First Quarter 2026 Results
May 8, 2026
Strengthen TDS' corporate and capital structure
Grow TDS Telecom's fiber business
Opportunistically
monetize remaining spectrum
Support Array's
success as a tower company
Continue to
strengthen TDS' culture
3
Telephone and Data Systems. All Rights Reserved.2026 Enterprise - Priorities
Fiber Deployment
Continued progress to deliver 2.1 million marketable fiber service addresses; delivering 40,000 in the quarter
Disciplined, Synergistic M&A
Announced agreement to acquire 11,000 fiber addresses in New Hampshire(1) and continue to review funnel of attractive opportunities
Shareholder Return
No repurchases in the quarter; ~$520M remaining under the current authorizations
(1) Subsequent Event: Announced agreement to acquire Granite State Communications in April, expect transaction to close 3Q'26, subject to regulatory approval
Capital Update
Telephone and Data Systems. All Rights Reserved.
Delivered 40,000 new marketable fiber addresses in Q1 2026; up
~180% from Q1 2025
Added 10,900 residential fiber connections in Q1 2026; up over 30% from Q1 2025
Continued operational transformation efforts to drive efficiencies and improvements
Announced Granite State Communications acquisition in April(1)
(1) Subsequent Event: Announced agreement to acquire Granite State Communications in April, expect transaction to close 3Q'26, subject to regulatory approval
Q1 2026 Highlights
We continue to make progress toward our long-term goals
Goal:
2.1 million
marketable
fiber service addresses(1)
Goal:
80%
service addresses
served by fiber
Goal:
95%
service addresses with
multi-gig speeds
Where we are:
1.10 millionWhere we are:
58%Where we are:
79%(1) Marketable service addresses includes single residence homes, multi-dwelling units, and business locations that are capable of being connected to the TDS network, based on best available information.
Update on Long-Term Goals
New Marketable Fiber Addresses Total Marketable Fiber Service Addresses
81%
~180%
70,000 1,200,000
60,000
1,000,000
50,000
800,000
40,000
600,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26
400,000
200,000
Q1'23 Q1'24 Q1'25 Q1'26
Fiber drives footprint growth
Residential Fiber Net Additions Residential Fiber Connections
1.9x
32%
16,000 350,000
14,000
300,000
12,000
250,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
200,000
150,000
4,000
100,000
2,000
50,000
Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q1'23 Q1'24 Q1'25 Q1'26
Fiber drives residential connection growth
$67.50
$65.00
Residential Revenue per Connection$200
1%
$175
$150
$125
$100
Residential Revenue by Technology ($M)$184
$179
$31
$41
$58
$64
$90
$79
Note:
Divested markets accounted for a
$3M decrease in residential revenue year-over-year
$62.50
$60.00
$66.41
$65.67
Q1'25 Q1'26
$75
$50
$25
Q1'25 Q1'26
Fiber includes revenue from customers at fiber-capable addresses in non-cable markets.
Cable includes revenue from cable markets served using coaxial cable and fiber technologies.
Fiber(1) Cable(2) Copper
Quarterly revenue results
($M)
Q1'26
Q1'25
Change
Total operating revenues (1) $ 250 $ 257 (3)%
Cash expenses
$ 178
$ 184
(3)%
Adjusted EBITDA (2) (Non-GAAP)
$ 74
$ 76
(3)%
Capital expenditures
$ 126
$ 59
N/M
Divestitures in 2025 drove a decrease of $6M year-over-year.
See appendix for explanation and reconciliation to most directly comparable GAAP measure.
TDS Telecom financial performance
($M) As of May 8, 2026 | 2026 Estimates |
Total operating revenues | $1,015-$1,055 |
Adjusted EBITDA (2) (Non-GAAP) | $310-$350 |
Adjusted OIBDA (2) (Non-GAAP) $300-$340 Capital expenditures $550-$600
There can be no assurance that final results will not differ materially from such estimated results. See Safe Harbor Statement on Slide 2.
See appendix for explanation and reconciliation to most directly comparable GAAP measure.
2026 TDS Telecom guidance(1)
Telephone and Data Systems. All Rights Reserved.
13
Growing Tower Business
Spectrum
Non-controlling Investment Interests
100% U.S.
4,452 Owned towers
Continue to
opportunistically monetize
Principally C-Band
Non-controlling investment interests generate meaningful income and distributions
-
Telephone and Data Systems. All Rights Reserved.
Array Value Pillars
Cash site rental revenue increased 64% over prior year
(excludes T-Mobile Interim revenues and DISH revenues)
Sequential growth in tower tenancy ratio, excluding DISH Continue to monetize spectrum
Closed transaction with AT&T in January 2026 - $1.018 billion; issued $10.25 special dividend
Closed on certain 700 MHz spectrum licenses with T-Mobile on May 5 - $74.8 million
Expect to close on certain 600 MHz spectrum licenses with T-Mobile May 2026 - $86.4 million
Expect to close transaction with Verizon in Q2/Q3 2026 - $1 billion
-
Telephone and Data Systems. All Rights Reserved.
