optimization play there in the legacy part of the business, while at the same time, continuing to drive solid growth and performance in the fiber side |
| How is AT&T thinking about the opportunities that presents? Jeff McElfresh So far, we have deployed versions of AI, not quite the GenAI, the latest release for the last several years to help us optimize our workflows in the company and the dispatches for our technicians, and that has contributed significant improvement in customer service and the cost side |
| I’m the guy back at the ranch with an amazing team who executes day and night to deliver our subscriber growth that results in a really strong revenue growth for the company |
| And by balanced, I mean, our growth in our financial results aren’t from just subscriber growth or just pricing actions and a growing ARPU, it’s from both, growing subscribers and growing ARPU |
| And I will be excited for John and Pascal to share more details on that because it’s a really nice leverage model to expand |
| We’ve got the fastest-growing wireless service revenue |
| Some of the efficiencies that we benefited from over the last several years and the operating leverage we have demonstrated with our discipline and our consistency in how we go to market across our lines of business |
| We see it be very healthy, very rational |
| We see – that’s why I’m pleased with the way the business is performing right now |
| And I’m pleased with the response that we’re getting from the apology that we offered to customers and our proactive credits |
| I call that upside against a customer base that we already know |
| It’s a really good balance right now |
| So it gives me confidence that our go-to-market strategy in wireless is working |
| And for us at AT&T, what I really like is the performance we’ve been able to deliver is very balanced |
| There’s a complete parallel world in our business segment, even though this isn’t something that pops inside of our business wireline P&L, the use of fixed wireless for remote medium-sized businesses and small businesses is really a successful product |
| And that’s performing well even under more stressful economic environments, even with competitors being, in some cases, like cable being a bit more aggressive in acquisition, I mean we weathered this very well |
| And that’s a good place to be |
| That’s why I say this wireless industry is healthy, rational |
| As Simon, I tell you, I look back, taking context to this industry that is in the wireless side, certainly healthy, more rational |
| We still have room to grow within our known customer base in these very specific segments that we know we don’t represent the share leadership position in |
| We’ve got the best churn of others |
| We’re expanding our operating leverage |
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| The customer uptake is it’s not been overwhelmingly successful like it’s set new records |
| Like you see in the consumer wireline, it’s not scaled large enough yet to overcome the legacy revenue decline |
| We have historically underperformed our full potential was |
| And we definitely – we’re not happy letting our customers down |
| But we saw at the end of last year a little bit of pressure on the wholesale side that we disclosed |
| But whilst we have seen consumer wireline pivot to growth, that hasn’t happened yet, and it’s an industry-wide issue, but I think you have talked about maybe EBITDA flattening |
| Your guide is down about $2 billion this year |
| But we did have some customer impacts |
| I think – am I surprised? Yes, I’m surprised |
| And I would just say that pedal to the metal, heads are down |
| We’ve got both fiber and wireless, and we can make a very durable relationship with that household, really hardened against any competitive threat when we lean in and invest like that |
| Not a good day |
| The consumption dynamics of that customer set are much lower than the average consumer |
| We’re not done with that transformation |
| And it was the incorrect application of a process that created this |
| This is not incremental capital coming off the table towards that, that we have to sacrifice for something else |
| The appetite for bandwidth is not slowing down |
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