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The following quote was taken from Raging Bull.
"A MUST READ !!! Taken From Ragingbull.com
QWST - 52 week range $22 - $104
LVLT - 52 week range $22 - $100
Take a good look,Fiberoptics is Big !! In 1 year this is
what happened
to these 2, QWST is now splitting, think about where SINC
will be in 1
year,you are extremely lucky to be in at this level.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong
Buy; LT Rating-
Strong Buy)"
ragingbull.com
Where is the real potential in Fiberoptics?
Here is a copy of the updated profile on Southland
Financial (OTCBB:
SINC) as featured on thesubway.com
1. OVERVIEW
The economic progress and prosperity of Hong Kong has
long been
underpinned by an efficient and
cost-effective telecommunications sector. With an
economic downturn
in the region, the need for
continuing micro-economic reform and telecom
liberalisation will
prove to be essential for the Special
Administrative Region, (SAR) of Hong Kong, to maintain
its role as
a financial services and business
centre.
While the mobile telecom market in Hong Kong is highly
competitive,
the three new local fixed line
carriers, (Hutchison, New T&T and New World) have only
made slight
inroads into Hong Kong
Telecom's local market share. After three years in
business, the
three new carriers have managed only
50,000 local access lines off Hong Kong Telecom's 3
million line
base.
The Hong Kong government has recently released its
proposed
broadcasting and telecommunications
liberalisation policies which are presented as a
micro-economic
reform designed to reduce prices and
increase innovation, and as an industry development
policy aimed at
attracting regional hubbing
business.
2. BUSINESS STRATEGY
The strategic objective of Southland Financial, Inc.,
(SFI) and its
subsidiary, United Telecom Inc., (UTI)
is to become a Carrier's carrier in the provision of
the Customer
Access Network, (CAN) services.
The business strategy is based on the following
worldwide
developments:
The continuing viability and growth of telecom
carriers will
increasingly be dependent on having
direct access and thus relationship with
consumers.
This direct access will enable carriers to
provide integrated
telecom services to customers and
these services include telephony, Pay TV, fast
Internet access
and other interactive services.
The demand for high quality transmission capacity
that is
required to handle complex voice, data
and video telecommunications, will continue to
increase and
will require higher bandwidth digital
optical fibre networks.
The principle elements of the company's business
strategy include
the following:
The company intends to invest and build a highly
reliable and
versatile telecommunications
network in Hong Kong that will provide local
access to the
homes and offices of customers.
Carriers in Hong Kong will lease transmission
capacity and
lines from the company as the demand
is required on a "pay as you use" principle.
The company will build the infrastructure in
partnership with
the carriers who are the direct
customers to the company, adopting a "just in
time" format.
Carriers themselves do not have to invest in
building
infrastructures thus saving on capital
investments. The carriers can focus on what they
do best to
develop new products and services
to meet market demand. There is therefore little
duplication
of infrastructures and waste of scarce
resources.
3. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
To ensure the viability of the project, SFI/UTI has
undertaken a
significant amount of work in Hong
Kong to establish strategic relationships with the
carriers and the
government regulator, OFTA.
Furthermore, SFI/UTI has recently finalised a contract
with Top
Express Engineering Limited and
Welcome Engineering Company Limited to acquire 300M
USD of existing
and new fiber optic network
infrastructure, over the next four years.
4. THE NETWORK
The company plans to construct and operate state of
the art,
competitive local telecommunications
networks employing the latest SDH transmission
technology with dual
ring architectures and centralised
network management and maintenance. Please refer to
Attachment "A."
The company's advanced networks will, through other
carriers, offer
cost effective access to residential
subscribers and provide uniform, high reliable quality
services to
large corporate customers.
The company's network configuration is shown in the
attachment and
consists of the following key
elements:
Interface to the carriers
The electronics that interface to the carriers'
exchange
equipment.
