Ashish Sharma
Analyst · Cowen & Co. Please go ahead
Thank you, Dan. Let me also join Dan in recognizing the Inseego team for delivering another solid quarter and achieving a major milestone in Q3. We had outstanding performance in the third quarter, driven by strength across our 5G and software portfolio. And as Dan mentioned, it now represents 62% of our overall business. Our product order growth was the highest we've seen in recent history and we are continuing to see strong customer deception of our 5G product innovations. Notably, our 5G revenue surpassed $25 million during this quarter representing triple digit growth year-over-year. Increased demand and accelerating digital transformation have increased the need for our 5G solutions. This great momentum is reaffirming our position as the worldwide leader in 5G technology that is enabling access to a new generation of broadband, now possible with legacy technologies. As Dan mentioned, let me spend a moment on the most important announcement so far in our 5G FWA efforts. I am thrilled that T-Mobile for business is launching our compact indoor 5G solution for their enterprise customers. This achievement is a testament to the diligent efforts by the Inseego team that has been working side by side with T-Mobile and its customers for many months. We have a number of additional 5G FWA products certified by T-Mobile. And we are incredibly excited about the pipeline of opportunities we with them. In addition to T-Mobile, we also signed up new service provider customers in Australia and the Middle East. We recently shipped 5G Middle East products to these customers to support launches in the fourth quarter. As I think about the transformation of Inseego over the past several quarters, three things give me confidence in our ability to achieve our financial goals. First is the validation of our significant FWA product investment over the past 24 months with important wins with multiple Tier 1 carriers and Fortune 500 enterprise accounts. Given these recent wins, both announced and UN announced, we expect to see material revenue contribution in 2022 with FWA driving a majority of our growth next year and beyond. I can see a time in the near future where FWA revenue exceeds our current hotspot revenue, given the significantly larger market these products address. Second, is the diversification of our revenue streams. There was a time in the not so distant past where majority of our revenue came from a single product the hotspot sold to a single carrier. Everything we have done over the last three years has been to change that dynamic. As of today, we have two technology lines in 4G LTE and 5G, which also includes our cloud technology for a complete solution. Today we sell to virtually every carrier in North America, including the two largest 5G providers in the U.S. We also sell directly to a growing list of large enterprises, who are integrating 5G into their business. We are doing this not only in North America, but also in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This is no longer [indiscernible] old. Third is the important revenue mix shift underway. You've heard a stock in prior earning calls about the higher margins we are seeing with our 5G solutions. As the same engine that powers mobile hotspots is at the heart of all of our 5G solutions, including the 5G FWA solutions. The ability to use a common engine across all solutions allows for significant operating leverage. In addition, we are seeing a significant uptick of our cloud software alongside our FWA products. This adds both attractive, gross margins and an important recording revenue component to our business. On prior quarterly calls, I illustrated examples of customer pilots we've been conducting in order to give everyone a sense of the amazing opportunities ahead of us. This quarter I'm pleased to announce that we are beginning to see some of these trials go live and the momentum is accelerating across numerous verticals. To start, we are seeing some interesting industry 4.0 use cases. One large systems integrator in Europe that is a recognized global leader in the manufacturing vertical is testing our 5G FWA product line to enable high capacity, low latency data capabilities for the automotive manufacturing market. We are also working with a factory that manufactures telecom equipment. In this use case they're testing our industrial 5G CPE FW2000e to power automation and robotics with the goal to find new innovative ways to improve workplace safety and to create more agility on the production side. In the education market KIPP SoCal Public Schools is using our 5G indoor routers for in-classroom Wi-Fi, bringing high speed internet to charter public schools in underserved areas and connecting students to new AR/VR learning experiences. And in Utah, two school districts are using our outdoor FWA solution in a CBRS private network to provide long distance connectivity for students who live in the remote areas. As mentioned on prior earning calls, CBRS and private networks are key focus areas for us. In addition to the U.S. case in Utah, I just described a couple of other customers are using cloud managed 5G connectivity, including one of the Top 25 business schools in the U.S. That university is testing our 5G solutions to provide on campus connectivity for their dorms and a collection of hotels in a large U.S. city is testing our solution with the goal to improve the quality of internet services for their guests. In Kentucky, our new industrial gateway is being deployed on downtown light poles and city parks to connect public Wi-Fi access points. Similarly in Australia, a manufacturer of solar powered street lights is using our 5G CPE to provide public Wi-Fi and connect surveillance cameras in areas where wire connections are impractical or impossible. The utility sector is another interest vertical point for Inseego with needs to connect critical infrastructure in the remote areas. In Europe for example, we are working with a large global systems integrator to enable real time monitoring of wind turbines. Public safety is another market where we are seeing 5G use cases. A major city in Arizona is using our outdoor 5G millimeter Wave solution to provide high speed broadband for remote monitoring and high traffic areas. In the healthcare industry TRECS University in Tennessee is using our 5G solutions for low latency connections to enable virtual reality applications to help train medical professionals in operating procedures. And we are engaged in a trial with an integrated healthcare network to power their facilities across the U.S. These are just a few examples of the diverse and exciting use cases being powered by our 5G solutions. Lastly, we continue to make good progress with our cloud software business that is now 20% off our revenue. During this quarter, we signed large 5G FWA service provider customers who are attaching our cloud software solutions to their 5G offerings for multi-year terms. While these are still early days, it validates our strategy of investments and software to improve our value proposition, as well as improve our margins over the long-term. And now I would like to turn the call over to Bob.