“We're also making progress towards our goal of discontinuing legacy services in the large majority of our footprint by 2029.”

In context

“We see this as a structural advantage that provides us with the flexibility to price and position our fiber services to reach customers in underserved categories and geographies and ultimately achieve higher penetration. This includes value-conscious consumers who are currently being served by networks with lower capacity and higher marginal costs. Our ability to put the right offer in front of an expanding customer opportunity positions AT&T Inc. to compete on performance and value and not by leading with uneconomical device offers. As we accelerate the expansion of our fiber availability, this is how we expect to go to market. With offers and marketing strategies that yield attractive returns by driving deeper fiber penetration and growth in high-value converged customer relationships. We're also making progress towards our goal of discontinuing legacy services in the large majority of our footprint by 2029. We stopped the sales of all targeted legacy copper-based services in 85% of our wire centers. The FCC has approved our applications to discontinue copper-based services in more than 30% of our wire centers by 2026. We appreciate the FCC and Chairman Carr's continued recognition of the importance of modernizing communications infrastructure and remain committed to supporting our customers every step of the way. The transformation of our network and support infrastructure is also driving the transformation of our cost structure as we benefit from open technologies, simplify our business processes, and deliver a better customer experience. Last year, we achieved over $1 billion of cost savings, and we plan to accelerate efficiency gains across the company by leveraging AI, moving more custom”