Ducting and optical fibres
The optical fibre rings, along with the cables in
ducts,
running between exchanges, providing for
robust and self-healing networks.
Electronic equipment
The transmission equipment and the necessary
electronics
required to terminate the traffic at the
buildings.
Block-wiring
These are the horizontal and vertical cablings
within
buildings leading to the subscribers'
terminating blocks.
Network management
The computer systems that provide centralised
monitoring of
the network. The aim is to minimise
network down-time thereby providing a highly
reliable and
competitive service.
4. CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
SFI will require a total capital raise of at least
500M USD, over
the next 4 year period, to fully deploy its
carrier's carrier network. SFI is presently seeking to
finalise the
50M USD for 1999 and a further 160M
USD for the year 2000. The funds raised will be
utilised to acquire
existing strategic ducting, to build
complimentary infrastructure and for operational and
organisational
establishment requirements.
5. FINANCIAL & MARKET PROJECTIONS
The following Financial projections provide an
overview of the
expected market share gain, revenue and
EBIT given the capital requirements are met on a
timely and
consistent basis. Please refer to Attachment
"A" for a graphical representation.
6. Management
Commensurate of a project of this magnitude, Southland
will
continue to develop and enhance its senior
management team. The current Board and Senior
Management members
are seasoned, experienced
professionals who have all gained distinction in their
chosen
fields of banking, media and
communications, law, corporate governance and
telecommunications.
David A. Turik, President and Chairman of the Board
Mr Turik brings a wealth of telecommunications
expertise to the
Company having previously held senior
executive management positions with Australian
publicly listed
companies, NetComm Australia, Telstra,
(the former national carrier, Telecom Australia), AAP
Telecommunications and Spectrum Network
Systems, as well as Toronto Stock Exchange listed, TSB
International. In the past 5 years, he has
predominantly focussed on Business Development,
Mergers and
Acquisitions and project specific
capital raisings. Mr Turik has held an interim role of
acting
President and Chairman for the Company and
was responsible for identifying and negotiating the
Company's
telecommunications infrastructure based
project in Hong Kong. Mr Turik has held many private
board
appointments across a wide range of
telecommunications related organisations.
Martin Dougherty, Non Executive Director
Mr Dougherty has had a long and distinguished career
in the media
and communications field having
held senior executive positions with both the John
Fairfax Group
and News Limited. Mr Dougherty has
also held Board Directorships with the John Fairfax
Group, the
Australian Associated Press, (AAP) and
David Syme Pty Ltd, (publishers of the Melbourne Age
and Business
Review Weekly). For over 17 years,
Mr Dougherty has also been Chairman of Dougherty
Communications;
public affairs consultants,
specialising in strategic public relations, issues
management,
telecommunications, Government and media
relations. This company became a member of the Ogilvy
Public
Relations Group. Mr Dougherty was a
member of the International Management Group of
Olgilvy Public
Relations during the 1980's. He
resumed private practise as a consultant in1989.
Willie Lo, Executive Director, Chairman of United
Telecom Inc,
(Hong Kong)
Mr Willie Lo is a veteran of the Telecommunications
and Information
Technology industries. He has held
senior technical management positions for over 18
years, with Hong
Kong Telecom, Telstra, (Telecom
Australia) and PRACOM Pty Ltd. Mr Lo has successfully
managed a
broad range of projects from cable
network roll-outs to systems development and
implementation. For 8
years, Mr Lo was a Project Manager
for Hong Kong Telecom, managing the deployment of
major cable
networks. Mr Lo was the IT Manager,
Media & Broadcasting, for Telstra, prior to becoming
IT Manager for
PRACOM and an Executive
Director, for Pacific Communications Research P/L.
Mr Lo holds a Masters Degree in Systems Engineering,
(RMIT),
Diploma in Business Studies, Hong
Kong Polytechnic and Bachelor of Applied Sciences,
University of
Melbourne.
