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| We also have some easement coming in our inventory costs, they're trying -- we're continuing to do better than we expect to do on gross margin |
| We see this packet optical segment as offering meaningful upside for the US market |
| When looking at the Build America, Buy America requirements that are part of the BEAD program, we are already well positioned to address these needs with minimal changes to our supply chain |
| And then we continue to work down kind of higher price bill of material parts into lower price bill of material parts without expedite fees, and those have all just been positive attributes coming into really over the last couple of quarters |
| As a result, we will continue our focus on becoming an even more efficient and more profitable company with our best-in-class fiber networking portfolio |
| Considering the breadth of our fiber networking portfolio and the full suite of onshore capabilities, you can see why the value proposition is unique in the industry and why we are excited about the ongoing investment cycle in fiber networks for the US market |
| The sequential improvement in operating margin was attributable to higher gross margin and the successful implementation of our cost initiatives |
| These edge optimized optical solutions reinforce the portfolio synergies between our packet optical and fiber access solution sets and they drive more value to our customers adopting these combined solutions under a common suite of software tools |
| Our fourth quarter revenue came in as expected with operating profitability on the upper end of our guidance range, helped by lower operating expenses and improving gross margins |
| Software is a much bigger part of the story, that's why I mentioned the Mosaic One, kind of our take rate on Mosaic One has been fantastic |
| In addition to providing fiber access platforms to these customers, we are having increasing success in ongoing software and in home platforms for this customer segment |
| The enhancements that we have made to our SDG series along with the launch of Intellifi helped drive strong growth with our residential gateways in this past quarter |
| As we have educated our customers on our full portfolio of solutions, including our latest FSP 3000 solutions, tailored towards the need of regional service providers, we have been able to secure dozens of new packet optical wins over the past six months that were from customers that had traditionally been broadband only customers for ADTRAN |
| For the US market opportunity, we see real differentiation in being able to provide a complete fiber networking portfolio that spans from optical core to the customer premise, and is paired with software applications that simplify and lower the cost to deploy and operate |
| The year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter increase is due to reductions in manufacturing and transportation cost and a more favorable customer and product mix |
| We also launched a very, very good offering in our Intellifi, which is our managed Wi-Fi specifically for that segment |
| In the fourth quarter of 2023, we successfully achieved our target with a 15% sequential reduction in non-GAAP operating expenses |
| The other customers are going to have a decent quarter this quarter, it will be stronger than last quarter |
| We have also greatly enhanced our local supply chain capabilities with the recent opening of our Terafactory in Germany, which was supported by significant backing from the state government in the region |
| Q4 non-GAAP gross margin was 41.9% and increased by 277 basis points year-over-year and 155 basis points sequentially |
| We are convinced that the long term growth drivers for our business are fully intact |
| Of course, the company will be able to release this valuation allowance as we return to profitability |
| So I think that has actually benefited |
| The power of our new combined portfolio is most notably highlighted by our recent win in Europe with a Tier 1 carrier who selected ADTRAN specifically for its combined portfolio for meeting the challenges of a new service rollout they are planning later this year |
| These investments underscore the importance of fiber as a critical infrastructure in the modern digital economy and reinforce the continued push by service providers to connect more customers with fiber and upgrade the capacity of their networks |
| According to the Fiber Broadband Association, fiber broadband deployments in the US set a record in 2023, passing 9 million homes, up 13% year-over-year from previous year's record of 8.3 million homes passed |
| These two initiatives have driven us to broaden our presence and strategic relevance in Europe and substantially increase our product portfolio breadth for customers here in the US |
| Similar to our situation in the US, we now have a very strong regional presence in Europe, including a broad support staff and regional R&D resources |
| On product mix, subscriber solutions was up quarter-over-quarter due to an improving inventory situation with both RGs, residential gateways and ONTs |
| We still have an optimistic outlook on the growth for fiber networks over the next few years |
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| As Tom mentioned earlier, we continued to face a decline in service provider spending, driven by macroeconomic challenges and ongoing inventory adjustments |
| Q4 2023 revenue came in at midpoint of our guidance at $225.5 million but down 37% year-over-year and down 17% quarter-over-quarter |
| Our optical networking solution category contributed 38.2% of revenues and was down 39.5% year-over-year and 26% quarter-over-quarter |
| Access and aggregation contributed 28.5% of revenue and was down 32.9% compared to the year ago quarter and down 32.1% compared to the previous quarter |
| In summary, we are still experiencing cautious service provider spending due to economic uncertainty and continued customer inventory adjustments |
| The access and aggregation solution category was down quarter-over-quarter due to timing of orders with a couple of our larger customers |
| Optical networking solutions continued to be impacted by inventory reduction initiatives with large customers |
| And I would say, if you look at it on a year-over-year basis, the number of carriers that are saying this is not just a near term problem but this is a longer term problem to the extent that they award business to kind of a high risk vendor then they have to worry about when does that equipment need to come out and when can I quit taking software drops from this company, and that momentum is doing nothing but getting stronger |
| And so that impacted us |
| Non-GAAP operating loss was $3.2 million, which translates into a non-GAAP operating margin of negative 1.4% compared to negative 1.9% in Q3 2023 |
| But I know one of your competitors was also talking about BEAD acting as an overhang on current demand |
| Q4 non-GAAP operating expenses were $97.6 million, decreasing by 15% quarter-over-quarter and 18% year-over-year |
| And while 2023 presented headwinds to equipment suppliers, operators continue to invest in deployment of fiber networks across most regions of the world |
| And the optics portion of that actually pluggable piece was down in Q4 and I would expect it to come back up a little in Q1 |
| Revenue of course continued to be impacted by macroeconomic factors and elevated inventory levels |
| While we remain confident in our long term outlook, we continue to see cautious spending from our service provider customers, driving us to take more cautious approach with our forecasted operating model |
| Given the current geopolitical environment, we see the high risk vendor replacement as gaining momentum and is really a question of timing of the phase out in Europe rather than a question of whether it will happen or won't happen |
| The year-over-year decrease in operating profitability was due to the lower sales volume, partially offset by improved gross margins and operating expense reduction |
| So yes, without a doubt the biggest issue was two specific customers that we had previously shipped a significant amount to |
| If you look at access and agg, access and agg was down but it's made up of several different things |
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