As previously reported, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne downgraded Dish Network (DISH) to Equal Weight from Overweight as he now sees fewer likely buyers of its assets than hoped. T-Mobile (TMUS) has acquired significant additional spectrum, reducing the potential for a Dish partnership, tax reform will help Verizon (VZ) as it moves further towards small cell deployments in lieu of adding new spectrum, and the FCC is also considering a new auction, Swinburne tells investors. Additionally, the DOJ challenge of AT&T's (T) Time Warner (TWX) deal suggests a more challenging M&A backdrop than assumed for AT&T, which he had viewed as potentially the most logical buyer of Dish's DBS assets, Swinburne added. With Dish beginning to spend on its network in 2018 to boot, Swinburne lowered his price target on the stock to $55 from $75.

Wells Fargo lowered the firm's price target on Verizon to $40 from $44 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm sees encouraging signs in Q1 - improvement in sub trends and limited churn from price-ups - offset by some softness in the business segment and prepaid. Wells would get more constructive when there's visibility on a sustainable improvement in sub trends.

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Total wireless service revenue of $19.5 billion, a 3.3 percent increase year over year. Retail postpaid phone net losses of 68,000, and retail postpaid net additions of 253,000. Retail postpaid phone churn of 0.89 percent, and retail postpaid churn of 1.15 percent.

Total wireless service revenue growth of 2.0 percent to 3.5 percent. Adjusted EBITDA growth of 1.0 percent to 3.0 percent. Capital expenditures between $17.0 billion and $17.5 billion. Adjusted effective income tax rate1 in the range of 22.5 percent to 24.0 percent.

Reports Q1 revenue $33B, consensus $33.24B.