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| I'm also pleased to deliver that we delivered our second consecutive quarter of double-digit free cash flow |
| As component lead times continue to normalize, we expect to see further reduction in purchase commitments, an improvement in inventory turns, and a reduction in supplier deposits |
| In the third quarter of 2023 the Calix team continued our track record of improved financial performance across four measurable objectives that we've outlined for investors |
| Through the quarter, our broadband platform continued to enhance our partner ecosystem that enables BSP success |
| Our demand frontier remains strong as broadband service providers, who we call BSPs, continue to recognize that building fiber is not enough |
| And so that's a great growth opportunity |
| Backed by our unique broadband platform and managed services model and unmatched financial strength, we are uniquely positioned ahead of the tens of billions of stimulus dollars that is expected to positively impact the market over the many years to come |
| They are leveraging our end-to-end partners, platform, clouds, and growing ecosystem of managed services to deliver offerings across residential, business, education, and the communities they serve, growing market share and subscriber satisfaction, thereby delivering high margins and cash flows that are the envy of the industry |
| With our unique platform and managed services model and a clear ability to innovate at a pace that has never been seen before in this industry, we remain excited about the opportunity ahead for Calix and our strategically aligned BSP customers and partners |
| We expect to continue to generate double-digit quarterly free cash flow and more than $100 million of free cash flow in 2024, further enhancing our already pristine balance sheet |
| These reductions in working capital requirements combined with sequential revenue growth, expanding gross margin, and disciplined OpEx investment will result in significantly more free cash flow |
| Second, gross margin expansion continued with our fifth consecutive quarter of margin growth while we delivered record gross margin as strategically aligned BSPs continued to expand their use of the Calix platform and managed services to achieve their business and financial goals |
| The excitement around SmartBiz products is incredible as our customers look at this as a high margin opportunity to grow their business |
| This improvement in gross margin was due to the continued expansion of our platform and managed services, plus a small product shift to intelligent access edge from revenue edge, and the sell-through of a lower amount of systems with excessively priced components |
| We also saw our fifth consecutive quarter of gross margin expansion, with non-GAAP gross margin of 53.8%, an increase of 100 basis points from last quarter |
| Our platform and managed services have enabled their team to lead their market with average online reviews of 4.8 out of 5 when competitors are as low as 1.1, exceeding 30% take rates in only 18 months and growing revenue by 300% and EBITDA by 400% |
| The Calix team again executed well across the board, and we delivered our 10th consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth, with record quarterly revenue of $263.8 million |
| So we saw higher gross margins in the third quarter driven by continued expansion of our platform and managed services, that shift from revenue edge to intelligent access edge as they finished out their network builds and bleeding off some of that component that we paid in the spot market |
| We saw continued strength in each of those customers into the third quarter |
| They have continued that success, growing to 32,000 subscribers across 45 communities |
| I would say BART will have a significant momentum and SmartTown, because those are our customers doing the right things for their community and what they drag is everything else because the customer realizes that we have uniquely positioned them to position their brand up against the legacy giant in a way that no one else is |
| Attendance set a new record at almost 3,000 attendees, and the excitement in the room was palpable as Calix is perfectly positioned to be the catalyst for the biggest disruption our industry has ever seen |
| Before I close, I'll turn it over to Cory to expand on the team's stellar performance in the third quarter |
| The playbook clearly lays out how a BSP can leverage the Calix platform and manage services to simplify, which yields the highest margins in the fastest time to market, excite, which creates the subscriber experiences that yield the highest net promoter stores, and grow for their investors, for their members if they are cooperative, and for the communities they serve |
| This allows us to better manage our inventory levels and have the right inventory at the right time to meet our customers' demand |
| First, deliberate revenue growth continued as we achieved our 10th consecutive quarter of sequential growth while delivering record revenue |
| It's pretty great |
| And so great trajectory ahead |
| In the investor letter, we highlighted that the industry continues to acknowledge our culture and products through awards, such as the Best Tech Culture from TMC, and Calix Marketing Club winning a technology award for superior marketing insights and analysis |
| And that platform differentiates them in the market |
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| And so what we won't be doing is sacrificing margins to win revenue |
| Right? There's lots of other companies out there reporting challenges |
| A speed as a go-to-market strategy will not win in the long term |
| I think you guys mentioned the revenue edge products were down about 6% sequentially |
| If I look across the platform expansion this quarter we're seeing a bit of a slowdown on a relative basis when compared to your strong execution prior quarters |
| But more importantly, when that hardware went down and the baker didn't have an IT organization, it meant significant operating costs because they would have to support it |
| This is down $143 million after peaking a year ago at $370 million |
| The other part of it, and this is the big shift, is that one of the things we've been talking with customers, and I'm a huge believer in this, is that when you're doing good things for an end subscriber, doing things and just hoping that they know you do good things is a really bad strategy |
| They're unreliable |
| So if Cory was my customer, I would say, hey Cory this month, we stopped a cyber bullying attack |
| And so as they start to hurt from our customers bringing them the pain, they'll start to realize that they need to actually align or die |
| And it's become really clear between who are the winners and the losers |
| Coming out of the pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, they clearly had more inventory than they wanted |
| All these disruptions start from small and work their way up to the larger customers |
| As you look in Q4, you have that kind of flattening out a bit |
| So there's been this significant gap in the marketplace |
| But nothing has changed in our business |
| So as lead times continue to come in not only for us and our vendors, but for our customers, they're continuing to manage down their buffers |
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