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Coming up on taking stock, 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: We're going to take stock of make Calm Technology Solutions. 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: They're based in Lowell, mass and the shares are of 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: about three three and a half percent so far this year. 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: We're going to find out exactly what the company does 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: and give a little bit of detail about things such 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: as microwave, millimeter and wave applications, all the things that 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: serve many of the technology comes to customers throughout the 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: United States. That's all coming up right now. Let's go 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: to Charlie Pellett in the Bloomberg news room for Bloomberg 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: Business Flat and I thank you, pim Fox stocks bouncing 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: along the bottom. We're brought to you by nash No 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: Realty providers of one hundred percent satisfaction guaranteed New York 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: City realty investments. See them at n r i A. 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: Dot net stocks are falling as heightened political and security 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: risks rattle emerging markets, adding to the anxiety surrounding the 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: outlook for interest rates submid on even growth in the 22 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: US economy. 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They every now and again may have to 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: sort of take a breather. And the way they take 33 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: a breather is the fact sort of wakes up and says, well, 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: maybe we should raise rates because this has got a 35 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: little bit too fat too quickly. For the ten year 36 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: down to thirty seconds that yield one point five. The 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: former CEO of Converse Technology, who hid in Africa for 38 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: a decade, has pleaded guilty in New York to fraud 39 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: for back dating stock options. Jacob Kobe Alexander returned to 40 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: New York yesterday from Namibia to face federal charges originally 41 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: filed in two thousand and six. While he had faced 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: thirty five counts related to the back dating of stock options. 43 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: Alexander pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and 44 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: asked the judge to be lenient in sentencing him. SMP 45 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: down eleven and drop a point five percent. Gold down 46 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: one point three percent now the other stories making news. 47 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, Charlie from the Bloomberg Newsroom. 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This is Bloomberg, Charlie, and 77 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: we thank you, and again recapping the dal the SMP 78 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: NEZTAC are all declining twenty six minutes to go ahead 79 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: of the clothes on a Wednesday, SMP five hundred index 80 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: falling eleven points now to one, a drop of five 81 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: tenths of one percent. I'm Charlie Pelton. That's a Bloomberg 82 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: Business Flash. This is taking stock with Kathleen Hayes and 83 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Pim Fox on Bloomberg Radio. May come partners from radio 84 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: Frequencies to light. Here to tell us more about it 85 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: is John Krato. He is the chief executive of may Com. 86 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: Their symbol on the NASDAC is M T s I 87 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: and he can tell us all about five G. John, 88 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: thanks very much for being with us. Oh, you're welcome. 89 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: Before we get into the world of five G, can 90 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: you just help me understand that a little bit about 91 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: the history of may coom Technology Solutions, because were you 92 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: at one point, uh, I guess you were supplying products 93 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: to the U. S. Army. Yeah. Actually, the company's roots 94 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: date back to just after the Second World War. UM 95 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: was actually founded with the folks out of M I 96 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: T doing the very first microwave components for the very 97 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: first radar systems. So it's been it's been a long road, 98 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: close to seven decades and you're based in Lower mass 99 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: Now tell us about the five G. What exactly is 100 00:05:54,440 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: five G? Well, five g's the next UH warriorless radio standard. UH. 101 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: It's higher frequencies for higher data rates, broader coverage, more 102 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: more dense coverage of for cell phones and smartphones and 103 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: data services. And john I, so I started covering text 104 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: three years ago and five G was being talked about 105 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: then and now we're still kind of waiting. I guess 106 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: at what point does this become a reality? Well, it 107 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: depends on what flavor of five G you're talking about. 