Verizon expects to realize $5 billion in operating expenditure savings this year, Schulman said during the call. Analysts polled by FactSet expected about 417,000 net postpaid phone additions, far below the company’s actual gains. After reporting gains in the year-ago holiday quarter, Verizon then shed core consumer postpaid phone connections for each of the subsequent three quarters. The company issued a bullish forecast, saying it expects to add between 750,000 and one million net postpaid phone connections this year. Verizon expects wireless-service revenue to be fairly flat this year, while it sees total mobility and broadband-service revenue growing by 2% to 3%.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 30, 2026 14:30 UTC