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Microcap & Penny Stocks : DGIV -- Good Prospects? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (1712)	4/1/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Krpsmith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7703

Byron...I can't thank you enough for the great work you have done, especially the last few days. I'll miss your updates as we watch DGIV continue to climb tomorrow.IMO I have several friends who have also invested in this stock and I can assure you all that no matter what the MMs throw at us tomorrow... we are holding.

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (1712)	4/1/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7703

Tnks Byron :-) (updated 1711 with an major edit - ha ha) Wow! Guess I was 10x too low on ports & I was already impressed..

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (1712)	4/1/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7703

The technology DGIV is exploiting is awesome. Take GSM, for instance. From DGIV news: "Louis International has an extensive network of sales agents in Germany, France, Poland, Ireland, and other Central and Eastern European countries marketing the company's pre-paid ''call back'' long distance services and GSM (Global System for Mobil communications) cellular services. The GSM digital cellular network has coverage on the European continent that is much more comprehensive than is the case in the United States, presently." We have discussed the Indonesian internet telephony a bit, but have not said much about the Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology that Mr. Chin is exploiting in Europe. As you know, we deregulated the US telecomm business in the early 80's and went through growing pains while all the baby bells figured out how to talk to each other. At least we had the advantage of ATT having forced their standards on the industry. But if you have traveled much in Europe, you know that communications from country to country or even region to region has been dicey at best. Well, the Europens have also been deregulating, but our problems with interoperability pale in comparison with theirs. While the industry was increasingly deregulated, the European economy was breaking down political barriers, and now everyone had to decide on standards for communications. Their answer was, and is, GSM. GSM is a digital cellular standard and network that covers the entire European continent. That means that someone with a GSM cellular phone in, say, Spain, can call someone in, say, Poland, by just dialing a code and a phone number. No going through any internatonal operator, or any extraneous interfaces. The GSM network ensures that the call is routed correctly, and is correctly interfaced with the local telco equipment. GSM service started in 1991. In 1993 the network had grown to 36 networks in 22 countries. By 1994 there were over 1 million subscribers. Today there are well over 100 countries that have adopted the standard and, get this, over 50 million subscribers worldwide! This is BIG! Again from DGIV news: "Terms of the agreement commit Louis International to bring $1 Million per month or more in traffic to Digitcom's U.S. telephone switching facility within 90 days of signing." $1 Million is a lot of money, but considering the size of the GSM network, if we assume 25 million of those subscribers are in Europe (it's probably more), we are only talking about an average of 4 cents per subscriber per month. Or, in another way of looking at it, if each customer makes 10 calls per month, and if only 1% of those calls are to the US, that makes 2.5 million calls. Say each call costs a total of $10. DGIV needs just 10% of the market to get the $1M. And I think I'm being conservative in my figures. GSM is not only a voice system. Being digital, it can send data at 9600 bps. using packet switching (internet protocols), fax, email, etc. So now here comes DGIV exploiting this worldwide communications technology to bridge the existing gap between Europe and the US in the same way that he is bridging the gap between Asian countries. Need I say more?