“Our outlook continues to anticipate immaterial EBITDA contribution this year from the operating regions acquired from Lumen.”

In context

“t to remain stable in the near term and continue to grow at a low single-digit CAGR through 2028. Advanced Connectivity EBITDA grew 5.6% year-over-year, and we improved EBITDA margin by 30 basis points despite a few notable headwinds. These include high single-digit growth in low-margin equipment revenues, as well as the inclusion of revenues and geographies acquired from [ Lumen ], which did not make a material contribution to EBITDA in the quarter. In addition, about 40% of the adjusted EBITDA benefit from the vendor settlements we called out in the first quarter of 2025 was incurred in the Advanced Connectivity segment. So the improvement in Advanced Connectivity EBITDA margin was driven by service revenue growth, as well as the durable benefit of cost actions that I discussed earlier. Our outlook continues to anticipate immaterial EBITDA contribution this year from the operating regions acquired from Lumen. This reflects increased spending within these geographies to stand up a business that is positioned for faster growth in fiber and wireless customers, as fiber deployment accelerates and as we leverage our existing distribution in these regions. We're really pleased with how the business is positioned coming out of the first quarter and continue to expect Advanced Connectivity service revenues to grow 5% plus this year with EBITDA growth of 6% plus. Legacy service revenues declined about 25% year-over-year, which is consistent with our outlook for 20% plus decline in 2026. We stopped taking new orders for legacy services last year in most of our wireline footprint, and we now have approval to discontinue legacy services in more than 30% of our [indiscernible]. We're actively working with”