Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Good morning. My name is David, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the TDS and U.S. Cellular First Quarter Earnings Results Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press the star key followed by the number 1 on your telephone keypad. If you'd like to withdraw your question, press star 1 once again. Thank you, Colleen Thompson, Vice President of Corporate Relations. You may begin your conference.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us. We want to make you all aware of the presentation we have prepared to accompany our comments this morning, which you can find on the Investor Relations section of the TDS and U.S. Cellular websites. With me today and offering prepared comments, are from TDS, Pete Cerreta, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vicky Villacrez, Incoming Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, from U.S. Cellular, L.T. Tharival, President and Chief Executive Officer, Doug Chambers, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and from TDS Telecom, Michelle Brokwicki, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. This call is being simultaneously webcast on the TDS and U.S. Cellular Investor Relations websites. Please see the websites for slides referred to on this call, including non-GAAP reconciliations. We provide guidance for both adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization, or OIBDA, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or EBITDA, to highlight the contributions of U.S. Cellular's wireless partnerships. We filed the majority of our documents with the SEC after market closed yesterday, but due to issues with EDGAR, they are not yet appearing on the SEC's website. All but the TDS 10Q are on our websites this morning. As shown on slide two, the information set forth in the presentation and discussed during this call contain statements about expected future events and financial results that are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Please review the State Harbor paragraphs in our press releases and the extended version in our SEC filings. In terms of our upcoming IR schedule on slide three, on May 23rd, we are attending J.P. Morgan's 50th Technology, Media, and Communications Conference in Boston. And on June 2nd, we are doing a non-deal roadshow in New York with Citi. And as always, our open door policy can now be an open door, phone, or video policy. So please reach out if you're interested in speaking with us. Turning to slide four, we continue to make progress on our environmental, social, and governance, or ESG program. And as you can see on the slide, we have had a number of initiatives that illustrate our commitment. I will now turn the call over to Pete Cereda. Pete?

Good morning. I'm confident that when I retire at the end of this month, TDS will be in good hands with Vicky Villacruz as CFO. Vicky has over 30 years of experience with the TDS enterprise, and she and I spent the last six months working closely together to assure a smooth transition. In her 10 years as CFO of TDS Telecom, she was a key leader and business driver, and she deserves much of the credit for the creation and execution of the fiber transformation that is underway, as well as the general financial success of the company. We are very lucky to have someone with her level of ability. She's a very talented leader and will do an outstanding job as CFO of TDS. And with that, I will turn the call over to Vicki. Vicki?