Novatel Wireless Enters Into Agreement to Sell Its Mobile Broadband (MiFi®) Business for $50,000,000
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“The sale of Novatel Wireless’s mobile broadband business to TCL is the most transformative event in Novatel Wireless’s history, and punctuates our period of metamorphosis,” said Sue Swenson, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Novatel Wireless. Ms. Swenson added, “Upon the closing of the transaction with TCL, Novatel Wireless will no longer sell any products it sold at the beginning of 2015. We will have transitioned the company from a hardware-only business with approximately 80% of revenues tied to one customer into a predominantly SaaS, services and solutions business with thousands of customers generating recurring revenues. Going forward, we will deepen our focus on our recurring revenue IoT solutions such as our Ctrack telematics solutions, including fleet management and asset tracking & monitoring, and our Feeney Wireless (“FW”) business connectivity solutions, such as our recently launched Ignite offering.”
As of June 30, 2016, Novatel Wireless had 557,000 subscribers for its Ctrack and FW SaaS and services solutions, including 389,000 subscribers to its Ctrack telematics products. After the closing of the transaction, Ctrack is expected to account for approximately 70% of total corporate revenue. Since acquiring Ctrack in October of 2015, the company’s subscriber growth has increased in each successive quarter, highlighted with a 24% annualized growth rate for its Ctrack fleet management subscribers in the second quarter of 2016. In connection with the sale of Novatel Wireless’s mobile broadband business to TCL, Novatel Wireless plans to create a new public holding company (“Newco”) and a new operating structure. |
