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<v Speaker 1>We're going to take stock of make Calm Technology Solutions.

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<v Speaker 1>They're based in Lowell, mass and the shares are of

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<v Speaker 1>about three three and a half percent so far this year.

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<v Speaker 1>serve many of the technology comes to customers throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>of the clothes on a Wednesday, SMP five hundred index

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<v Speaker 1>falling eleven points now to one, a drop of five

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<v Speaker 1>Frequencies to light. Here to tell us more about it

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<v Speaker 1>is John Krato. He is the chief executive of may Com.

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<v Speaker 1>Their symbol on the NASDAC is M T s I

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<v Speaker 1>and he can tell us all about five G. John,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks very much for being with us. Oh, you're welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we get into the world of five G, can

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<v Speaker 1>you just help me understand that a little bit about

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<v Speaker 1>the history of may coom Technology Solutions, because were you

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<v Speaker 1>at one point, uh, I guess you were supplying products

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<v Speaker 1>to the U. S. Army. Yeah. Actually, the company's roots

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<v Speaker 1>date back to just after the Second World War. UM

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<v Speaker 1>was actually founded with the folks out of M I

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<v Speaker 1>T doing the very first microwave components for the very

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<v Speaker 1>first radar systems. So it's been it's been a long road,

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<v Speaker 1>close to seven decades and you're based in Lower mass

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<v Speaker 1>Now tell us about the five G. What exactly is

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<v Speaker 1>five G? Well, five g's the next UH warriorless radio standard. UH.

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<v Speaker 1>It's higher frequencies for higher data rates, broader coverage, more

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<v Speaker 1>more dense coverage of for cell phones and smartphones and

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<v Speaker 1>data services. And john I, so I started covering text

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<v Speaker 1>three years ago and five G was being talked about

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<v Speaker 1>then and now we're still kind of waiting. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>at what point does this become a reality? Well, it

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<v Speaker 1>depends on what flavor of five G you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's you know, it is a whole collection of technologies

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<v Speaker 1>that are that comprise five G. So there are versions

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<v Speaker 1>which I would describe more like four and a half

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<v Speaker 1>G that are within the next few years, and then

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<v Speaker 1>depending on how extensive you think about it, it would

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<v Speaker 1>be as much as five years. And Johnny, what would

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<v Speaker 1>the role of make com teleco technology play in the

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<v Speaker 1>introduction of five G technology? So when you're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the frequency bands for five g you're getting up to

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<v Speaker 1>what's called millimeter wave, which are several gigga hurts and

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<v Speaker 1>frequencies so well on radio frequency waves. And we've been

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<v Speaker 1>a leader in that very very high end performance of

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<v Speaker 1>wireless technology and optical technologies, UH for decades. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>really playing into our willhouse. So when I when I

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<v Speaker 1>look about and think about the semiconductor industry, UH, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of M and A. It has been kind

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<v Speaker 1>of the key vein throughout these past for years. And

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<v Speaker 1>since you all went public back in in what it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like you've also acquired five companies. I guess, how

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<v Speaker 1>does that fit into may com strategy in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>buying rather than than building. I would say the impetus

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<v Speaker 1>behind the M and A. The last year's unquestionably been

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<v Speaker 1>a year of consolidation for the broader seming conductor industry.

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<v Speaker 1>We really operate within a more esoteric niche at the

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<v Speaker 1>very very high end of the performance spectrum. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the other consolidation is really consolidation of underperformers. UH.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of companies that have failed to grow,

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<v Speaker 1>failed to return on an estments in research and development,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what that's all about, delivering shareholder value in

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<v Speaker 1>the form of consolidation. Our M and A strategy is different.

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<v Speaker 1>We have built a portfolio through kind of inorganic assembly

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<v Speaker 1>of technologies, really targeting secular growth drivers in the industry.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you give us an example of some of your

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<v Speaker 1>customers and the products that you sell to them. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>our biggest, our hottest part of the portfolio right now

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<v Speaker 1>is our optical business that's really being fueled by what

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<v Speaker 1>is essentially an insatiable demand in bandwidth. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a cloud connected apps economy that we live in is

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<v Speaker 1>really driving a need of a whole new build out

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<v Speaker 1>of the long haul networks, metropolitan networks, data center, interconnects,

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<v Speaker 1>data centers, there's the whole Internet backbone as being rebuilt,

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<v Speaker 1>largely with technologies that we provide. As I was just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say, as part as that that build out, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>are you finding that the expansion of these networks are

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<v Speaker 1>they being delayed because I note, for example, that some

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<v Speaker 1>of the efforts by Google in several of their markets

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<v Speaker 1>to roll out high speed fiber have run into some roadblocks. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>in the US, you know, there's been some delays there's

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<v Speaker 1>fits and starts, but I would say globally it's exploding.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh not the least of which is China. We have

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<v Speaker 1>a very strong position. A lot of our sales are

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<v Speaker 1>going into the rebuild out of the China Internet infrastructure,

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<v Speaker 1>everything from fiber to the home, uh the equivalent of

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<v Speaker 1>FiOS in the US through the long home networks metro networks.

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<v Speaker 1>As I mentioned, China is interesting because they tend to

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<v Speaker 1>prefer homegrown businesses for their technology back end providers. How

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<v Speaker 1>did you get into that market? Yeah? You know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no question any any clime would point out any country,

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<v Speaker 1>any any company prefers homegrown, local technologies. We tend to

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<v Speaker 1>specialize in technology spaces that are so advanced and such

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<v Speaker 1>leading edge that uh, they tend not to play to

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<v Speaker 1>the merits of a cost based economy. UH. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's very much all about innovation and what we do

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<v Speaker 1>in the in the absolute leading edge technologies where we

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<v Speaker 1>really don't have much Asian competition. So, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>guys building out that network in China, Blake Luwawe or

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<v Speaker 1>z t E uh come to us. You know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>the foremost provider of many of these technologies. Globally, so

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<v Speaker 1>a bet on the expansion of cloud is a bet

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<v Speaker 1>on Maycom. Thank you, President and CEO of Maycom, John

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<v Speaker 1>Krowtao for joining us today talking about the semiconductor industry.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Alex Brinka in for Kathleen Hayes here with

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