Robert Talbot-Stern, Non Executive Director
Mr Talbot-Stern, B.S. Econ. (Wharton), J.D. (Penn.),
LL.M.
(London), has had a distinguished corporate,
academic and public career, having been Group Counsel
for UNISYS
and Assistant General Counsel for
Chrysler. While at Chrysler Talbot-Stern held Board
directorships
with Mitsubishi Motors and Peugeot,
while coordinating Chrysler Canada's rescue effort. Mr
Talbot-Stern
is on a current White House Task
Force on Deregulation and Competition, has been a
guest columnist
for the Australian Financial Review
and business commentator for CNBC-TV. He has worked as
a Management
and Legal consultant in
affiliation with consulting and law firms in
Washington (National
Academy of Sciences, McKinsey &
Co., Herzfeld & Rubin, and Boston Consulting Group).
He has been a
past adviser to the Business
Roundtable and Federal Reserve Board on interest
rates.
All material herein was prepared by Capital Research Group
Inc. (CRG),
for the companies discussed herein, based upon information
supplied by
the company or other sources believed to be reliable. Any
exceptions to
this are listed further down in this paragraph. The
information
contained herein is not guaranteed by CRG to be accurate,
and should not
be considered to be all-inclusive. The foregoing
discussions and pages
contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. The company's actual results could differ
materially
from those described in any forward-looking statements or
announcements
discussed within. This material is for information purposes
only and
should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an
offer to buy
or sell the securities. CRG is not a licensed broker,
broker dealer,
market maker, investment banker or underwriter. Please
consult a broker
before purchasing or selling any securities viewed herein.
CRG, its
affiliates, and/or its officers, directors and employees
may from time
to time have a position in these securities. Any questions
regarding
this can be addressed by calling us direct: 954-217-8555.
CRG has been
compensated with 10,000 shares of stock by Southland
Financial Inc.
(OTCBB: SINC). Always remember that CRG are not analysts
and investing
in securities such as the ones listed within are for high
risk tolerant
individuals only. Not the general public. Weather you are
an
experienced investor or not you should always consult with
a registered
broker before making any investment decisions.
Due to the size of this email, please double click on
the subject in your in-box to view this in full screen.
The following quote was taken from Raging Bull.
"A MUST READ !!! Taken From Ragingbull.com
QWST - 52 week range $22 - $104
LVLT - 52 week range $22 - $100
Take a good look,Fiberoptics is Big !! In 1 year this
is what happened to these 2, QWST is now splitting,
think about where SINC will be in 1 year,you are
extremely lucky to be in at this level.
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating-
Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)"
ragingbull.com
Where is the real potential in Fiberoptics?
Here is a copy of the updated profile on Southland
Financial (OTCBB: SINC) as featured on
thesubway.com
1. OVERVIEW
The economic progress and prosperity of Hong Kong
has long been underpinned by an efficient and
cost-effective telecommunications sector. With an
economic downturn in the region, the need for
continuing micro-economic reform and telecom
liberalisation will prove to be essential for the
Special
Administrative Region, (SAR) of Hong Kong, to
maintain its role as a financial services and business
centre.
While the mobile telecom market in Hong Kong is
highly competitive, the three new local fixed line
carriers, (Hutchison, New T&T and New World) have
only made slight inroads into Hong Kong
Telecom's local market share. After three years in
business, the three new carriers have managed only
50,000 local access lines off Hong Kong Telecom's
3 million line base.
The Hong Kong government has recently released its
proposed broadcasting and telecommunications
liberalisation policies which are presented as a
micro-economic reform designed to reduce prices and
increase innovation, and as an industry
development policy aimed at attracting regional hubbing
business.
2. BUSINESS STRATEGY
The strategic objective of Southland Financial,
Inc., (SFI) and its subsidiary, United Telecom Inc.,
(UTI)
is to become a Carrier's carrier in the provision
of the Customer Access Network, (CAN) services.
