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| And we were very pleased with the performance in the fourth quarter |
| We made good progress in delevering |
| And then when you put that all together, the goal here is to continue to generate strong free cash flow and to continue to delever the balance sheet |
| So we're coming off a surprisingly strong fourth quarter where you really showed some good momentum in the consumer business |
| So we're very pleased with the product |
| On the mobility side, you've seen the improvements we made in the consumer business in the last few quarters as well as the steady growth that we've had in the business part of the B2B space |
| And also, we're very pleased with the traction we've seen on churn as well |
| So we're very pleased with the progress there |
| And like I said, it's very easy to install, to plug and play, and you're up in a few minutes, which is great, and it serves as a great home broadband solution, and we're very pleased with what we've seen thus far |
| But we feel very good about the adoption of fixed wireless access and the customer uptake |
| I mean we don't expect significant revenue in 2024 from private networks, but we do see a good funnel and good adoption thus far in setting ourselves up in the future |
| And we're very excited that Leslie Berland has joined the team, should continue to do the great work and make progress on the work that's already been done, and also continue to evolve the brand and evolve the foundation that we have and the connections and the experiences that customers have with the brand work |
| And we've seen good demand thus far and customers like the reliability and the security of having that product |
| Our accounts receivable agent continue to be strong |
| As you know, our customer base is very strong as evidenced by our ABS filings and FICO scores averaging 724 |
| So continued strong performance and consistent performance from our business customers |
| And we were positive across the three customer groups with small and medium business leading the way |
| In the fourth quarter, we saw good demand across the board, whether it was a small and medium business, global enterprise or public sector |
| One of the long continued outperformance has been your business wireless unit, you consistently generated positive sub growth there |
| The base of business is growing and it's very profitable, and we're happy with those arrangements, but I really can't go any further than that |
| So something that we're very pleased with |
| What we've said is, we're very happy with the arrangements and those arrangements are accretive to Verizon |
| So it's a model that we know how to run and very pleased with the progress thus far |
| So overall, you had a good fourth quarter, but the industry had another strong quarter, sort of defined the predictions that things would slow down |
| We also see improved ARPA year-over-year |
| So that's really good |
| So we're seeing really good progress there |
| So myPlan, we're very happy with the progress |
| So we like the shape and the growth that we've had and the consistent pace of growth that we've had, and we'll see where it goes |
| And if we have capacity issues, that might be a high-class problem at the end of the day, and we have ways to deal with that if that comes to pass, and that would be in that we're really successful |
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| And under current legislation, the continued phase out of bonus depreciation, obviously, will be a headwind as well |
| And the third being the uncertainty with ACP |
| We still see high single-digit declines there |
| So that gross margin really drops to the bottom line |
| When you think about 4G LTE and as we move traffic to 5G, the spend on 4G will continue to come down |
| We're not immune to any sector pressures that we might see in the B2B space |
| For us, the shape of the first quarter volumes will be similar to how we have historically performed in the first quarter, seasonally weaker for us |
| So we're still working our way through the headwinds in the business wireline space |
| Because that's come down a lot, obviously, from your 5G peak, I guess, in '22 |
| We're not going to provide new targets |
| So we're playing through a few of those things that are impacting our business |
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