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:
September 2011. - Hunter Ruthven from M&A Deals covers: "Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, says that the GBP 15.5 million deal he has struck to buy Finland-based mobile phone giant Nokia's operator-branded messaging business in a reverse takeover will not only pay for itself in the short term, but also transform the company's business model and profit prospects."
August 2011. - UK-Analyst in a note: "The acquisition of Neustar NGM and Nokia's messaging business also significantly boosted the group's operations. Chairman David Mason commented: 'We have made great strides to becoming a global leader in mobile messaging.'"
August 2011. - Proactive Investors sums up: "Next-generation mobile messaging firm Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) rose 0.8 percent to 14.88p after it revealed increased revenue and reduced losses for its first half. Overall revenue during the six months to the end of June increased by 16 percent to USD 5.8 million, with USD 3.9 million of that coming in the second quarter." Read the report
August 2011. - VantageWire Canada reports: "But the most notable figure was recurring revenue growth of 207 percent. Recurring revenue accounted for one fifth of Synchronica's revenues in the second quarter of 2011 […]" Read the report
August 2011. - Investegate in a news: "Operational highlights in the first half and the second quarter of 2011 included the acquisition of instant messaging business of Neustar NGM Services […] Also the continued growth in Latin American presence from two expansion orders, territory-wide implementation of Mobile Gateway 6, and launch of instant messaging service in América Móvil subsidiary in Puerto Rico." Read the report
August 2011. - Robert Tyerman from Growth Company Investor in a recommendation: "Brinkschulte, who points out that the Nokia service deal alone will provide the company with contracted revenue of USD 18.2 million over 18 months, emphasizes that the operator-branded messaging (OBM) acquisition represents two major changes in Synchronica's business mix and strategy. First, the enlarged company will derive nearly all its turnover from recurring revenues […]"
August 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors mentions: "But the most notable figure was recurring revenue growth of 207 percent. Recurring revenue accounted for one fifth of Synchronica's revenues in the second quarter of 2011, compared with seven percent in the second quarter 2010." Read the report
August 2011. - WatsHot comments: "[…] the business currently looks in good shape, and with Northland Capital Partners looking for pre-tax profits of USD 14.2 million in 2010, the shares are a steal if that target is met."
August 2011. - AIM Journal writes: "House broker Northland Capital Partners forecasts more than trebled revenues of USD 34 million in 2011, combined with a move into profit. The 2011 profit forecast is USD 2.4 million, and a full contribution from the Nokia assets means that the profit is expected to increase to USD 14.2 million in 2012." Read the report 
August 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors summarizes: "Earlier this week, Northland Capital Partners said that Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings should have a slightly positive impact on Synchronica since it is involved in Android-based smartphones which Google supplies the operating system for." Read the report
August 2011. - Andre Lamberti from Proactive Investors: "Broker Northland Capital Partners was encouraged by the news, noting that the Nokia acquisition gives Synchronica a substantial customer base in North America including tier one carriers with six million active users. 'The associated professional services contract is a substantial and profitable revenue stream from the world's largest handset manufacturer and from here, Synchronica can reach out to many more mobile network operators', said Northland Capital Partners." Read the report
August 2011. - AIM Bulletin Magazine covers: "Mobile Messaging and email technology developer Synchronica has completed the USD 25 million acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging business. This acquisition has strengthened Synchronica's position in the North American market. […] The deal includes a support and development contract for the Nokia messaging software […]"
August 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors writes: "Google's USD 12.5 billion acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings should have a slightly positive impact on next-generation messaging technology firm Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN), according to the firm's house broker Northland Capital Partners. While Google's move will doubtless be a boost to acceptance of its Android mobile phone operating system, Northland Capital Partners made the point that Synchronica itself is involved in Android-based smartphones, having recently launched an Android messaging client." Read the report
August 2011. - Jamie Ashcroft from Proactive Investors rounds up: "Google's USD 12.5 billion acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings should have a slightly positive impact on next-generation messaging technology firm Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN), according to the firm's house broker Northland Capital Partners. […] 'The move by Google is a direct challenge to Apple for a comprehensive smartphone offering […], but it also has ramifications for Nokia and Microsoft that are trying to stem declines', said Northland Capital Partners in a research note today. 'The deal is likely to increase the pressure on Nokia to differentiate, and this may mean more development work for Synchronica.'" Read the report
August 2011. - Robert Tyerman from Growth Company Investor about the acquisition of Nokias' operator-branded messaging business: "For Tunbridge Wells-based Synchronica, the deal brings in more than six million active end-users, such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Telus, and Rogers, along with technology including Nokia's leading email, instant messaging (IM), and social networking gateway and client software."
