The
SYn
Tonic Brief (An overview of the company for fresh eyes
)
As non fictional as possible (For Huntfish anyway
)
An interesting back half of the year coming up
An inflection point reached
Revenue being generated
A real company being created
SYT Team
A well formed group of experienced professionals with vast industry knowledge in the telco/mobile space
Add into the mix our co-founders and CEO (a forward thinking particle physicist) and our CTO/President who is a proven master of architecting large scale multi platforms, and you have got yourself a recipe for a pretty tasty dish
The latest board members have taken
1.3 million shares a year for the next 3 years in lieu of cash (important point this one)
And our advisor took exercisable options
Incentive plus to perform....yep
Here are the latest members of Syntonic and a little of what they have to say about being apart of Syntonic
Added to Syntonic’s executive team is Mr. Randy Smith, a leader and pioneer in digital media for nearly twenty years, including executive positions at DTS, Microsoft, and Xing Technologies. Mr. Smith will be leading corporate and business development, allowing the Company to rapidly prospect and close business opportunities.
"The Syntonic team has successfully established its reputation as a worldwide leader in sponsored content services and mobile BYOD split billing," said Randy. "The market potential for Syntonic's products, services and platform technologies is exhilarating, and I'm looking forward to helping Syntonic incubate, develop and implement growth opportunities around the globe."
Steve Elfman, former President of Sprint, a major U.S. telecommunications company, to be appointed as Director, bringing extensive experience in the wireless industry
“My decision to join Syntonic’s Board of Directors was very deliberate, driven by my assessment of the company’s product strategy and the executive team’s long-term vision. Syntonic is well positioned to make a big impact on the way mobile data is consumed and used for business intelligence. The road ahead looks bright and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish.”
Chris **riel, former Chief Executive Officer of Zain Africa and Top-100 Global Telco Influencer, also to be appointed as Director
“After working in the telco and mobile industry for decades, I’ve only seen a handful of companies like Syntonic with the potential to succeed based on the widespread global impact the technology can have on massive populations of people. Syntonic is on the right track, and I’m ready to jump in on the board with strategies and ideas to help strengthen their position as a leading provider of sponsored data solutions.”
SYT Products
A secure, cloud based, worlds first, true cross carrier
Connected
Services
Platform which is the only platform able to address the customers billing directly - which underpins
* Freeway (for consumers)
* Dataflex (for businesses)
* OTT - Over the top mobile video/content service (for televisions in everyones pocket)
Disruptive offering allowing consumers to tailor a package to suit their needs for the content they wish to devour and the budget they wish to set without giving a thought to data and the exorbitant over charging anymore
Available on iOS and Android
(iOS version took a long time and needed help from AT&T to receive the appropriate API's needed from Apple which only a handful of company's have been able to achieve in the world) Another very important point putting our competition at a massive disadvantage for achieving a truly comparable cross carrier platform accessible via Android and iOS
Telco Deals in Place
Tata Communications
White Label Sponsored Data Exchange (presently rolling out with Syntonics help for their launch globally) - see the MWC panel discussion as to how TATA sums up the exchange
Renegotiated deal for increased nett revenue share (from 15% to 22.5%
minimum)
Launching of our own products on this same exchange inevitable also
Anything to do with Sponsored Data at TATA and we can rest assured it is our technology at its heart
Verizon
Integrated and launched on Verizon's Freebee Data and Perks (only partner to do so)
Any of Verizons content being free rated/sponsored and you can bet your holding that it is our technology - Fios has been confirmed as using our SDK and creating the first avenue of revenue through our multi faceted relationship with Verizon
Licensing of our CSP and SDK plus sub licensing to third parties - Our last major announcement read for all the information on this point, somehow it seems to have been overlooked as to how significant our relationship is with Verizon and how dependant they are becoming on our technology moving into the new era of content on mobile devices
Our OTT platform Freeway Overpass is now available in a trial phase on Verizon's network for their 100 million odd subscribers
AT&T
Integrated on the AT&T network
Negotiated a 70% discount in data pricing opening the doorway for a viable OTT service to be created
(I personally believe this discount wasn't because AT&T were feeling generous.....strategic
)
A further 20% reduction now negotiated making it a 76% reduction of our original pricing from them
Our OTT platform Freeway Overpass is now available on a trial phase on AT&Ts network
For their 40 million odd subscribers
Partnerships/Content Providers
On board the SYnTonic Express
Hersch, Reliance, Billaway, Zapak, Boomdash, Nazara, Expedia, BBA Studios, Perform Group, Konami, Pokemon Go
From the last webinar it seems EA and Red Bull are also interested in our platform
Continents already Launched
United States, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico (with a Spanish version just launched simultaneously)
Soon to be in South America, Africa and Europe
Dataflex
Syntonic has received no shortage of interest in its DataFlex product, particularly in California where there is threatened and pending class action ligation from employees who have not been reimbursed by their employer for their work-related mobile expenses. Syntonic DataFlex has only been offered through a non-revenue generating pilot program and receives 2 to 3 in-bound enterprise requests per week for participation in the program. The Company is learning from these pilots and has received strategic insight from the two independent reports commissioned by Information Solutions Group on employee and employer habits, trends and needs in mobile split billing.
Keep your eye on this 'pillar of the company' later in the year for when they flick the switch on all of the trials for these enterprises turn into revenue producing agreements
Competition
Will always be there, but the word around town is that they all stand in STARK CONTRAST to what SYT has to offer
It also has an UNRIVALED operator network footprint to deliver their services for content providers due to their unique cross carrier functionality and seemless integration into the telcos network
I hope you have enjoyed this brief and continue looking into this great Co listed on the ASX
I'll leave you with still to date my favourite paragraph from any of the announcements and also recommend you watch the latest webinar to hear our co-founders talking about what they know best
The timing of this capital raise is driven by several large-scale revenue generating opportunities which have recently arisen and that require a quick market response to maximize market share. For example, Syntonic’s multi-faceted engagement with Verizon Wireless, the United States’ largest mobile carrier with nearly 100 million subscribers, requires an immediate company scale-out to accommodate and capture the upcoming business opportunities. The Company’s expansion to support Verizon builds on the strategic foundation of Syntonic’s Connected Services Platform integration with AT&T and Tata Communications. The Company is now in a unique and advantageous position to be the world’s first cross-carrier Mobile Virtual Network Content Provider (MVNCP), offering audio and video services with a direct billing relationship to the end-user, either through sponsorship or paid subscription. In the U.S., Syntonic has the unrivaled operator network footprint to deliver these services to over 70% of the addressable smartphone audience. In addition, Syntonic is now in advanced discussions to extend these services into the European market.
Keep in mind the capital raise was back in November for 3.4c and here we are today
Realistically at the same price as the raise and what appears to be at our positive inflection point in the companies life
Maybe also keep in mind that once TATA launch their Sponsored Data Exchange officially and the OTT is out of trial phase in a couple of months and starts expanding globally, there will be no looking back for Syntonic and its shareholders
IMO DYOR and all that stuff
