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Date Posted: 08:12:46 01/07/00 Fri
Author: warren
Subject: Screwed up Barchart link...
In reply to: warren 's message, "IFCI...found this info on SI last night..." on 08:07:46 01/07/00 Fri

> Up 20% as I type.Should've posted last night.
>
> To: josher61 who wrote (58514)
> From: johnsto1
>
> Thursday, Jan 6, 2000 11:35 PM ET
>
> Reply # of 58823
>
>
> IFCI A
> HREF="http://quotes.barchart.com/texpert.asp?sym=ifci&c
> ode=bstcz">barchart
> Business Summary
>
> International FiberCom, Inc. is a leading
> provider of a wide range of engineering,
> development and maintenance services for
> fiber-optic, broadband networks, public
> telephone networks, local and wide area networks
> and specialized wireless
> applications. With a number of recent strategic
> acquisitions that complement and
> enhance existing services and products, IFCI has
> positioned itself as a "one-stop
> shop" for the telecom, information and cable TV
> industries. The Company currently
> is composed of three primary business segments -
> infrastructure development and
> services, which includes systems integrations and
> engineering services; telecom
> equipment; and wireless solutions - consisting of
> nine wholly-owned subsidiaries,
> with 29 locations spanning 12 states. The
> Company's platinum list of customers
> includes AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Columbia/HCA
> Healthcare Corp., Comcast, Cox
> Communications, Federal Express, GTE, IXC
> Communications, Level Three
> Communications, MCI-WorldCom, Motorola, Nike,
> Pacific Bell, TCI, US West and
> Williams Communications.
>
> 1) Infrastructure Development and Services
> specializes in design, installation and
> maintenance of fiber-optic cable networks for
> cable TV and telephone companies.
> Among the services provided are aerial cable
> installation, cable-splicing and
> underground cable installation, as well as the
> installation of all related power supply,
> transmission and integration equipment.
>
> Systems Integrations focuses on Internet
> applications development and systems
> integration services, including design,
> installation and maintenance of structured
> cable systems, network hardware and software and
> workstations and related
> peripherals. This segment is a full-service
> system integrator offering LAN/WAN
> hardware, network operating systems, file servers
> and workstations.
>
> Engineering Services consists of two wholly-owned
> subsidiaries specializing in the
> design of fiber-optic video, voice and data
> networks for cable television and
> telephone companies. Additionally, this group
> provides staffing services, project
> management, construction management and
> consulting services. This group has
> more than 225 engineers and technicians, with
> specialties in all popular
> GIS/CAD/Design platforms.
>
> 2) Telecom Equipment is made up of three
> wholly-owned subsidiaries that test,
> design, maintain, install and resell new and used
> telecommunications equipment used
> in the digital access, switching and transport
> systems of telephone companies, and
> other Fortune 500 companies. This group has a
> value added reseller agreement with
> Lucent Technologies and represented OEM equipment
> from Nortel, Lucent, Fugitsu
> and Siemens, and others.
>
> 3) Wireless Solutions specializes in the design,
> manufacturing and engineering of
> equipment used to bring radio frequency and
> cellular signal to enclosed spaces such
> as tunnels, subways and trains.
>
> Outlook
>
> More and more, telecom and cable TV companies are
> turning to vendors with full
> network solutions providing the resources of a
> "one-stop shop." The expansion in
> Internet services, data networks and basic voice
> communication has produced
> unprecedented demand for system infrastructure,
> specifically high-capacity,
> broadband infrastructure. Capital spending for
> the North American carrier market
> alone is expected to grow from an estimated $28
> billion in 1998 to $40 billion in 2001.
>
> IFCI has positioned itself as an enabler of
> information, which includes telecom, cable
> TV and the Internet. The Company supplies the
> tools û services and products û for
> companies that rely on providing or receiving
> information via such mediums as voice,
> video, data and other interactive services for
> any number of functions. According to
> ABN AMRO, while the Internet is undoubtedly
> important, successful systems
> suppliers understand that what is important is a
> business strategy of how networks
> will work together to deliver bandwidth on demand
> seamlessly.
