Anterix Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Key Takeaways

  • Positive Sentiment: Anterix said utility engagement has accelerated sharply in the last 60 days, with conversations shifting from education to deployment, pricing, and time-to-value, and four new utilities were signed in just three months.
  • Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted a strong fiscal 2026 financial result, generating positive cash flow, $127 million of cash receipts versus $80 million initially expected, ending with no debt and over $98 million in cash.
  • Neutral Sentiment: The company is changing revenue recognition for spectrum sales to a gross basis under ASC 606 going forward, reflecting its shift from mainly long-term leases to a more flexible mix of lease and sale structures.
  • Positive Sentiment: Anterix emphasized that only 15% of its nationwide spectrum is currently contracted, with much of the remaining asset concentrated in top U.S. metro markets where scarcity and pricing power may be highest.
  • Neutral Sentiment: The company said early testing with Lynk Global on direct-to-device satellite connectivity has been successful, but the opportunity is still in technical validation and productization stages.
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Operator

Good day. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Anterix Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026 Investor Update Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star one one on your telephone. You will hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I'd now like to hand the conference over to Natasha Vecchiarelli, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. Please go ahead.

Natasha Vecchiarelli
Natasha Vecchiarelli
VP of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Anterix

Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone. I'm Natasha Vecchiarelli, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. I welcome you to our fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 investor update call. Joining me today are Scott Lang, our President and CEO, Elena Marquez, CFO, and Chris Guttman-McCabe, Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer. Before we begin, please note that today's discussion may include forward-looking statements regarding our outlook, operations, and expected performance. These are based on current assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. We encourage you to review our SEC filings for a detailed discussion, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, which are available on our website. Please note that we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. With that, I'll turn the call over to Scott.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Thank you, Natasha. Good morning, everyone. As we close my first full fiscal year as CEO, I can tell you that Anterix has never been in a better place. Every aspect of this company is stronger. Every aspect is performing. We focused this past year on setting a foundation. That foundation has us ready for the tailwinds we are now seeing in the market. Let's start with the performance of this last quarter. Activities with utilities has increased significantly just in the last 60 days. Conversations have moved from education and evaluation to now being anchored on deployment, pricing, and time to value. We see it in the number of active engagements, the volume of commercial discussions underway, the quality of opportunities moving through the pipeline, and a notable step-up in direct pricing requests from utilities returning to the table with an increased level of intent.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

With that, I am pleased to welcome Kim Kerr as our new Chief Revenue Officer. Kim brings deep experience across telecom, infrastructure, and enterprise markets. Her mandate is clear: scale our commercial execution for the next phase of growth. What is just as important is the broader market dynamic, and you are seeing it play out in real transactions right in front of us. Amazon's planned acquisition of Globalstar to support direct-to-device capabilities, AT&T's $23 billion purchase of EchoStar's spectrum, and SpaceX's acquisition of additional spectrum resources all point to the same conclusion: scarce licensed spectrum is becoming more valuable, not less. These are deals where the market is putting a real price on spectrum, and that price is climbing. These valuations are not speculation.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

It is recognizing in hard dollars that spectrum is a scarce and strategic asset, which is what we have been saying for a long time. The value of spectrum is strong, demand is greater than supply, and that thesis is now coming to shape. This puts us in a position of strength, and we are ready for this moment. You might ask why. The answer is simple. We have done the work to de-risk any licensed 900 MHz investment from our first 11 customers and our robust ecosystem of solution developers to our strong financial position. We also have a unique ability to match the needs of our customers while ensuring that we will monetize the full value of our spectrum.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

From allowing a utility to start with 10 MHz or start with 6 MHz and move to 10 MHz, schedule payment terms to match capital availability, deploy a single use case, or deploy a wide range of solutions, our flexibility to meet every utility where they are is what makes us a compelling partner. We recognize that many utilities are under intense pressure to address affordability, yet need and want the benefits that come with private broadband connectivity. Our flexibility is our strength. Let me go a little deeper on some recent accomplishments. Within a three-month period, we signed four new utilities. Two that reinforce our strength in the great state of Texas, CPS Energy and Texas-New Mexico Power, and also two in the Northwest region, Benton PUD and NorthWestern Energy. Notably, two of these customers moved directly to 10 MHz agreements shortly after the FCC ruling.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Beyond our spectrum monetization, interest in our CatalyX offering has more than doubled since our February earnings call. Evidence that customers are not only evaluating spectrum, they are committing to action. As they do, each relationship we have grows well beyond the initial spectrum sale into the recurring revenue opportunities that run these networks. We are no longer simply participating in a spectrum market. We are positioned to monetize the much larger market being built on its foundation. That expansion is not limited to utilities. Licensed low-band spectrum is no longer simply a communications input. It is strategic infrastructure, and the range of industries competing for that scarce resource continues to expand. Demand is growing, supply is fixed. Utilities recognize it. The broader market recognizes it.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

