June 2011. - Daily Express notes: "Mobile messaging group Synchronica rang up 1.5p to 22.5p as it announced a significant deal with an unidentified mobile phone operator in Latin America."
Investment Coverage
Analysts regularly review the Synchronica stock, evaluate the company's strategy, and observe the telecom market as a whole. Here you find excerpts from what they say:
June 2011. - Regina Hope Sinsky from VentureBeat covers the conditional acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging business: "This is a bargain deal because it means Synchronica will acquire six million users across ten North American carriers including giants AT&am;T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. Synchronica's market will now extend to approximately 1.8 billion end-users worldwide." Read the report
June 2011. - Rachel Cooper from The Telegraph reports: "On AIM, mobile messaging business Synchronica said it had bought Nokia's operator-branded messaging business for USD 25 million. The deal counts as a reverse takeover, so trading in Synchronica's shares was suspended at 17.25p." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the conditional acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging (OBM) business: "OBM's customer list includes tier one mobile operators across the U.S. and Canada, such as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless, and others - all of whose contracts will be assigned to Synchronica." Read the report
June 2011. - Jamie Ashcroft from Proactive Investors writes: "Northland Capital Partners commented on Synchronica's (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) deal to acquire Nokia's operator-branded messaging business. […] 'Synchronica gains a sizeable foothold in the North American market, massively expands its number of active subscribers, substantially increases its North American operations, and accelerates its shift towards higher visibility recurring revenues.'" Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors notes: "Internet-based social networking has taken up plenty of column inches in the financial pages of newspapers in recent years as investors have come to realize that there are big bucks to be made from the sector. […] Based in the U.K., with development centers in Germany and the Philippines, Synchronica has until recently been focused mainly on selling its technology into emerging economies. However, recently it has been turning its attention to the developed world." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors covers: "Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica's CEO, said the acquisition marks a 'key milestone for Synchronica' as the firm moves closer to its goal of becoming the leading global player for next-generation mobile messaging. […] Brinkschulte said the deal 'was transformational from a financial perspective and transformational from a strategic perspective', explaining that moving into North America forms a key part of Synchronica's strategy of taking its technology, already established in mobile markets in the developing world, into developed economies." Read the report
June 2011. - Cantech Letter points out: "The company's flagship product, called Mobile Gateway, is offered on a white label basis to mobile operators in emerging and developed markets. Synchronica believes that simplicity on the front-end leads to gains on the back-end; operators using Mobile Gateway are already seeing increased data revenues and reduced customer churn." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors picks up: "We have for the last three years been focusing on emerging markets", explains Synchronica's chief executive officer Carsten Brinkschulte who points out that Latin America, for example, has good gross domestic product (GDP) growth and an increasing mobile phone penetration. "Synchronica has agreements with the two largest mobile phone operators in Latin America, so we are in almost every country in the region." Read the report
June 2011. - Giles Gwinnett from Proactive Investors covers: "Shares in Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) were up nearly four percent today on news that the communication expert's technology is being used for a mass market rollout for mobile phone users in Africa." Read the report
June 2011. - Giles Gwinnett from Proactive Investors cites Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte: "Airtel shares our view that forward-thinking operators need to introduce addictive data services that can be enjoyed by the mass market, not just those who own a high-end smartphone." Read the report
June 2011. - Interactive Investor about the expansion order with a tier one mobile operator group targeting Latin America: "This is a groupwide deal which will see the use of Synchronica Mobile Gateway 6 across all of its Latin American subsidiaries […] Specifically, monthly fees will be doubled which will significantly increase the recurring revenue received per active user per month […]" Read the report
June 2011. - Jamie Ashcroft from Proactive Investors about the Synchronica and Wynncom OGO phone launch: "House broker Northland Capital Partners emphasized that the youth market is a major opportunity for Synchronica […] Importantly, the new product may also be seen as a major endorsement of Synchronica and its Mobile Gateway software. As Northland Capital Partners analyst David Johnson points out: 'The deal represents a competitive knockout.'" Read the report
June 2011. - Jamie Ashcroft from Proactive Investors covers: "Synchronica's (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) Mobile Gateway software is the centerpiece of a new mobile phone that's being launched in India, targeting youth markets. […] The Wynncom OGO phone uses the Mobile Gateway software to provide smartphone-like capabilities at a fraction of the price, Syncronica said." Read the report
June 2011. - Interactive Investor about the financial results for the three months to 31 March 2011: "Highlights include an increase in revenues to USD 1.93 million (first quarter 2010: USD 520,000) and a profit after tax of USD 865,000 (first quarter 2010: loss of USD 2.278 million)." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the expansion order with a tier one mobile phone operator in Latin America: "The deal, a groupwide contract, covers the deployment of the firm's Synchronica Mobile Gateway 6 platform across all of the operator's Latin American subsidiaries." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors updates: "Today's news […] was welcomed by broker Northland Capital Partners. […] Northland added that the firm now has a very strong position in Latin America, with two tier one mobile network operators that are rolling out its services as a means to reduce customer churn and increase revenue per subscriber." Read the report
June 2011. - Sarah Modlock from Interactive Investor about the expansion order with a tier one mobile operator group targeting Latin America: "The groupwide contract covers the deployment of Synchronica Mobile Gateway 6 across all its Latin American subsidiaries. […] AIM-listed Synchronica saw its shares rise almost ten percent to 23p in morning trading." Read the report
June 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors writes: "Synchronica's first-quarter revenues increased by 270 percent over the first quarter of last year to USD 1.9 million. Recurring revenue now represents more than 75 percent of total quarterly revenues […]" Read the report
May 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the Claro Messenger launch in Puerto Rico: "The marketing rational behind Claro's new service is that it acts as a churn inhibitor since users tend to become highly dependent on an instant messaging identity that would be lost should they move to a competing network operator. […] The deal should provide Synchronica with a key recurring revenue stream and access to one of the largest mobile phone markets worldwide." Read the report
May 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors adds to his report about the Claro Messenger launch in Puerto Rico: "House broker Northland Capital Partners has re-iterated its 53p price target for the firm's shares. […] The revenue model provides Synchronica with good ongoing revenue visibility, and there is scope to sell additional services into mobile network operators (MNO) on this basis." Read the report
May 2011. - The AIM & Plus Newsletter about the expansion of the groupwide operator contract in Latin America: "This is a pleasing development for Synchronica, giving it the opportunity to profit further from the large Latin American market, and follows on from the significant progress made by the group in recent months."
May 2011. - Andre Lamberti from Proactive Investors about the expansion contract with a Latin American mobile operator: "The extension means the group will receive additional recurring revenue from a monthly fee per active email user. Push email and synchronization services will be deployed across all subsidiaries of the operator group and will be hosted and maintained by Synchronica." Read the report
April 2011. - Growth Company Investor points out: "Synchronica, through organic growth and acquisition, has secured 83 mobile network operators (MNO) as customers, representing an addressable market of more than 1.2 billion subscribers. […] With 50 services live at the end of 2010 and a further 20 or so likely to go live this half, MNOs should start to eat through initial license sales, resulting in high-margin follow-up orders with shorter sales cycles."
