9. SEGMENTS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

As a result of the divestiture of the Home business, the Company is reporting financial performance based on the following remaining four operating segments: CCS, OWN, NICS and ANS. As of January 1, 2024, management shifted certain product lines from the Company's CCS segment to its ANS segment to better align with how the businesses are being managed. For all periods presented, amounts have been recast to reflect these operating segment changes.

The Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) segment provides fiber optic and copper connectivity and cable solutions for use in telecommunications, cable television, residential broadband networks, data centers and business enterprises. The CCS portfolio includes network solutions for indoor and outdoor network applications. Indoor network solutions include optical fiber and twisted pair structured cable solutions, intelligent infrastructure management hardware and software and network rack and cabinet enclosures. Outdoor network solutions are used in both local-area and wide-area networks and “last mile” fiber-to-the-home installations, including deployments of fiber-to-the-node, fiber-to-the-premises and fiber-to-the-distribution point to homes, businesses and cell sites.

The Outdoor Wireless Networks (OWN) segment focuses on the macro and metro cell markets. The segment includes base station antennas, radio frequency (RF) filters, tower connectivity, microwave antennas, metro cell products, cabinets, steel, accessories and the wireless spectrum management business, Comsearch.

The Networking, Intelligent Cellular and Security Solutions (NICS) segment provides wireless networks for enterprises and service providers. Product offerings include indoor cellular solutions such as distributed antenna systems, public key infrastructure solutions, indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi and long-term evolution (LTE) access points, access and aggregation switches; an Internet of Things suite; on-premises and cloud-based control and management systems; and software and software-as-a-service applications addressing security, location, reporting and analytics.

The Access Network Solutions (ANS) segment’s product solutions include cable modem termination systems, video infrastructure, distribution and transmission equipment and cloud solutions that enable facility-based service providers to construct a state-of-the-art residential and metro distribution network.

The Home business assets line item above reflects certain assets retained by the Company related to the Home business, with the primary asset being net inventory in the amount of $38.2 million and $88.0 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company entered into the Vantiva Supply Agreement, whereby the Company will sell the retained inventory to Vantiva at cost, or market price if below cost, for a period of two years following the close of the transaction.

The Company’s measurement of segment performance is adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization). The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as operating income (loss), adjusted to exclude depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, restructuring costs, asset impairments, equity-based compensation, transaction, transformation and integration costs and other items that the Company believes are useful to exclude in the evaluation of operating performance from period to period because these items are not representative of the Company’s core business.

Sales to customers located outside of the U.S. comprised 35.9% and 35.6% of total net sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to 37.3% and 34.1% of total net sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. Sales by geographic region, based on the destination of product shipments or service provided, were as follows: