Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 4, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Colleen Thompson - Vice President, Corporate Relations

LeRoy Carlson - President & Chief Executive Officer

Vicki Villacrez - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

LT Therivel - President & Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Cellular

Doug Chambers - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, U.S. Cellular

Michelle Brukwicki - Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer, TDS Telecom

Mike Irizarry - Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering & Information Technology

Conference Call Participants

Rick Prentiss - Raymond James

Simon Flannery - Morgan Stanley

Philip Cusick - JPMorgan

Michael Rollins - Citi

Serge Dluzhevskiy - Gamco Investors

Operator

Good day and welcome to the TDS and U.S. Cellular Third Quarter 2022 Operating Results Conference Call.

Please note, today's conference is being recorded. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

Thank you. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Colleen Thompson, Vice President of Corporate Relations. Ms. Thompson, you may begin your conference.

Colleen Thompson

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 sections of the TDS and U.S. Cellular websites.

With me today and offering prepared comments are from TDS' Vicki Villacrez, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; from U.S. Cellular, LT Therivel President and Chief Executive Officer; Doug Chambers, Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; and from TDS Telecom, Michelle Brukwicki, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

This call is being simultaneously webcast on the TDS and U.S. Cellular Investor Relations website. 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. TDS and U.S. Cellular filed their SEC Forms 8-K including the press releases and our 10-Qs yesterday.

As shown on Slide two, the information set forth in the presentation and discussed during this call contains statements about expected future events and financial results that are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Please review the Safe Harbor paragraphs in our press releases and the extended version included in our SEC filings. In terms of our upcoming IR schedule on Slide 3, we are attending the Raymond James Technology Conference in New York on December 07 and the Citi Communications Media and Entertainment Conference Scottsdale on January 05. 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.