Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI) ("Alternet" or the "Company"),
an investment holding company focused on the complimentary,
high-growth markets of mobile financial services and
cyber-security, today released a letter to shareholders from its
Chief Executive Officer, Henryk Dabrowski. The letter discussing
the business opportunities for 2013 and 2012 year in review for the
Company and its subsidiary, Utiba Americas, a leading mobile
financial services provider in the Americas, is included in its
entirety below.
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
2012 was a great year for Alternet and our growing subsidiary,
Utiba Americas. The year was marked by multiple accretive wins,
allowing us to gain further share in the growing mobile financial
industry. These 'wins' include several projects that have been
outlined in the Company's previous filings with the Securities
& Exchange Commission, as well as projects seen in our 2012
financials. Alternet, through our subsidiary Utiba Americas, has
closed more than seven projects over the course of the year ended
December 31, 2012, including Digicel Group, Inc., Astra Holdings,
S.A., Banco Fie S.A., and four others that the company is not in a
position to disclose as of this letter. The Company also
successfully launched the balance recharge systems for Digitel in
Venezuela, and for Movilway, including a mobile commerce demo, and
multiple system upgrades for several other clients.
Alternet and our subsidiaries understand that proper
communication, both with investors, with clients, and their
respective target markets is essential. In this effort, we
continuously request to our clients and partners to allow us to
announce key commercial events such as entering into contracts,
launching of commercial services, and other relevant information.
However, due to the competitive nature and the critical impact of
these projects to their business and strategy, most of our clients
are reluctant to share such information. As a result, we are unable
to keep investors full informed of the progress and certain
advances we're making. While we respect the privacy of our clients,
we also remain committed to communicating and increasing
transparency with our shareholders and as such, we will continue to
push for greater disclosure moving forward.
Regional Leadership Alternet's subsidiary,
Utiba Americas, has greatly expanded its regional market presence
in South and Central America throughout the year ended December 31,
2012. The Company has sold and implemented the Utiba Mobility
platform to over 62 financial institutions and mobile network
operators throughout the region and has deployed services in
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and
Venezuela. Currently, the Company is working on seven more
implementations in various Latin American countries and recently,
received a formal letter of intent and is now in the final stages
of contract negotiations, to provide our suite of mobile financial
services applications to a multi-country and multi-bank venture.
Once finalized, this will be a monumental agreement for the Company
as it will allow us to effectively expand into an additional 225
million subscriber market, dramatically broadening our reach and
revenues.
Moreover, we recently disclosed the signing of a supply and
professional services agreement with the largest mobile network
operator in the Caribbean and the Pacific regions. The initial
agreement starts with the implementation of the platform for their
services in Haiti. The accepted proposal covers all of the group's
properties, and it's expected to be launched over the course of the
next three years.
On the product offering side, Utiba Americas entered into
several agreements and strategic commercial relationships to expand
our offering of products and services beyond mobile financial
services, and into converging payments, staying in line with
Utiba's (joint card and mobile wallet offering) strategy. These
include our relationships with i2c, Inc. and Credencial Argentina,
Inc., as well as working closely with MasterCard's Latin America
operations, as part of the Utiba global partnership with the
franchise.
Our expansion into Mexico with the incorporation of Utiba
Mexico, a local subsidiary of Utiba Americas, is another growth
effort that has been seeing great progress. We have been working
with our local partner in Mexico for over 14 months, and recently,
we were selected as the chosen technology platform for a payment
processing company. We anticipate launching Utiba Mexico services
in the country by the end of the year and will disclose additional
details as they become available.
Given our growth trajectory on the product side and recent
strategic agreements and relationships entered into, we expect to
continue our expansion in this space over the next 5 years, and
have discussed internally the potential broadening of our product
and services offering via strategic mergers or acquisitions down
the road. These strategic mergers and/or acquisitions may include
technology companies both in the US and Latin America.
Revenue Recognition As discussed in
earlier shareholder communications, all of Alternet's revenues
currently come from our mobile payments subsidiary Utiba Americas.
Our product and service mix comes from the sale of applications as
"software as a service" (SaaS). This translates from a one-time
revenue event to a monthly recurring revenue stream over a period
of years. Utiba Americas is focused in shifting its core revenues
to the SaaS model, in keeping with industry trends towards the use
of cloud computing and based on a per mobile wallet, per
transaction or a combination.
This causes a significant delay in the recognition of revenues.
Utiba Americas, and in turn, Alternet Systems, have a lag when
booking closed sales versus actual revenue accrual in our
financials.
Financing of Operations and Loans
Alternet, through subsidiary, Utiba Americas, has started to
generate modest income, which has been used to cover operating
expenses and business costs, thus reducing our reliance on
additional investment capital to continue executing on our growth
and expansion initiatives. Until recently, most of the cash
requirements have been procured through loans made by shareholders
and certain members of management.
Conclusion In closing, we are pleased with
the progress that both Alternet and Utiba Americas have made in
2012. With the first quarter of 2013 already behind us, the
management team of both companies remains quite enthusiastic about
the current and future opportunities seen in the mobile financial
services space. Particularly, the recent selection of Utiba's
Mobility platform by a large multi-country and multi-bank venture
is very exciting. Assuming the initiative involves the rolling out
of our suite of services into at least 14 countries, we expect to
quickly gain market presence and increase our profitability.
As we continue to execute in 2013, I look forward to sharing
more news of contract signings and project launches as I am able
to. These revenue producing events will undoubtedly improve our
operational cash flows, decrease our dependence on external
financing, and further increase the value of our investments to our
shareholders. We believe strongly in the opportunity and vision of
enabling secure mobile commerce and communications and hope you
will continue to join us as we make it reality.
Sincerely,
Henryk Dabrowski Alternet CEO
About Alternet Systems Inc. Alternet
Systems Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI), a US corporation headquartered in
Miami, Florida, is an investment holding company focused on the
complimentary, high-growth markets of cyber-security and mobile
financial services. Through its subsidiaries, Alternet captures and
converts the extraordinary growth and opportunities surrounding the
explosion of mobile phones worldwide. Its cyber-security
subsidiary, International Mobile Security (IMS), provides mobile
and digital security solutions to law enforcement agencies.
Alternet's mobile financial services subsidiary, Utiba Americas, is
a joint venture with Utiba Pte, the leading developer of mobile
payment software solutions. Utiba Americas is deploying mobile
financial services solutions for mobile network operators,
financial institutions and third party payment service providers
throughout the Americas region. More information about Alternet and
its subsidiaries can be found at www.alternetsystems.com and by
following the company on Twitter
www.twitter.com/alternetsystems.
For further information about this release contact, Rich Kaiser,
Investor Relations, 1-888-823-8494 or to
ir@alternetsystems.com.
"SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT" UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995 Certain statements in this news release may
contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175
under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by
those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact,
included in this release, including, without limitation, statements
regarding potential future plans and objectives of the Company, are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements.
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