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| So we feel confident that we can compete effectively and grow our wholesale business |
| From a balance sheet perspective, we ended the year with cash of $56.7 million, a 77% year-over-year increase and net leverage of just under 3x, reflecting our favorable capital structure following the macro changes announced early last year |
| We have experienced steady growth in IoT subscribers with gross subscriber activations up 8% over the last 12 months |
| And like I said, it really sets us up well for the future to have the company in such a good position and financials better |
| Since then, I've gotten to know the organization and the expertise that was already in place at Globalstar and now augmented by XCOM Labs resources is quite impressive |
| Our subscriber revenue story continues to be focused on commercial IoT with service revenue increasing 17% in both the fourth quarter and full year periods due to generally equal growth in both subscribers and ARPU and reaching a record high service revenue for the year |
| This talent, combined with our execution and improved financial performance enables us to fund growth initiatives which we expect to create a virtuous cycle of innovation and differentiation |
| I'm excited to say that this cycle has started and we are already gaining traction on a number of our new initiatives |
| Our record financial performance and balance sheet strength are giving us the ability to invest in new initiatives to drive our future |
| While 2023 was a successful and transformative year, I'm even more excited about 2024 and the future of Globalstar |
| Our decades-long experience in running satellite constellation has put us in an excellent position with our systems continuing to operate well and we are excited about the new satellites that we have under construction to enhance our constellation |
| It's creating opportunities for innovators to do well |
| To start, last year was an exceptional year for Globalstar in so many respects |
| So yes, I think that's being able to have proof points is super valuable |
| So knowing that we have the Band 53 anchor is a great opportunity |
| So it's not just about the spectrum but it's the spectrum plus other capabilities that we can bring to bear that, I think, gets us all really excited about the opportunity to create a lot of value |
| It really worked better than a competitive system |
| I have to congratulate our extremely talented development team I'm really proud of |
| So super excited about that opportunity, both on the leasing and the equipment side and services side |
| We had a very successful year |
| So I'm definitely excited about that |
| And as we bring that capability on board, I'm sure we'll be in a good position to sell that to private network customers |
| But the other -- of the existing businesses, the commercial IoT, we've seen good growth on |
| With a record year for our commercial IoT business in 2023, with revenues up over 17%, today, the average revenue for commercial IoT subscriber is much lower than our consumer businesses but we're looking at ways to both scale more easily and create higher-value solutions |
| This forecast reflects our confidence in our ability to continue to execute our business plan while positioning the company for future growth |
| And our new initiatives are gaining real traction |
| ARPU increased on both the quarterly and full year basis compared to 2022 due to a favorable mix of rate plans among our subscribers as more customers selected unlimited plans or otherwise have higher usage on the network |
| And then everybody, like I said, the spectrum is super valuable and we're going to make good value out of that one, too |
| We can also leverage the same efforts that we have underway on these new technologies to serve our consumer-customers and to benefit our commercial IoT customers as well |
| The company has got a great platform now |
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| Before coming to Globalstar, I underestimated the benefits of our one-way system for IoT |
| It reminds me a bit of the early days at Qualcomm when we launched our OmniTRACS business using existing satellite transponders while our competitors had to deploy tremendous CapEx to launch new satellites and thus fail to compete |
| The decrease in net loss during the year was due primarily to the impairment of long-lived assets during 2022 |
| Many other industry players have to launch expensive new satellites to enable new services or in some cases, simply be unable to make the jump to new technologies |
| With that investment comes a short-term margin impact but over time, we believe will drive new and complementary revenue sources, making the investment lower a bit |
| But of course, that's not our aspiration |
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