“We'll have workforce restructuring charges of approximately 150 million in Q1 as we go through our simplification initiatives and conclude what we began in Q4.”

In context

“t we're also going to harvest more of these AI and digitalization and simplicity savings as we go through the course of the year. So we expect Q1 core adjusted EBITDA to be between $9 to $9.1 billion There's a few below the line items in 2026 I wanted to highlight as well. Beginning with, we expect approximately 1.2 billion in merger-related costs primarily related to U. S. Cellular. As you recall, we had an exciting announcement around our acceleration of the timeline integrate U. S. Cellular at two years. Network optimization that I just mentioned, this CDC-based network optimization to generate value. Is going to result in a network optimization cost of approximately $450 million will be done through that primarily in Q1 and Q2 we'll harvest those savings and reinvest into the network. We'll have workforce restructuring charges of approximately 150 million in Q1 as we go through our simplification initiatives and conclude what we began in Q4. Alright, CapEx. No big surprises here. We've mentioned to you before, we expect CapEx of $10 billion in 2026, and that includes Between $9 billion to $10 billion and again, all of this from a network perspective will be deployed through the customer-driven coverage lens. Means that every single dollar we put into the network goes to accrue to the highest customer experience improvements and hence the best value delivery for us. While simultaneously expanding the network leadership and allowing for long-term growth. Okay. Let's tumble down to adjusted free cash flow. And the short story here is we continue to deliver a cash generation profile and margin that is industry-leading. Free cash flow is expected to be between 18 billion to $18.7 billion in 2026 growing to between 19.5 billion to”