As Chris will discuss in a moment, these same dynamics are also creating new opportunities to extend the value of our spectrum position. Our work with Lynk Global is one example. Exploring additional layers of resilience and coverage, including direct-to-device satellite connectivity within this broader architecture. When I step back and look at the year, I see a market that has crossed an important threshold. Utilities have validated the model. Private wireless broadband has moved from evaluation to deployment. Demand is accelerating. The opportunity is expanding beyond utilities, and licensed low-band spectrum is increasingly being recognized for what it is: strategic infrastructure. As we look to the next year, the table is set, and we are in a strong position to execute. With that, I will turn the call over to Chris.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Thank you, Scott, and good morning, everyone. As Scott discussed, throughout the company, our focus is on enhancing and unlocking absolute shareholder value for our spectrum asset. That is why we are investigating extending the utilization and monetization of our spectrum across a broader set of use cases, including evaluating how 900 MHz can be applied to direct-to-device satellite capabilities. With Lynk Global, we are testing how enterprise-grade satellite networks can integrate into enterprise-grade terrestrial networks. While much of the direct-to-device discussion today is consumer-focused, we believe a larger long-term opportunity may be in the enterprise and critical infrastructure space, where continuous connectivity is paramount. In this context, satellite can extend coverage where terrestrial infrastructure is not yet deployed and provide a resilient overlay where networks already exist.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Our testing with Lynk will span a range of devices, including land mobile radios, smartphones, ruggedized computers, routers, and edge devices that will underpin the integration of AI. We will complete this testing across multiple geographies. Initial testing has been successful, moving this from a concept to early technical validation. We are assessing how this capability could be productized through integrated solutions, standalone capabilities, or broader ecosystem participation. The point is simple. We are in a great position to investigate every opportunity that captures value for our spectrum. With that, I will turn the call over to Elena.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Thanks, Chris, and good morning, everyone. I will start by reviewing our fiscal 2026 financial results. Our balance sheet is stronger than ever. I'm pleased to share that we generated positive cash flows in fiscal 2026. We initially anticipated $80 million in cash receipts. Due to accelerated customer deliveries and strong execution from our spectrum teams, we collected $127 million. We ended the fiscal year with no debt and over $98 million in cash, not including escrow deposits, with approximately $50 million remaining to be collected from contracts already signed. Turning to the income statement, currently, our GAAP revenue represents the amortization of our long-term spectrum leases to customers.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Our quarterly GAAP revenue increased to approximately $2 million from $1.6 million in prior quarters, driven by license deliveries to customers during the second half of our fiscal year. Importantly, our fiscal 2026 results are largely driven by the gains on sale of spectrum, along with non-cash exchange gains associated with spectrum conversions from narrowband to broadband licenses. Through fiscal year-end, we converted narrowband to broadband licenses across 219 counties, resulting in a $105 million in non-cash exchange gains. We also sold broadband licenses to customers covering 155 counties and recorded $34.8 million in gains on sale. Coupled with lower operating expenses, this resulted in a net income and EPS positive year. In our forthcoming Form 10-K, you will also see an update to our revenue recognition policy that reflects our evolving commercial approach to best meet our customer needs.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Historically, our go-to-market strategy was centered on long-term spectrum leases, with sales generally limited to certain complex system designated areas. As the market has matured, utilities have become increasingly focused on selecting the ownership structure that best aligns with their operational, regulatory, and financial objectives. In response, we have evolved our commercial approach to provide greater flexibility, meeting customers where they are, and supporting deployment through either lease or sale structures. As a result, beginning with these transactions and going forward, revenue and cost of sales associated with spectrum sale agreements will be recognized on a gross basis in accordance with ASC 606. Looking more strategically at our monetization opportunity, to date, we have contracted only 15% of our nationwide spectrum on a megahertz-pop basis through long-term leases and sales.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Importantly, the majority of our remaining spectrum assets concentrate in some of the most valuable markets in the country, sitting within the top 20 metropolitan areas where scarcity dynamics are most acute. It is increasingly clear that both our historical average contract pricing and broader market comparables on a per megahertz pop basis far exceed those implied by our current market valuation. With this context, we are pursuing all opportunities to extract maximum value for our shareholders. In closing, we're a company backed by a scarce asset in high demand with fixed supply. We're well-positioned with a strong balance sheet and a lean model. Our focus remains on disciplined financial execution, continued spectrum monetization, and capturing spectrum-adjacent recurring revenue, all aimed at delivering long-term shareholder value. With that, I'll turn it back over to Scott.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Thanks, Elena. Let me put all the information we just discussed into a broader context. Any device that consumes, monitors, or controls the flow of critical data, whether in utilities, industrial operations, logistics networks, satellite, or other mission-critical environments, needs secure, deterministic connectivity, and that connectivity is scarce. Demand for it is expanding. The supply of spectrum that can deliver it is fixed. That is the intersection we sit at, and the one we have been building toward deliberately from day one. We do not see this dynamic changing. We believe it is where the most durable value in this market will be created, and capturing that value for our shareholders is exactly what we intend to continue to do. We love the position we're in. Thank you for your support. Operator, we are ready for questions.

