Aug 13, 2019 / 08:50PM GMT
Colby Alexander Synesael - Cowen and Company, LLC, Research Division - MD and Senior Research Analyst
Okay. Good afternoon. We're going to get going. My name is Colby Synesael. I'm the communications infrastructure analyst at Cowen. For this presentation, we have American Tower. And from American Tower, we have Rod Smith, who is the company's SVP of Corporate Finance. Thanks for being here.
Rodney Smith - American Tower Corporation(REIT)-Senior VP of Corporate Finance&Treasurer
You're welcome. Thanks, Colby. Good afternoon, everyone.
Questions and Answers:
Colby Alexander Synesael - Cowen and Company, LLC, Research Division - MD and Senior Research AnalystCould you turn the mic up a little bit? So I'll start off talking about the U.S. business. So when you reported second quarter 2019 results a few weeks ago, you ticked up your expectations for U.S. organic billings growth to "at least" 7% from "roughly" 7% driven by expectations for increased new activity.