108 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: It's you know, it is a whole collection of technologies 109 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: that are that comprise five G. So there are versions 110 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: which I would describe more like four and a half 111 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: G that are within the next few years, and then 112 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: depending on how extensive you think about it, it would 113 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: be as much as five years. And Johnny, what would 114 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: the role of make com teleco technology play in the 115 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: introduction of five G technology? So when you're talking about 116 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: the frequency bands for five g you're getting up to 117 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: what's called millimeter wave, which are several gigga hurts and 118 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: frequencies so well on radio frequency waves. And we've been 119 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: a leader in that very very high end performance of 120 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: wireless technology and optical technologies, UH for decades. So it's 121 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: really playing into our willhouse. So when I when I 122 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: look about and think about the semiconductor industry, UH, there's 123 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: a lot of M and A. It has been kind 124 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: of the key vein throughout these past for years. And 125 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: since you all went public back in in what it 126 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: seems like you've also acquired five companies. I guess, how 127 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: does that fit into may com strategy in terms of 128 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: buying rather than than building. I would say the impetus 129 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: behind the M and A. The last year's unquestionably been 130 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: a year of consolidation for the broader seming conductor industry. 131 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: We really operate within a more esoteric niche at the 132 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: very very high end of the performance spectrum. A lot 133 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: of the other consolidation is really consolidation of underperformers. UH. 134 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: There are a lot of companies that have failed to grow, 135 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: failed to return on an estments in research and development, 136 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: and that's what that's all about, delivering shareholder value in 137 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: the form of consolidation. Our M and A strategy is different. 138 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: We have built a portfolio through kind of inorganic assembly 139 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: of technologies, really targeting secular growth drivers in the industry. 140 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: Can you give us an example of some of your 141 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: customers and the products that you sell to them. Sure, 142 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: our biggest, our hottest part of the portfolio right now 143 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: is our optical business that's really being fueled by what 144 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: is essentially an insatiable demand in bandwidth. You know, there's 145 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: a cloud connected apps economy that we live in is 146 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: really driving a need of a whole new build out 147 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: of the long haul networks, metropolitan networks, data center, interconnects, 148 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: data centers, there's the whole Internet backbone as being rebuilt, 149 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: largely with technologies that we provide. As I was just 150 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 1: gonna say, as part as that that build out, I mean, 151 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: are you finding that the expansion of these networks are 152 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: they being delayed because I note, for example, that some 153 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: of the efforts by Google in several of their markets 154 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: to roll out high speed fiber have run into some roadblocks. Sure, 155 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: in the US, you know, there's been some delays there's 156 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: fits and starts, but I would say globally it's exploding. 157 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: Uh not the least of which is China. We have 158 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: a very strong position. A lot of our sales are 159 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: going into the rebuild out of the China Internet infrastructure, 160 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: everything from fiber to the home, uh the equivalent of 161 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: FiOS in the US through the long home networks metro networks. 162 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: As I mentioned, China is interesting because they tend to 163 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: prefer homegrown businesses for their technology back end providers. How 164 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: did you get into that market? Yeah? You know, there's 165 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: no question any any clime would point out any country, 166 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: any any company prefers homegrown, local technologies. We tend to 167 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: specialize in technology spaces that are so advanced and such 168 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: leading edge that uh, they tend not to play to 169 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: the merits of a cost based economy. UH. So it's 170 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: it's very much all about innovation and what we do 171 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: in the in the absolute leading edge technologies where we 172 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: really don't have much Asian competition. So, you know, the 173 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: guys building out that network in China, Blake Luwawe or 174 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: z t E uh come to us. You know, we're 175 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: the foremost provider of many of these technologies. Globally, so 176 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: a bet on the expansion of cloud is a bet 177 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: on Maycom. Thank you, President and CEO of Maycom, John 178 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: Krowtao for joining us today talking about the semiconductor industry. 179 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: I am Alex Brinka in for Kathleen Hayes here with 180 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: him Fox. You are listening to Bloomberg Radio. Coming up, 181 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: we have some talk about the market outlook from David 182 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: Deet's founder and chief investment strategists at Point View Wealth. 183 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: We hope you'll stay with us at Bloomberg Radio. Coming 184 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: up on taking stock? 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