The business strategy is based on the following
worldwide developments:
The continuing viability and growth of
telecom carriers will increasingly be dependent on
having
direct access and thus relationship with
consumers.
This direct access will enable carriers to
provide integrated telecom services to customers and
these services include telephony, Pay TV,
fast Internet access and other interactive services.
The demand for high quality transmission
capacity that is required to handle complex voice, data
and video telecommunications, will continue
to increase and will require higher bandwidth digital
optical fibre networks.
The principle elements of the company's business
strategy include the following:
The company intends to invest and build a
highly reliable and versatile telecommunications
network in Hong Kong that will provide local
access to the homes and offices of customers.
Carriers in Hong Kong will lease transmission
capacity and lines from the company as the demand
is required on a "pay as you use" principle.
The company will build the infrastructure in
partnership with the carriers who are the direct
customers to the company, adopting a "just in
time" format.
Carriers themselves do not have to invest in
building infrastructures thus saving on capital
investments. The carriers can focus on what
they do best to develop new products and services
to meet market demand. There is therefore
little duplication of infrastructures and waste of
scarce
resources.
3. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
To ensure the viability of the project, SFI/UTI
has undertaken a significant amount of work in Hong
Kong to establish strategic relationships with the
carriers and the government regulator, OFTA.
Furthermore, SFI/UTI has recently finalised a
contract with Top Express Engineering Limited and
Welcome Engineering Company Limited to acquire
300M USD of existing and new fiber optic network
infrastructure, over the next four years.
4. THE NETWORK
The company plans to construct and operate state
of the art, competitive local telecommunications
networks employing the latest SDH transmission
technology with dual ring architectures and centralised
network management and maintenance. Please refer
to Attachment "A."
The company's advanced networks will, through
other carriers, offer cost effective access to
residential
subscribers and provide uniform, high reliable
quality services to large corporate customers.
The company's network configuration is shown in
the attachment and consists of the following key
elements:
Interface to the carriers
The electronics that interface to the
carriers' exchange equipment.
Ducting and optical fibres
The optical fibre rings, along with the
cables in ducts, running between exchanges, providing
for
robust and self-healing networks.
Electronic equipment
The transmission equipment and the necessary
electronics required to terminate the traffic at the
buildings.
Block-wiring
These are the horizontal and vertical
cablings within buildings leading to the subscribers'
terminating blocks.
Network management
The computer systems that provide centralised
monitoring of the network. The aim is to minimise
network down-time thereby providing a highly
reliable and competitive service.
4. CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
SFI will require a total capital raise of at least
500M USD, over the next 4 year period, to fully deploy
its
carrier's carrier network. SFI is presently
seeking to finalise the 50M USD for 1999 and a further
160M
USD for the year 2000. The funds raised will be
utilised to acquire existing strategic ducting, to
build
complimentary infrastructure and for operational
and organisational establishment requirements.
5. FINANCIAL & MARKET PROJECTIONS
The following Financial projections provide an
overview of the expected market share gain, revenue and
EBIT given the capital requirements are met on a
timely and consistent basis. Please refer to Attachment
"A" for a graphical representation.
6. Management
Commensurate of a project of this magnitude,
Southland will continue to develop and enhance its
senior
management team. The current Board and Senior
Management members are seasoned, experienced
professionals who have all gained distinction in
their chosen fields of banking, media and
communications, law, corporate governance and
telecommunications.
David A. Turik, President and Chairman of the
Board
Mr Turik brings a wealth of telecommunications
expertise to the Company having previously held senior
executive management positions with Australian
publicly listed companies, NetComm Australia, Telstra,
(the former national carrier, Telecom Australia),
AAP Telecommunications and Spectrum Network
Systems, as well as Toronto Stock Exchange listed,
TSB International. In the past 5 years, he has
predominantly focussed on Business Development,
Mergers and Acquisitions and project specific
capital raisings. Mr Turik has held an interim
role of acting President and Chairman for the Company
and
was responsible for identifying and negotiating
the Company's telecommunications infrastructure based
project in Hong Kong. Mr Turik has held many
private board appointments across a wide range of
telecommunications related organisations.
