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CLAIM #55058 · AT&T Inc. (T) · 2023Q3 earnings call · Oct 19, 2023 · due Oct 19, 2024

we remain committed to our dividend payout level and expect its credit quality to consistently improve.

John Stankey · CEO

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graded after results covering Oct 19, 2024 are reported

In context

ast few years, our investment-led strategy has delivered tangible benefits to, and financial returns from, our growing and high-value customer pool in both Mobility and broadband. We've expanded our nationwide 5G network and are on track to reach 200 million people or more with mid-band 5G spectrum by the end of the year. We're also on track to pass 30 million plus fiber locations by the end of 2025. We now have about 24 million fiber locations that we're able to serve on our network with additional opportunities to provide service through our Gigapower joint venture with BlackRock or BEAD funding opportunities. Given the returns we're seeing, we continue to believe leaning into attractive return profile of 5G in the fiber business make good strategic and economic sense. At the same time, we remain committed to our dividend payout level and expect its credit quality to consistently improve. In fact, we've already generated more than enough cash to meet our annualized dividend even before the fourth quarter, which is generally our highest cash generation quarter. Demand for better and faster broadband connectivity is growing exponentially. With the largest wireless network in North America and as the nation's largest fiber Internet provider, we're providing best-in-class 5G and fiber services to meet that demand. It's clear the fundamentals of our business have never been stronger, and they'll only grow stronger as we continue to scale our networks, simplify our customers' connected lives, and deepen our engagement with them. With that, I'll turn it over to Pascal. Pascal? Pascal Desroches: Thank you, John, and good morning, everyone. As John discussed, we're driving great re

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SEC filings for T · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2023Q3 earnings call.