...Operator Greetings and welcome to Lumen Technologies Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, Tuesday, August 3, 2021. It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Mike McCormack, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Mike McCormack Thank you, Franz. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us to the Lumen Technologies Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. Joining on the call today are Jeff Storey, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Neel Dev, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I need to call your attention to our safe harbor statement on Slide 2 of our 2Q 2021 presentation, which notes that this conference call may include forward-looking statements subject to certain risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements should be considered in conjunction with the cautionary statements on Slide 2 and the risk factors in...