CEO Message to Shareholders
November 27, 2006
Dear Shareholders, Partners and Friends:
I am pleased to write you with the news that XFONE has recently reported record
breaking third quarter results with revenue growth vs. Q3 of 2005 of 60% to $9.6
million. The growth was throughout our entire organization with all three of our
major geographic regions showing increased revenue. Furthermore, approximately
40% of our sequential growth vs. the second quarter was organic reflecting our
improved product offerings and services.
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While top line growth is important to our management team,
we are ultimately focused on generating higher earnings for our shareholders.
During the quarter, our growth in profits far exceeded our revenue growth for
two reasons. First, we drove organic revenue growth through long term
investments in marketing. Second, we continued to benefit from realization of
cost savings related to our acquisition program and ongoing UNL-platform
investment. With regard to the later, it is important to understand that during
the past few years we have made seven acquisitions in the U.S. and UK, launched
a start up and further built out our facilities based infrastructure in
Mississippi and Louisiana.
We believe that many of the synergies related to the recent acquisitions, as
well as the full cost benefit from the new infrastructure build out in the U.S.,
are just beginning to be reflected in our financial performance.
Hence, our EBITDA increased 108% to $593,000, up from $285,000 in Q3 last year
and up 50% from Q2 2006. On a net income basis, we earned $210,917, or $0.019
per share, from a loss of $(208,915), or a loss of $(0.02) per share, in the
same quarter of 2005.
Our balance sheet remains strong, with approximately $9.1 million in cash and
accounts receivable and total shareholders’ equity of $19.3 million as of
September 30, 2006.
I would like to spend a moment reviewing each of our geographical operations.
XFONE USA revenues increased 150% vs. Q3 2005 to $3.8 million in the third
quarter and made considerable progress with our business strategy of integrating
our many acquisitions by centralizing our switch and network operations,
unifying our customer billing and making improvements to our customer service
call center. These changes have enabled XFONE USA to create uniformity and
efficiencies in our processes while increasing productivity and enhancing our
ability to respond more quickly and effectively to the needs of our customers.
Our Israel-based operation, XFONE 018, continues to deliver excellent results.
We have gone from zero to $1.4 million in quarterly revenues in less than two
years and have just broken through to positive EBITDA. In August, shortly after
receiving approval to start experimental Voice over Broadband service in Israel,
we were granted a license to operate as an Internet Service Provider. This
supports our strategy to become a bundled provider for all our Israeli customers
communication needs. This opportunity also provides us with the platform to
enhance our competitive cost differentiation in this market.
Our UK operation also increased revenues by more than 20% over Q3 last year,
contributing $4.5 million in quarterly revenues. Our wholly owned subsidiary,
Swiftnet, experienced substantial growth in network traffic during this quarter.
In August, Swiftnet gained 20,000 new customers, primarily through its “Text &
Talk” service which enables mobile customers to make low-cost international
calls by paying through a Premium Rate text message. XFONE is taking steps to
increase network capacity in the UK in order to accommodate volume growth from
this initiative. During the third quarter we also successfully completed the
integration of our recent acquisition Equitalk, realizing the planned cost
saving and margin improvement.
I am also delighted to report that as of July, our common stock is traded
simultaneously on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange (TASE). We strongly believe that the dual listing will enhance the
worldwide profile of XFONE by reaching a larger global investment audience.
In conclusion, as we move through the final quarter of 2006, we remain focused
on growing revenues, increasing profitability and continuing to successfully
integrate the synergies derived from our acquisitions. We are committed to
building on XFONE’s success by providing our customers with industry leading,
cost effective services and by delivering shareholder value.
Thank you for your continued support of XFONE.
Sincerely,
Guy Nissenson
President and Chief Executive Officer
XFONE, Inc.
About XFONE, Inc.
A U.S.-domiciled corporation, XFONE, Inc. is an international voice, video and data communications services provider with operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Israel that offers a wide range of services, which include: local, long distance and international telephony services; prepaid and postpaid calling cards; cellular services; Internet services; messaging services (Email/Fax Broadcast, Email2Fax and Cyber-Number); and reselling opportunities. The Company serves customers across Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America, Australia and Africa.
This press release contains forward-looking statements.
The words or phrases "should," "would
be," "will allow," "intends to,"
"will likely result," "are expected to,"
"will continue," "is anticipated,"
"estimate," "project," or similar
expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking
statements." The Company's financial results reflected
above should not be construed by any means as representative
of the current or future value of its common stock.
All information set forth in this press release, except
historical and factual information, represents forward-looking
statements. This includes all statements about the company's
plans, beliefs, estimates and expectations. These statements
are based on current estimates and projections, which
involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include issues related to rapidly changing technology
and evolving standards in the industries in which the
Company and its subsidiaries operate; the ability to
obtain sufficient funding to continue operations, maintain
adequate cash flow, profitably exploit new business,
and license and sign new agreements; the unpredictable
nature of consumer preferences; and other factors set
forth in the Company's most recently filed annual report
and registration statement. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which reflect management's analysis only as of the date
hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Readers
should carefully review the risks and uncertainties
described in other documents that the Company files
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| U.S.
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John Nesbett/Jennifer Beloeau
Institutional Marketing Services (IMS)
Phone: 1.203.972.9200.
E-mail: jnesbett@institutionalms.com |
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| Xfone Contact |
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Niv Krikov
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: + 972.39254446 (Israel)
E-mail: E-mail: niv@xfone.com |
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