Operator

As a reminder, if you'd like to ask a question at this time, please press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Sebastiano Petti with JPMorgan.

Sebastiano Petti
Sebastiano Petti
Analyst at JPMorgan

Hi. Thanks for taking the question. Scott, in your prepared remarks, you touched on the CatalyX conversations you're having. Any update on, is that with existing partners? Are you having maybe follow-on conversations about master services agreement, like what you have announced with CPS Energy?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Hey, yeah

Sebastiano Petti
Sebastiano Petti
Analyst at JPMorgan

I guess, oh, yes, I'm sorry. Just my second question, just on the non-utility use cases, obviously seems like there's opportunity growing there and interest. Is Anterix appetite for some non-utility use cases growing, and is this separate or with what may come from the Lynk partnership, or are they more ingrained there? Thank you.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Okay. Thanks, Sebastiano. Appreciate the questions, and good morning. On the CatalyX, first CatalyX, I'm going to hand it over to Chris to touch on some of the use cases, but what we're doing with the spectrum outside of utilities. On CatalyX, as we've talked about, as we started to shape the product initiatives and our ARR initiatives and the service initiatives, we had the luxury of looking at our existing customer base, who were standing up these networks, delivering results, and understanding where some friction points are to help them move faster. There were a couple that stood out. One of those were CatalyX, and it is basically the entire SIM management giving them a single throat to choke of our superpower of spectrum licensing, bringing devices onto the network that they are deploying.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Every device that gets connected to a network needs a SIM card. We have strong skills within that. We have strong relationships within that. We have relationships within our ecosystem where we can move faster and have a more simple master service agreement that they can sign versus multiple agreements that they sign. It helps them eliminate some of the friction to move faster to start getting value from the network. When they've bought the network and stood up the infrastructure, the CatalyX, the solution, has really helped. What I refer to is the fact that it has doubled and the speed of this, I think we launched this one or two quarters ago. Every customer we've talked to has wanted to learn more about it. The new prospects are wanting to learn more about it. We've done an enormous amount of education.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We are now establishing master service agreements within our contracts and within our deals. It's moved from understanding it, evaluating it, to priced and paper that's getting in front of our customers. That is what we are excited about, of the increase of the interest, the education of it, and the actual traction we're seeing with not only our existing customers, but all the new customers really like to see this as well. We're not a spectrum speculator. We're in this. We're building a real business and help them reach the value desperately wanted by the business executives. That's the little bit of context there for CatalyX, especially just to address your question, Sebastiano, but also for any others that want to learn a little bit more of the history on that. Chris, why don't you-

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

touch on the use case?