August 2011. - Ben Jaglom from Growth Company Investor analyzes: "One company that sees potential in an interesting sector of the mobile market is Synchronica, led by CEO Carsten Brinkschulte. […] He says: 'Across the market, we are seeing the move from sending messages via SMS to using email and social media sites, such as Facebook.' He argues that a key trend will be unified messaging (which the company itself supplies)." Read the report
August 2011. - Sergei Balashov from Proactive Investors in a company snapshot: "Elsewhere in the markets, mobile push email and synchronization services company Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) has launched a Synchronica Mobile Gateway instant messaging (IM) client app for the Android mobile operating system. […] América Móvil will be the first to launch the new client app, which is powered by Synchronica's instant messaging and presence service (IMPS) platform, through all their subsidiaries." Read the report
August 2011. - Giles Gwinnett from Proactive Investors in a report: "Mobile messaging experts Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) has launched a new client app for the Android operating system. The Android system has now surpassed Apple's iPhone iOS - as the platform for mobile devices, says the firm. It means Synchronica's app can be downloaded to allow an operator's branded messaging service on Android smartphones (around 500,000 Android smartphones worldwide are activated each day)." Read the report
August 2011. - Christiana Roberts from M&A Deals about the completion of the Nokia deal: "Chief Executive Officer Carsten Brinkschulte comments: 'With today's completion, we have acquired Nokia's successful and highly complementary operator-branded messaging business and have at a stroke transformed Synchronica's scale, profitability, and geographic scope.'" Read the report
August 2011. - Andre Lamberti from Proactive Investors about the acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messagin (OBM) business: "[…] this latest deal has given Synchronica entry into the lucrative North American market. 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
August 2011. - TechFinance in a news: "Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) has concluded the acquisition of the operator-branded messaging (OBM) business of Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK). The total consideration payable to Nokia is USD 25 million with USD 4 million paid in cash at closing." Read the report
July 2011. - Live Charts UK in a stock market news: "Shares of Synchronica surged eight percent after the mobile messaging solutions provider said it has received an expansion order from an existing Middle East-based mobile operator customer, the third order from the region in seven months." Read the report
July 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the expansion order from an mobile operator based in the Middle East: "This order is for additional user licences for Synchronica's Mobile Gateway system, following an initial USD 1.5 million order in December last year. Northland Capital Partners, Synchronica's house broker, said that it is maintaining its buy stance and 53 pence price target for the shares." Read the report
July 2011. - Dave Price and Damien Lynch from The Globe and Mail pick up: "Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) said an existing mobile operator customer based in the Middle East has placed a USD 740,000 follow-on order for Mobile Gateway user licences, expanding an initial USD 1.5 million order for licences received late last year. […] Synchronica said the deal is the third major order from a client in the Middle East within the past seven months." Read the report
July 2011. - Steven Frazer from Shares Magazine about the transformational Nokia deal: "Buy international mobile messaging specialist Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) at 18.5p ahead of an expected second-half profits breaktrough. […] The deal to be funded by USD 4 million cash and new shares will give Synchronica contracts with top-tier U.S. mobile network operators […]"
July 2011. - WatsHot about the transformative acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging business: "The deal […] immediately trebles Synchronica's end-user base and revenues, makes the company profitable overnight, adds North America to Synchronica's geographic coverage, adds additional technology and patents, and provides new growth opportunities."
July 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the third mobile messaging contract with an Indian device manufacturer: "Northland Capital Partners, Synchronica's house broker, said that firm's software can represent a competitive differentiator to secure new customers and reduce churn in India's highly competitive mobile market." Read the report
July 2011. - Jon Mainwaring from Proactive Investors about the third mobile messaging contract with an Indian device manufacturer: "This deal, which has an initial value to Synchronica of USD 1.4 million, will see Synchronica bundle its Mobile Gateway software into its client's handsets in order to provide push email, instant messaging, and social networking services." Read the report
July 2011. - Damien Lynch from The Globe and Mail notes: "Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) […] overnight received a purchase order from an Indian handset manufacturer to bundle Synchronica's infrastructure software Mobile Gateway to provide push email, instant messaging, and social networking services for a range of devices to be introduced later this year. It said the deal, worth an initial value of USD 1.4 million, was won in partnership with a reseller of mobile value-added services." Read the report
July 2011. - MENAFN about the purchase order from an Indian handset manufacturer: "Under the terms of the agreement, the unnamed manufacturer will bundle Synchronica's infrastructure software Mobile Gateway to provide push email, instant messaging, and social networking services […]" Read the report
July 2011. - TechFinance posts: "Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) has closed a brokered private placement of 29,300,000 subscription receipts at CAD 0.25 per subscription receipt to raise gross proceeds of CAD 7.325 million." Read the report
July 2011. - In a market report, Geoff Foster from Daily Mail notes: "Buyers switched on to Synchronica, 1.88p up at 19.125p after trading in shares of the company, which specializes in next-generation mobile messaging and social networking technology, resumed, following a transformational acquisition." Read the report
July 2011. - Andre Lamberti from Proactive Investors picks up: "Mobile messaging company Synchronica (AIM: SYNC, TSX-V: SYN) will see trading in its shares restored today after it published the admission document relating to the proposed acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging business." Read the report
July 2011. - ShareCast states: "Mobile phone messaging provider Synchronica's shares resumed trading on Friday after the company published the necessary admission document related to its proposed acquisition of Nokia's operator-branded messaging business. Synchronica's shares advanced 3.6 percent in early morning trade in London." Read the report
July 2011. - Andre Lamberti from Proactive Investors updates: "Analyst David Johnson of broker Northland Capital Partners said the acquistion of Nokia's operator-branded messaging (OBM), assuming it is approved at the meeting, was "truly transformational". […] The broker maintained its buy rating for the stock and its existing twelve month price target of 53 pence […]" Read the report
July 2011. - Roger Baird from Daily Mail writes: "Synchronica, an AIM-listed mobile IT firm, has bought one of Nokia's messaging services for GBP 15.6 million to expand its presence in the data market in Europe, Africa and, Latin America. The Tunbridge Wells-based firm suspended its shares yesterday at 17.4p until the deal is completed." Read the report
July 2011. - Zacks Investment Research writes: "Nokia Corporation, the world's largest mobile phone maker, plans to divest its instant messaging service division to British-based firm Synchronica for USD 25 million. The acquisition will allow Synchronica to enter the U.S. market and gain access to Nokia's six million end-users." Read the report
