IoT data device market, our solutions serve as the core wireless communications platform in these devices, including portable routers; embedded wireless modems for computing and multimedia
devices; and customer-premises equipment, such as fixed wireless broadband access modems, routers, industrial and residential gateways. In the Massive IoT devices market, our solutions provide connectivity for industrial applications such as
transportation, asset and people tracking, retail, smart energy, smart city, agriculture, healthcare and other applications. We also expect to see strong growth in the IoT market in consumer applications such as wearables, hearables and personal and
property trackers.
Our LTE solutions are currently in commercial deployments in the United States, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, United
Kingdom, Nordic countries, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia, Brazil and elsewhere.
Our 4G LTE solutions have been incorporated into devices sold by many leading OEMs and ODMs, including in the Verizon Wireless Ellipsis
Jetpack MHS900L portable router, the Thales IoT (formerly Gemalto) ELS31 LTE Category 1 and EMS31 Category M1 industrial M2M modules, the AT&T IMS2 module and in a variety of devices and modules produced by AsiaTEL, Casa Systems, Connected
Holdings , Daatrics, Foxconn, Gemtek, Geotab, Inseego, Invoxia, Itron, Lockheed Martin, Multitech, Pebblebee, Polymer Logistics, PoLTE, Positioning Universal Inc, Pycom, Quidel, Renesas, Sercomm, Technicolor, Telit, Tozed, Trackimo, Ubiik, Wistron
NeWeb, Withings, and others.
Recent Developments
Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
On February 8, 2022, we reported preliminary financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2021.
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Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $13.8 million, an increase of 16.1% compared
to the third quarter of 2021 and a decrease of 12.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $50.9 million, flat compared to revenue of $50.9 million for the year ended
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Gross margin for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was 57.1% compared to 49.2% in the third quarter
of 2021, and compared to 45.1% in the fourth quarter of 2020. Gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2021 was 53.4% compared to 46.1% for the year ended December 31, 2020. |
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Operating loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $4.0 million compared to
$5.1 million in the third quarter of 2021 and $5.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $18.3 million compared to $24.7 million for the year ended December 31,
2020. |
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Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits at December 31, 2021 totaled $4.8 million compared to
$18.5 million at December 31, 2020. The cash balance at the end of 2021 does not reflect the $9.3 million in gross proceeds from the private placement of ordinary shares closed in January 2022, nor the $7.5 million in upfront
payments received in February 2022 related to new commercial agreements executed with Renesas Electronics Corporation. |
Corporate
Information
We were incorporated as Sequans Communications S.A., a société anonyme under the laws of the Republic of
France, or France, on October 7, 2003, for a period of 99 years. We are registered at the Nanterre Commerce