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah. Scott, one thing to add, the beauty of these products is we can enter into a contract with these products even before a spectrum contract, right? These can help provide, as Scott referenced, a soft landing to a spectrum product. I mean, to a spectrum contract. As we look at these opportunities, clearly they are with existing customers. Scott hired our new Chief Product Officer, Ross Spero, and we've got a team in front of existing customers, and clearly this concept of MSAs and these opportunities are being presented, integrated into and as part of our forward-looking.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Sebastiano, as you asked about the other verticals and the other sectors, I want to go back to what Scott said because I do think everyone in the spectrum world is beginning to realize this, and the quote was, Any device that consumes, monitors, or controls the flow of critical data needs private connectivity. You could apply that to any sector of the 17 critical infrastructure sectors. As we look at it, yes, there are inbounds from other sectors coming to us, and yes, we do and can do an analysis of whether that makes sense. You did, you zeroed in on that key one, which is satellite and direct-to-device. We've kicked off an investigation. Actual testing happened the end of last week and into this week. It all looks great.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

As we say, looking at, I think Elena said it, I think Scott said it, I know I said it in our prepared remarks, we're looking at every opportunity to monetize our spectrum to the benefit and to the value of our shareholders. Clearly, that includes looking at these other verticals.

Operator

Our next question comes from Mike Crawford with B. Riley Securities.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Good morning, Mike.

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Hi, good morning. First, just to circle back to the directed device opportunity, how would a Lynk work as, if satellites, if ever launched at any scale, would traverse in and out of markets where you've licensed your spectrum to others, like utilities?

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah. Hey, Mike. The reality is that the use of this capability is evolving, we are comfortable that from market-to-market, we can have folks that are utilizing this product, in the next market, they may or may not be. Whether or not we have licensed a portion, 15%-ish from a POPs perspective of the country, that's totally fine. There's no issue with that from a technical perspective. This is the reality with anyone who's going to utilize directed device, right? I think AT&T and Verizon have a petition in front of the commission right now to use a portion of low-band spectrum where they do not have nationwide licensing of that spectrum. We're comfortable that this can be a product if that's the path we go down.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We're excited. Lynk has our bands in their spectrum. We think they're a very viable entity. We're excited to work with them, we'll see how this all plays out.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah. The first round of testing has gone extremely well on it as well, Mike. We've got some of the initial results already. They're terrific continuing to expand the number of devices and the number of tests is only going to increase now.

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Okay. Thank you for that. Just to switch to a few quick modeling questions. What are you planning for cash and total expenses, including stock comp, for the current fiscal 2027?

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Yeah. Thanks, Mike. We're obviously very fortunate to be in a very strong financial position with all of the cash that we were able to collect this year with accelerating deliveries. We have $50 million to collect still from the current customers, with about $25 million coming in in this current fiscal year. We have lowered our expenses significantly, of course, from about $45 million run rate back in the first half of FY 2025 to well below 40, I want to say, $37 million, $38 million. I would expect to be at approximately $40 million OpEx at the most all-in with one-time expenses in the current fiscal year. Of course, we're currently not exactly guiding on the clearing costs as it's the lever that we've always pulled up and down.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Now we will be, of course, focusing on not only delivering to the current customers, but only also unlocking the value of the expanded band tied to near-term opportunities. Of course, as our pipeline continues to move, we will continue moving that up and down. We did spend about $27 million in clearing last year. I certainly expect it to be a bit more this year, but I think it may be a placeholder for now that you could use.

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Okay. Thank you.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Does that answer your question?

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Well, yes. Given that now you're going to recognize spectrum sale revenue on a gross basis, is that when contracts are signed or when spectrum's delivered or a combo of both? Should we expect you to restate prior financials or not?

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Thank you so much, Mike. Great questions, which allows me to clarify some of the points you just raised. No, absolutely no restatement of prior periods. This is a prospective change really driven by our go-to-market approach as it evolves, right? We're being very flexible with our customers and meeting them where they are. Our approach used to be primarily long-term leases, now, of course, as evidenced by the last four contracts, we're very much open to sales of spectrum. With that, we, again, had to reevaluate our GAAP accounting, this was long in the making. We're now able to recognize revenue on the gross basis from our sales. What you will see, again, I'm happy to provide you some guidance on this, again, guided by the current contracts.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

As you have seen, there's an uptick in our GAAP revenue in the fourth quarter, now we're at about $2 million. Certainly expect that running through from our long-term leases for the four quarters in this current year. However, there will be a $13 million revenue recognition related to CPS Energy contract in the fourth quarter as an addition, that, of course, does not include any new contracts that we may sign this year. Did I answer all of your questions or did I miss something?

