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CLAIM #62490 · VZ (VZ) · 2025Q1 earnings call · Apr 22, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025

But if we take our capital expenditures, it's a very small portion of the $18 billion, which is the midpoint of the guide this year that it is exposed to any tariffs.

Hans Vestberg · CEO

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ays the same and maybe you do less homes passed? Or just how that unfolds? And then secondly, for Sampath, thanks for all the color on the consumer segment and the strategy and thanks for the color on the gross adds leaving the quarter. Can we talk a little bit about churn? I mean, is all the new plans and promotions and offers you have in place, does that help churn in the second quarter or do we have to wait until the second half of the year? And that comment on getting back to industry-leading churn, is that something you expect to achieve by the fourth quarter, by the end of this year, or just more color on how that plays out would be great? Thank you. Hans Vestberg: Thank you, John. Let me talk about the tariffs. Of course, tariffs is a little bit a moving target [for the hour] (ph). But if we take our capital expenditures, it's a very small portion of the $18 billion, which is the midpoint of the guide this year that it is exposed to any tariffs. And on top of that, we are working with all our suppliers, and we have done so. I mean, during COVID-19, we had no impact at all with the supply chain issues there were because I think my team is the best in the industry to handle that. So that will not change any type of investments we're doing in CapEx or anything. We cannot foresee that. When it comes to handsets, that's also, of course, very early to say where the tariff is going to go and what's going to happen. But in general, if the tariff is going to be as high as they say on the handsets, we are not planning to cover that in our work. That's just not going to be possible. So, we will continue to be with financial discipline in whatever promotions we have, but we will not cover any enormous increase on tariffs on handset. That's u

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SEC filings for VZ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q1 earnings call.