Q3 FY26 · Ended Sep 30, 2026 · View SEC filing
A spectrum sale, not the operations, made the profit
Operating income was 4.3% of pre-tax income, so this quarter's profit describes an asset sale rather than the business that remains.
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Interest expense exceeded operating income, so the debt is still being carried by asset sales, not by operating profit.
Equipment cost ran well above equipment revenue: the trade of a handset loss today for months of service revenue.
Wireless produced the largest share of segment operating income while carrying traffic on AT&T's network instead of its own.
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