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Well, thank you. I'm sorry. Can you just clarify again what you said about that $13 million? When is that going to be recognized? It's going to be in the fourth quarter-

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Yeah

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

of fiscal 2027?

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

That will be in the fourth quarter of FY 2027. That is correct. The revenue recognition will be tied to the actual delivery dates of the licenses.

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Just the last one from me is, given that we're 72 out of 90 days into this quarter, is there any further color you could provide on clearing costs in this one quarter as well as potential gain on sale of intangible assets or gain on exchange of narrowband for broadband licenses just in this one quarter that's nearly done?

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Yeah. Thank you, Mike. I am seeing that our clearing costs are fairly consistent to kind of the average that we've seen in the past year quarterly. I'm not seeing a huge uptick in the first quarter. As far as the gains on sale, I would rather not guide because with FCC, we could get a license in on the last day of the quarter that could be extremely material. If I guide you, unfortunately, I could be very off, up or down. I will continue not guiding on that.

Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Analyst at B. Riley Securities

All right. Thank you very much.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Of course.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Thanks, Mike.

Operator

As a reminder, if you'd like to ask a question at this time, please press star one one on your touchtone phone. Our next question comes from George Sutton with Craig-Hallum.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Thank you.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Good morning, George.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Good morning. You mentioned a notable step-up in pricing discussions. I wondered if you could provide a little sense of how broad are you referring to that comment to be? Are you specifically referring to CatalyX, or are you referring to the broader set of license opportunities?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

George, I would say it's broader. I'd say it's CatalyX, but specifically on that point, I was referring to spectrum. I've now just entered my second full fiscal year as CEO. Just turning the clock back four quarters, I'll go even five quarters ago, compared to today or any other time that I've understood with some of the history of this company, the number of active large utilities, small utilities, it's really a range. There are some utilities that are smaller utilities that range single-digit millions and some utilities at the other end of the range, the larger utilities, that are nine-digit numbers. The range on that is very broad. The diversity is very strong, and it's well-represented in each of those categories from smaller to larger.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

The consistency is give us some indicative pricing, strong interest of getting to 5x5, strong interest in the methodical approach we can give them to bite off 3 by 3 with their pathway and committed to 5x5. Our commitment is we want to monetize the entire 5x5. That is what we are doing. That's what we have. We're confident in it. The utilities consistently want it. They see it as a scarce and strategic asset. Everybody we're talking to is really aligned on getting to the 5x5, and they like our affordability and the phased approach that we can get them there without any risk of a stranded asset from where they are today and where they get there with this affordability challenge that's in front of them.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

I would tell you, George, there's a lot of excitement within the company and with the team, with the activity and the responses and the requests we're getting from utilities. Of course, on the other side of that is the excitement last week that we just got out of the satellite initial tests with Lynk and some of the other dynamics we're seeing in the market of the demand for spectrum. It is only continuing to grow. We continue to see that will continue to grow. The supply is fixed. That's maybe a little longer answer than you were looking for, but I would say that we feel like we're in a really good place, and the energy here is very strong.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Last quarter, you made it pretty clear that pricing in effect was going up. You were eliminating new accelerator program deals. Can you just give us an update on what remains in terms of accelerator opportunities? Are you still honoring anyone who started those discussions at that time?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We do not have any broad agreements out there. The accelerator pricing is over. That has not been renewed. We do not intend to renew that. The pricing that we're doing now is very customized by each utility, each demand, the value of each market. It's a very customized approach that we are working with every opportunity, whether it's in the alternative industries we're looking at that is reaching out to us or whether it's specifically with utilities, the size of the utility, it's really a customized approach. The more recent deals that we announced were very strong pricing, and they wanted to go to 5x5 ASAP. It really ranges, but the net of the answer is there are no new accelerator deals that are active right now. That program is closed, and the other one, the pricing is very strong.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We have flexibility, but we also have a very scarce asset that we will be paid accordingly for that asset. I look at our current appreciation of where we are, and Elena touched on this. The price per POP backed into our enterprise value now gives us an enormous amount of headroom before we even begin to touch the value of our spectrum and the pricing we're putting on the table as a result of the demand, the scarce nature of what we have, and the nature of its strategic value that it brings to the utilities.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Got you. Thank you for that. One question on the product side. I know Ross is in the midst of hopefully finding 10 products in terms of things that you can offer into the ecosystem. We've basically announced two and slash three, if we include satellite. Elena has talked about an 8-1 revenue opportunity for relative to your license value that you would receive. Can you just give us a sense of what is a rational expectation for you to see in a typical market over time, relative to that 8-1 opportunity?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

