AT&T Inc.'s (T) Management Presents at Credit Suisse 24th Annual Communications Conference (Transcript)

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) Credit Suisse 24th Annual Communications Conference Call June 14, 2022 8:45 AM ET

Company Participants

Pascal Desroches - Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Doug Mitchelson - Credit Suisse

Doug Mitchelson

All right. Good morning. I'm Doug Mitchelson, Credit Suisse's media and cable, satellite, and wireless analyst. And along with my colleagues Meghan Durkin and Grant Joslin, I would like to welcome you to the 24th Annual Credit Suisse Communications Conference and our first keynote. I hope everyone has a very productive next two days, so let's get started.

So, this will be a 40-minute fireside chat with Pascal Desroches, Chief Financial Officer of AT&T. And my questions are likely to run the full-time, but feel free to email me questions if by chance, we do have some remaining time. Pascal, thanks so much for coming again this year.

Pascal Desroches

Thank you very much for having me, Doug. Good morning, everyone. Before we jump into the questions, Doug, I think I have to make sure that I dispense of the safe harbor. So, the first slide you sought up had our safe harbor warning. So, the information we're going to discuss is forward-looking and is subject to risks and uncertainties.

So with that, Doug, let's get going.

Doug Mitchelson

That’s exciting start. Well, Pascal, it’s been over just over a year since you took on this role about, exactly a year since you presented at our last conference. A lot of changes have been made in strategy and the management team, the asset base, it's been a remarkable makeover. So, what's going right? What has been a bigger challenge than perhaps you hoped? And is the company set on the right path at this point?

Pascal Desroches

Yeah, Doug. I think you said