first results since former ceo john legere stepped down.ng me to discuss their latest round of earnings, new ceo mike sievert is joining us now. you beat on profits, but you said the pandemic is complicating forecasts. give us the headlines takeaways. mike: thanks for having me on. it was an incredible q1. we were firing on all cylinders in january and february. like everybody, march changed things for us. in the quarter, 8.7 billion dollars in service revenues. up over 5%, which is more than twice the growth rate of our next competitor of at&t and verizon. really firing on all cylinders in revenue growth. an all-time record, 3.7 billion, up 12%. coming into the merger on april 1 with strength. that has helped us a lot because now, five weeks into the merger, we are filled with optimism about the potential ahead while simultaneously dealing with near-term issues regarding covid. criticalmobile is a part of the infrastructure and keeping us all connected as we are working from home and quarantined. how much additional demand has this put on

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expected to restart in tanzania next week as it lives lifts coronavirus restrictions there president john legere 40 has repeatedly played down the outbreak but opposition politicians accuse the government of covering up a crisis it's almost a month since the last official data was released then saying there were $480.00 confirmed cases and 16 deaths malcolm webb reports. the peaches doris' along with getting busy again. tanzania didn't have strict lock down measures like some of its neighbors and now it's lifting them. president john mica throughly encourage people to gather and pray in churches and mosques to fight the coronavirus crowds came out for the eve alpharetta celebration on sunday. still exists and we need to protect ourselves washing our hands with soap and wearing masks with oh i haven't worn a mask now but corona exists the government hasn't released much data for the last month and says the numbers of new cases are going down oh the opposition says the government can't be trusted activists to share videos like this one on social media showing burials at night they say the governme