CA - Quebecor Inc. (QBCRF) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-05-11 08:34:39 ET
Quebecor Inc. (QBCRF)
Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call
May 09, 2024, 03:15 PM ET
Company Participants
Hugues Simard - CFO
Pierre Karl Péladeau - President and CEO
Conference Call Participants
Maher Yaghi - Scotiabank
Jerome Dubreuil - Desjardins
Matthew Griffiths - Bank of America
Stephanie Price - CIBC
David McFadgen - Cormark Securities
Drew McReynolds - RBC
Presentation
Operator
Good day, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Quebecor Inc.'s Financial Results for the 2024 First Quarter Conference Call.
I would like to introduce Hugues Simard, Chief Financial Officer of Quebecor Inc. Please go ahead.
Hugues Simard
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this Quebecor conference call. I am Hugues Simard, the CFO, and joining me to discuss our financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2024 is Pierre Karl Péladeau, our President and Chief Executive Officer.
Anyone unable to attend the conference call will be able to listen to a recording by telephone or webcast. Access details are available on Quebecor's website at www.quebecor.com. The recording will be available until August 9th of this year. As usual, I want to inform you that certain statements made on this call today may be considered forward-looking, and we would refer you to the risk factors outlined in today's press release and reports filed by the Corporation with the regulatory authorities.
I will now turn the floor to Pierre Karl.
Pierre Karl Péladeau
And good afternoon everyone. So how quickly times fly. Does it not? Especially it seems in the telecom world. A little more than a year ago already, we closed one of the largest and most strategic transactions for Quebecor, the acquisition of Freedom Mobile, propelling us as the fourth national wireless carrier and telecom operator in Canada. And perhaps more importantly, establishing us as the one true alternative to the big three incumbents for the benefits of all Canadians.
The first quarter of 2024 will mark the end of the first cycle of integration of Freedom Mobile's operation and financial results, and thus provide the last clear image of the impressive leverage impact of that historical acquisition....
Quebecor Inc. (QBCRF) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript