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| Continued strong demand for our solutions, especially in North America and India, has enabled us to continue robust growth as we take market share and deliver consistent profitability |
| In terms of the number of new customers, the progress is even more impressive |
| We exceeded our guidance for revenue and delivered record full year non-GAAP operating income, giving us great momentum and confidence as evidenced by our guidance for significant growth and margin expansion in 2024 |
| We believe that we are well positioned to continue to achieve self-sustaining cash flows as we execute our growth strategy |
| This demonstrates the progress we have made in unlocking the earnings power of Ceragon |
| For the year, we grew revenue by 18% to $347.2 million, expanded our gross and operating profit margins and delivered positive GAAP and non-GAAP net income, along with positive free cash flow |
| As a result, we expect increased non-GAAP profit and positive cash flow for the full year of 2024 |
| We are solidly profitable and expect to further expand our margins in 2024 |
| We believe we can grow much faster than the market growth by focusing on the parts of the market that are expected to grow faster and expanding into new domains |
| According to analyst reports, the millimeter wave market segment had the highest growth rate within wireless transport market with a compound annual growth rate of 35% for the last 4 quarters ended September 30, 2023 |
| We're increasing our footprint in multiple domains and expect to continue delivering significant revenue growth |
| As Doron indicated at the top of this call, we believe that the demand in our business will continue to be strong |
| The only thing I would say is that I'm sure that with the Siklu's acquisition on the Ceragon side, our ease of use in terms of our product is going to improve very significantly because these guys did an amazing job in terms of GUI [ph] design, in terms of alignment when you are doing installation |
| With all these actions taken, we believe we will maintain the broadest and strongest millimeter wave products in our market with the richest price performance range |
| So all in all, we are very optimistic |
| So far, the initial feedback from the market is very positive, especially looking into the point to multipoint Terragraph solutions that can be used for fixed wireless access |
| As Doron outlined, the fourth quarter represented a solid end to a strong year for Ceragon |
| In the fourth quarter, Ceragon grew revenue nearly 20% to $90.4 million, our highest quarterly revenue level of the year |
| Clearly, we continue to be successful in India and North America, and we anticipate this trend to continue in 2024 |
| What we see at the outset is that there is a strong demand for Siklu products from the original markets they were at |
| 2023 was a very strong year for Ceragon and we enter 2024 with accelerating momentum |
| Really good job this year, and it looks like the Siklu acquisition was quite strong |
| We continue to achieve high gross margins, mainly as revenues from North America continue to maintain its high level and product mix continue to be favorable while we keep costs under control |
| Revenue from India was $30.5 million, and bookings were strong, increasing our backlog |
| This strong end to the year enabled us to grow revenue more than 18% for the full year to $347 million, exceeding our full year guidance of $333 million - sorry, $338 million to $346 million |
| In India, we have continued to see strong demand for our solutions, even as others report softness |
| So this was an encouraging year for Ceragon |
| Once again, this demonstrates the progress we have made in unlocking the earnings power of Ceragon and our ability to increase operating leverage |
| Our performance in 2023, combined with improving visibility and the expected synergies from Siklu has given us the confidence to guide to continue double-digit revenue growth |
| We are also targeting significant margin expansion in 2024 |
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| And that actually inhibited their ability to supply the demand |
| GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $1.2 million, negatively impacted mainly by $1.6 million charges related with the acquisition of Siklu and the $1.2 million onetime charge related to a termination of long-term agreement with a third party for a joint development of 5G technologies |
| So it's a little bit going down |
| It will be a bit challenging, while India, big projects are coming and it might be a little bit challenging on that, but we still expect to be around the same numbers last year - the same DSO to keep the same DSO |
| Financial and other expenses for the fourth quarter on a non-GAAP basis were $2.5 million, slightly higher than we expected due to currency losses from our operations in Africa |
| Some quarters will be shy below, some quarters maybe shy above |
| You may understand from the deal structure that they were in some, I would say, financial distress before we bought them |
| But in a specific quarter, it could jump or be a little bit lower |
| Our gross margins continue to fluctuate from quarter-to-quarter due to changes in product and regional mix, as well as other operational factors |
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