Operator

Good morning and welcome to today's conference call to discuss the First Quarter 2026 Uniti Group's Earnings Conference Call. My name is Michelle and I'll be your operator for today. Today's call is being recorded and a webcast will be available on the company's Investor Relations website, investor.uniti.com beginning today and will remain available for 365 days. [Operator Instructions]

It is now my pleasure to introduce Bill DiTullio, Uniti's Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury. Please begin.

Bill DiTullio

Thanks, Michelle. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining today's conference call to discuss Uniti's first quarter 2026 results. Speaking on the call today will be Kenny Gunderman, our CEO; and Paul Bullington, Uniti's CFO. John Harrobin, President of Kinetic, will also be joining us this morning during Q&A. Before we get started, I would like to quickly cover our safe harbor statement. Please note that today's remarks may contain forward-looking statements.

These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Uniti's fiber build strategy, the business' growth potential, our 2026 outlook and other statements that are not historical facts. Numerous factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For more information on those factors, please see the section titled safe harbor statement in the accompanying presentation and the Risk Factors sections in our filings with the United States Securities