Martin Dougherty, Non Executive Director
Mr Dougherty has had a long and distinguished
career in the media and communications field having
held senior executive positions with both the John
Fairfax Group and News Limited. Mr Dougherty has
also held Board Directorships with the John
Fairfax Group, the Australian Associated Press, (AAP)
and
David Syme Pty Ltd, (publishers of the Melbourne
Age and Business Review Weekly). For over 17 years,
Mr Dougherty has also been Chairman of Dougherty
Communications; public affairs consultants,
specialising in strategic public relations, issues
management, telecommunications, Government and media
relations. This company became a member of the
Ogilvy Public Relations Group. Mr Dougherty was a
member of the International Management Group of
Olgilvy Public Relations during the 1980's. He
resumed private practise as a consultant in1989.
Willie Lo, Executive Director, Chairman of United
Telecom Inc, (Hong Kong)
Mr Willie Lo is a veteran of the
Telecommunications and Information Technology
industries. He has held
senior technical management positions for over 18
years, with Hong Kong Telecom, Telstra, (Telecom
Australia) and PRACOM Pty Ltd. Mr Lo has
successfully managed a broad range of projects from
cable
network roll-outs to systems development and
implementation. For 8 years, Mr Lo was a Project
Manager
for Hong Kong Telecom, managing the deployment of
major cable networks. Mr Lo was the IT Manager,
Media & Broadcasting, for Telstra, prior to
becoming IT Manager for PRACOM and an Executive
Director, for Pacific Communications Research P/L.
Mr Lo holds a Masters Degree in Systems
Engineering, (RMIT), Diploma in Business Studies, Hong
Kong Polytechnic and Bachelor of Applied Sciences,
University of Melbourne.
Robert Talbot-Stern, Non Executive Director
Mr Talbot-Stern, B.S. Econ. (Wharton), J.D.
(Penn.), LL.M. (London), has had a distinguished
corporate,
academic and public career, having been Group
Counsel for UNISYS and Assistant General Counsel for
Chrysler. While at Chrysler Talbot-Stern held
Board directorships with Mitsubishi Motors and Peugeot,
while coordinating Chrysler Canada's rescue
effort. Mr Talbot-Stern is on a current White House
Task
Force on Deregulation and Competition, has been a
guest columnist for the Australian Financial Review
and business commentator for CNBC-TV. He has
worked as a Management and Legal consultant in
affiliation with consulting and law firms in
Washington (National Academy of Sciences, McKinsey &
Co., Herzfeld & Rubin, and Boston Consulting
Group). He has been a past adviser to the Business
Roundtable and Federal Reserve Board on interest
rates.
All material herein was prepared by Capital Research Group Inc. (CRG), for the companies
discussed herein, based upon information supplied by the company or other sources
believed to be reliable. Any exceptions to this are listed further down in this
paragraph. The information contained herein is not guaranteed by CRG to be accurate, and
should not be considered to be all-inclusive. The foregoing discussions and pages contain
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The company's actual
results could differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements or
announcements discussed within. This material is for information purposes only and should
not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities.
CRG is not a licensed broker, broker dealer, market maker, investment banker or
underwriter. Please consult a broker before purchasing or selling any securities viewed
herein. CRG, its affiliates, and/or its officers, directors and employees may from time
to time have a position in these securities. Any questions regarding this can be
addressed by calling us direct: 954-217-8555. CRG has been compensated with 10,000
shares of stock by Southland Financial Inc. (OTCBB: SINC). Always remember that CRG are
not analysts and investing in securities such as the ones listed within are for high risk
tolerant individuals only. Not the general public. Weather you are an experienced
investor or not you should always consult with a registered broker before making any
investment decisions.
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