Q1 2026 Highlights
Q1 2026 Tower Rental Revenue Distribution Tower Metrics(3)
0.96
0.95
0.94
4%
16%
47%
18%
15%
T-Mobile (1) T-Mobile Interim SitesAT&T Verizon
Other (2)
Q3 25 Q4 25 Q1 26
Owned Towers | 4,449 | 4,450 | 4,452 |
Number of Colocations (3) | 4,184 | 4,239 | 4,290 |
Tower Tenancy Rate (3) | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.96 |
Includes ~600 existing pre-MLA sites and the 2,015 MLA Committed Sites
Excludes DISH
Excludes DISH across all periods as well as T-Mobile Interim sites; includes T-Mobile Committed sites
Towers - Q1 2026 operating highlights
(Dollars in thousands) Q1'26 Q1'25
Total Cash Site Rental Revenues
Cash site rental revenue
New leases since March 31, 2025 | 1,135 | |
T-Mobile MLA - Committed Sites | 14,153 | |
T-Mobile MLA - Interim Sites | 8,133 | |
Total cash site rental revenue | $48,151 | $25,859 |
Non-cash revenue | ||
Straight line revenue adjustment | 2,143 | 342 |
Amortization of prepaid rent | 730 | 394 |
Total non-cash site revenue | $2,873 | $736 |
Existing leases (1,2) $24,730 $25,859
$24,366
$1,493
$25,859
($ thousands)
$48,151
YOY Change
$25,865
$14,153
$8,133
(excluding DISH)
+ 98% total
+ 64%
excluding Interim Sites
+ 6% excluding Committed and Interim Sites
Site rental revenues $51,024 $26,595
Q1'25 Q1'26
Existing Base
T-Mobile Committed SitesDISH
T-Mobile Interim Sites (temporary)Existing leases includes the impact of escalators and amendments to existing leases.
Includes ~600 T-Mobile pre-MLA existing sites; 2025 incudes ~$1.5M of DISH revenue, DISH has been removed starting Q1 '26.
Site rental revenues
T-Mobile has until January 2028 to finalize Committed Site selection, after which Array estimates owning between 800 - 1,800 tenantless (naked) towers
Tenantless (naked) towers
Ongoing lease up efforts
Ground rent rationalization
Assess alternatives, including decommissioning
Executing simultaneously - Multi-year process
Tower tenancy post T-Mobile integration
Reached agreements to monetize over 70% of Array's total spectrum holdings, measured on a MHz-Pops basis, including the T-Mobile transaction
CLOSED
PENDING
FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES
T-Mobile Type MHz-Pop | AT&T Type MHz-Pop | |||
August 2025 | January 2026 | |||
600 MHz (1) | 361 | 3.45 GHz | 1,250 | |
700 MHz (A Block) | 319 | 700 MHz B/C | 331 | |
AWS | 563 | |||
PCS | 443 | |||
2.5 GHz 24 GHz (2) | 50 | |||
May 2026 700 MHz (A Block) 89 Other September 2025 700 MHz 2 CBRS 3 C-Band 7 | ||||
Verizon Type MHz-Pop | |
October 2024 | |
Cellular | 663 |
AWS | 11 |
PCS | 19 |
T-Mobile Type MHz-Pop | |
August 2025 | |
700 MHz (A Block) | 44 |
October 2025 | |
600 MHz (1) | 195 |
AWS | 13 |
Type | MHz-Pop |
CBRS | 75 |
C-Band (3.7 GHz) | 1,640 |
28 GHz (2) | |
37/39 GHz (2) |
33 MHz and $20M of 600 MHz Put/Call remains
Included in sale to Verizon Subsequent T-Mobile transactions (Announced Oct. 18, 2024)
Gross proceeds: $1 billion Gross proceeds: $103 million Array cash taxes: $210-$260 million Array cash taxes: ~$15 million Expected close: 2Q/3Q 2026 Expected close: 2026
Quantification of mmWave MHz-Pops not included in the table
Opportunistically monetizing spectrum
(Dollars in millions) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (1)(2)(3) | Three months ended March 31, 2026(4) |
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities | $158 | $161 | $174 | $40 |
Distributions from unconsolidated entities | $150 | $169 | $216 $18 | |
Array has investments in three companies in the state of Iowa. On August 1, 2025, in three separate transactions, these entities sold their wireless operations to T-Mobile. Array recognized $33 million of equity income and received $42 million of distributions in the third quarter of 2025 related to these three transactions.
Certain Array investments in Verizon wireless operating companies were subject to Verizon's prepaid lease transaction with Vertical Bridge. Array received distributions from these investments in the aggregate amount of $25 million in the first half of 2025 related to this transaction.
Prior period adjustments made by the managers of certain investee entities had the impact of reducing distributions from investee operations in 2025.
In the first quarter 2026, equity income was elevated due to prior-period adjustments recorded by the managers of certain investee entities. Regarding distributions, certain entities distribute cash only twice per year, resulting in an uneven distribution pattern throughout the year.
Non-controlling investment interests provide significant cash flow
| Attention: This is an excerpt of the original content. To continue reading it, access the original document here. |