You're referring specifically to the adjacent new-

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Correct. The product

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

products, ARR. Okay. Ross and I, we talked very deeply on this. What we will not do is chase every rabbit. There's a lot of opportunities. We could chase a lot of rabbits right now. We're not going to do that. We are singularly focused on building products and reducing friction that helps us sell spectrum and helps utilities get the value of spectrum faster. The first two we identified were CatalyX and the tower access, and the agreement we established with Crown Castle for a nationwide tower access. There are a couple of new ones that Ross is doing a terrific job with his team, that we're in early stages of discussing, that existing customers have highlighted, that we're starting to hear about and see in the market. It's early for me to indicate what those are today. There are a couple of early-stage things we're looking at.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We also want to deliver on some of the ones we've already launched, and they're doing a really nice job, where it's turning into paper, it's turning into real clarity, it's turning into a real value proposition that the utilities can put their teeth into. I'd love to give you a number of what we expect that to look like this year. It's a little early. I'd like to see a couple of these wins turn into a real financial P&L business model, and then we'll be ready. It has become part of the metric this team is accountable to deliver to our board and therefore, to our investors.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

For the first time, this company now has a performance metric that we are being measured by the team, that this is an important aspect of our company because it helps us sell spectrum, it helps our customers be successful, and it also addresses a broader opportunity that Elena and Chris referred to. I think we'll be in a place where we can start sharing some specifics. I don't want to put a time on it. That would be our goal.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Finally, just more of a comment, but you mentioned single-digit million opportunities and then nine-figure opportunities. If we're taking a poll.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

Yeah

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

I would prefer the nine-figure opportunities. Us too.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Well.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

We like all of our children. We love all of our children.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Yeah. Yeah. We love it all. Listen, it's all good. We're really in a good place. We like where we're at. It's been a lot of work by this team. I can't say enough about how hard this team is working and how thoughtful, engaged our board is, and our customers at the table, and really the teamwork going on, not just within the company, but just all of our ecosystem partners. It really has taken a village and everybody's working nicely together, and it's nice to see that there's good progress and good excitement for good reason, and across the company.

George Sutton
George Sutton
Analyst at Craig-Hallum

All right. Thanks, guys.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Thanks, George.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Thanks, George.

Operator

Our next question comes from Adam Kelsey with Titan Partners.

Adam Kelsey
Analyst at Titan Partners

Thank you. Scott, staying on the topic of the $8 per dollar multiplier that was referenced. As the 5x5 configuration evolves and the D2D opportunity scales, do you have any comments on how that $8 multiplier may change?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Are you referring to the $8 that gets unlocked as a result of every dollar of spectrum that gets purchased? I think so.

Adam Kelsey
Analyst at Titan Partners

Correct.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Yeah.

Adam Kelsey
Analyst at Titan Partners

I'm curious if that $8 would probably increase now that you're going from 3x3 to 5x5 and now that we have the D2D opportunity.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

I think everybody's going to want to comment on that. It's pretty exciting as we start to think about it. The notion and the context of the work we did to put the $8 on the table is that the amount of companies and investment necessary, whether it's a D2D or whether it's a satellite company that's enabling D2D, or I mentioned logistics and mentioned some of the other industries out there, and specifically for utilities, that the number of dollars that we see flowing around us as a result of standing up these network infrastructures is pretty significant. Some of those dollars we think should run through us, and specifically the CatalyX and the TowerX, because it adds a great value to the market, to any customer, to have those running through us.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

There are a couple of others that, as I mentioned, that Ross and his team are looking at and will be very deliberate on understanding what those are. Whether that $8 grows or not, I'm not ready to put a number on that. We did quite a bit of work. We didn't just grab a number out of the air for the $8. We'll do the same amount of math as we start to see progress as a result with the successful milestones we hit last year on the Lynk test. Now, as we test more devices and we study that more as the impact that our spectrum can create on satellite direct-to-device and others, we will revisit the $8. I don't see the $8 going down. I see it as fairly well the foundation under the 8 and potentially going up.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Chris, do you want to add anything to that?