>
> Telecom companies throughout North America are in
> an unprecedented build-out to
> respond to the explosive growth in demand for
> data transmission capacity. IFCI has
> become a "one-stop shop" for network builds and
> is well positioned long-term as
> these companies outsource functions like
> maintenance and inventory management.
> An example of the functionality of the "one-stop
> shop" can be seen in IFCI's
> relationship with AT&T; every segment of IFCI is
> currently working with AT&T on a
> variety of projects in many different parts of
> the country.
>
> The growth of the Internet and the rapid
> expansion of private networks have placed
> the capacity, bandwidth and flexibility of the
> world's already-laid fiber at a premium.
> Currently, there are more than 49 million miles
> of fiber optic cable in North America
> with thousands more added each day at a cost
> between $70,000 - $500,000 per mile.
> Inefficient use and current demands are consuming
> existing capacity, leaving telecom
> carriers with a need to expand their current
> infrastructure. With its "one-stop shop"
> approach, IFCI has positioned itself to
> capitalize on this growing marketplace.
>
> Recent Developments
>
> Dec. 14, 1999 û IFCI announced that its
> Infrastructure Development Division
> was awarded a design-build contract with an
> estimated value of more than $32
> million by Washougal, WA-based PF.Net for the
> engineering and installation
> of a fiber-optic network in the southwestern
> United States. Engineering
> services for the estimated fourteen-month project
> are expected to begin this
> month, and network installation should commence
> in January 2000. PF.Net is
> constructing "The Network to the Net" û a
> nationwide IP-based fiber-optic
> network, which will connect to national access
> points and more than 70 cities,
> including the five largest telecommunications
> markets in the U.S.
> Nov. 18, 1999 - IFCI announced that Englewood
> Cliffs, NJ-based AeroComm,
> its wholly-owned wireless solutions subsidiary,
> was awarded multiple
> contracts valued at more than $1.3 million for
> engineering services and
> technology from Bell Atlantic Mobile (BAM),
> Nextel (NXTL) and several
> other entities. The awards include the
> engineering, coordination and
> installation of AeroComm's proprietary systems,
> which allow the
> transmission of cellular, AM and FM signals in
> areas where connectivity is a
> problem, such as tunnels, subways and office
> buildings. The initial awards
> encompass select tunnels in New York City and
> Seattle and a project for
> AMTRAK to improve celluar service on trains,
> including the upcoming
> high-speed train service connecting cities along
> the Northeastern seaboard.
> Nov. 11, 1999 - IFCI announced that its
> Nashville-based subsidiary IFC
> Staffing, Inc. signed one-year major agreements
> with both MCI/Worldcom
> Network Services, Inc (WCOM) and Qwest
> Communications Corporation
> (QWST). The agreements are collectively valued in
> excess of $5 million. The
> WCOM agreement is for nationwide Outside Plant
> Engineering and Project
> Management; the Qwest agreement is for Master
> Professional Services.
> Nov. 3, 1999 - IFCI announced record revenues for
> its third quarter and nine
> months ended September 30, 1999. Revenues for the
> third quarter rose 83
> percent to a new quarterly high of $47 million,
> with net income of $571,000, or
> $0.02 per basic and diluted share. Net income for
> the 1999 third quarter was
> adversely affected by charges related to
> temporary and unexpected delays in
> contracting execution schedules, as well as
> signification, unanticipated cost
> overruns with a certain, non-core, municipal
> utility installation contract. For
> the first nine months of 1999, revenue increased
> 61 percent to a record $115.6
> million, with net income of $5.1 million, or
> $0.18 per basic share and $0.17 per
> diluted share. EBITDA for the third quarter and
> first nine months of 1999 was
> $4.8 million and $16.5 million, respectively,
> compared to EBITDA of $4.3
> million and $13.9 million for the year-earlier
> respective periods. IFCI also
> announced that Chip Wiltse was promoted to
> President of IFCI's
> Infrastructure Development Division. In addition,
> Douglas N. Kimball was
> promoted to Executive Vice President of Mergers
> and Acquisitions from
> COO; Anthony Baumann was named COO from Corporate
> Controller and
> Gregory Hill will serve as Corporate Controller.
> Hill was formerly CFO for All
> Star Telecom, which IFCI acquired earlier this
> year.

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