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2/22/2024
Good day and welcome to the Smith Micro Software fourth quarter 2023 earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would like to turn the conference over to Charles Messman. Please go ahead.
Thank you, Operator, and good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us today to discuss Smith Micro's financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. By now, you should have received a copy of our press release with the financial results. If you do not have a copy and would like one, please visit the investor relations sections of our website at www.smithmicro.com. On today's call, we have Bill Smith, our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Kempton, our Chief Financial Officer. Please note that some of the information you will hear during today's discussion consists of forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those regarding the company's future revenue and profitability, our plans and expectation, new product development, new and expanded market opportunities, future product developments, migrations, and or growth by new and existing customers, operating expense, and the company's cash reserves. Forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. For more information, please refer to our risk factors, included in our most recently filed 10-K and our subsequent filings on Form 10-Q. Smith-Miker assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements which speak of our managers' beliefs and assumptions only as the date they are made. I want to point out that in our forthcoming prepared remarks, we will refer to specific non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to our press release disseminated earlier today for reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures. With that said, I'll turn the call over to Bill. Bill?
Thanks, Charlie. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for our 2023 fourth quarter and year-end conference call. We appreciate your interest. Reflecting on last year, we certainly faced some challenges, which initiated several decisive changes to build a new path forward for the company. And I believe we have found that path. The termination of a large customer contract earlier in the year came as a surprise, causing us to quickly pivot and implement necessary changes to better align our resources. It was a large undertaking and difficult task, but I am proud how our team worked collectively to rise to the occasion and accomplish several critical objectives that we absolutely needed to achieve despite this challenge. The most impactful of those achievements was the successful launch of AT&T Secure Family on the Safe Path platform. While there were some challenges along the way, We got it across the finish line and now have a fantastic opportunity to significantly expand subscriber growth in fiscal 2024. With the migration efforts finished, we now have the flexibility to further develop and expand our roadmap, delivering meaningful, innovative enhancements to the SafePath platform that will launch this year. which I expect to broaden our market reach and enable us to add new revenue streams. I will cover several of these enhancements in more detail later in the call. But one innovation where I do want to add a bit of color now is Safe Path OS. As you may have seen in our earlier press release announcing Safe Path OS, it will bring yet another new market opportunity to Smith Micro by delivering a unique solution to our M&O partners that build on their strong relationships with handset manufacturers. SafePath OS is a pure software solution that will allow our partners to promote a safe and secure child's phone or tablet. This product will be fully functional and set up right out of the box with preloaded software, pre-configured for Android devices to control the functionality of the phone itself to set digital parameters for safe use by the child. This new initiative for kids' devices will deliver substantial flexibility to our partners for new go-to-market strategies. In addition, SafePath OS, will provide enhanced capability for parents and guardians to adjust features and functionality as their children enter new age groups, allowing them to grow through their digital journey. This is just one of the new initiatives underway for Smith Micro as we enter 2024, full speed ahead. Our core vision continues to be the creation of safe and healthy digital experiences for families, while allowing operators around the world to add new lines to family accounts, enabling them to build closer and more valuable relationships with their subscribers over time. Now let's turn the call over to Jim for more detail on the financial results. Jim?
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