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Scott, I agree with everything you said. Adam, I do love the way you're looking at it, right? There is an element of if you build it, they will come, in the sense that we were at DISTRIBUTECH, we had our four of our customers on a panel. They all talked about crossing over in the next few years, 1 million devices on their network. We can all, I think, envision a future where what these networks are being used for and the products that are being developed will evolve. I think Scott's right, specifically, we're not going to revisit the $8 yet, but six months ago, we weren't talking at all about a product being satellite connectivity-directed device. No one was in the private network utility space. The reality of connectivity opportunities is changing, and we're excited to be where we are.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Our teams are sitting with existing and future customers extensively talking about these expenditures coming up. We're excited about where we are, it is all evolving as we are sitting here.

Adam Kelsey
Analyst at Titan Partners

Great. One follow-up from me. Scott, you also mentioned ongoing conversations or at least initial conversations with non-utility potential customers. I know way back when we were undergoing the first initial NPRM, there were several non-utility customers that were in support of the R&O. Curious if you'd characterize some of these conversations as a continuance from those initial efforts, or are new non-utility customers coming to the table?

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

I would say it's both.

Adam Kelsey
Analyst at Titan Partners

Yeah.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Chris and I are looking and going through our list here of companies, and it's a little bit of both. It's not surprising that the ones that have always been out there had a need for connectivity as part of their really critical aspects of their business and just driving more connectivity. The new ones coming into play, certainly the FCC clearance, the 5x5 has hit the radar screen of companies that really are excited about engaging with us on our journey and seeing our progress. It's a little bit of both, I would say.

Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer at Anterix

Yeah. Adam, we're leading, but also listening and following, right? We have customers who are pursuing and deploying a network, and are looking at providing connectivity to like-minded entities within their footprint, right? That alone is driving interest. When you look at LCRA, they are looking at providing service, they've been very public about this, to entities within their service territory and their service footprint. I think you're going to see, you're going to begin to get a sense of what those entities are, who they are, what sectors they represent. Some of it's just happening organically with our customer base.

Operator

That concludes today's question-and-answer session. I'd like to turn the call back to Scott Lang for closing remarks.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

Thank you everyone for joining. We love where we're at. I've had the opportunity to get in front of a lot of customers over this last quarter. Many times, the customers are bringing many people from different parts of the organization. Our story is resonating. We're available now. We're proven. We give them flexibility as our strength message. They love the flexibility as our strength, and a pathway for them to be successful with real customers showing real value from these business cases, a full ecosystem coming to the table that helps them get past just a spectrum decision, but really delivering those results.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

When we compare that and the ability for us to put a business case on the table that really addresses the acute affordability challenges for the industry, but also offers us tremendous ability to take care of our shareholders, take care of our customers, and continue to grow, is a very powerful message that evolves with their company. The ability for us now, with the strength of our ecosystem and the migration happening with devices, can give them confidence there is no stranded asset that they're going to leave behind. To back that up with their timeline of how they want to deploy the networks that's right for them is a very powerful message. We love where we're at. There's a lot more demand than there is supply. We have some really good existing customers that are helping us out and really advocating for this.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

As the new prospects get around the table, they start to share that excitement, and that gets even more exciting for us. I want to thank everybody for support, and we look forward to keeping you in touch with our progress. Have a great day.

Operator

This concludes today's conference. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.

Scott Lang
Scott Lang
President and CEO at Anterix

All right. We're done?

Operator

Good job.

Elena Marquez
Elena Marquez
CFO at Anterix

Good job, guys.

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      Chris Guttman-McCabe
      Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
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      Elena Marquez
      CFO
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      Natasha Vecchiarelli
      VP of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
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      Scott Lang
      President and CEO
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