5G
Wireless Communications, Inc.
Company Report
12/10/2002
5G
Wireless Communications, Inc.
(OTCBB: FGWC/ bid $0.0055 – ask $0.006)
WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER FGWC:
1.
The company is fully reporting, yet has a current stock price below
one penny at $0.006 per share and a market cap of only $840,000.
This appears to be undervalued based upon the market for wireless
broadband with the potential to add voice over data services.
2. Unlike other wireless technologies that require a direct line
of sight for reliable operation, the 5G solution incorporates “smart”
equipment that locates alternate routes around obstructions, remembers
these routes, and then transmits via multipoint antennas that may
be located at end user facilities.
3. The 5G solution, also known as “Wireless Wide Area Network”
or WWAN, provides a cost effective method of distribution both in
the 2.4 and 5.3/5.8 GHz range for local and regional ISP’s
as well as residential and commercial use with data transfer speeds
up to 5 Mbps.
4. Its equipment is Wi-Fi certified under IEEE 802.11b. This means
that its products will be interoperable with any other products
developed under this initiative by any manufacturer.
5. The company has completed its testing phase and has deployed
its services to individuals, businesses, fire departments, hospitals,
and municipalities in New York and California. It is now ready to
actively market its services to targeted cities throughout the country
5G
Wireless Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: FGWC)
Financial Projections ($’s in thousands)
2002
2003 2004
2005 2006
2007
Revenues(1)(2) 135,000 6,723,000 18,040,000 27,598,000 35,295,000
42,590,000
EPS (diluted)
52
Week Range: $.004 - $.095
Fiscal Year End: Dec 31
Shares Outstanding: 141,000,000 Approximate
Float: 40,000,000
Market Cap: $845,000
(1)
Does not take into effect what the company believes may be additional
revenue associated with the potential sales through licensing and
wholesale, maintenance and consulting fees and agreements.
(2) Revenues are based upon adding 30 new towers during the next
6 months.
5G
Wireless Overview http://www.5gwireless.com
The
company provides high-speed, broadband Internet service via a proprietary
wireless technology. The solution has been tested, verified, and
is currently in use in multiple cities in New York including Binghamton,
Johnson City, Vestal, Bainbridge, and Sydney. The system has also
been deployed in Marina Del Ray and Garden Grove, California and
is being tested in Miami, Florida for use as part of a new voice
over Internet cell phone network. 5G currently services 70 different
subscribers comprised of individuals, businesses, fire departments,
hospitals, and municipalities. Each subscriber is capable of servicing
up to 100 workstations. Having completed its initial rollout only
a few months ago, the company is now poised to grab additional market
share through an aggressive sales campaign.
99% of wired Internet solutions are subject to the “last mile”
problem—the central data bottleneck that occurs between the
Internet backbone (usually fiber optic cable) and typical end-users
(usually copper or twisted pair cable). 5G eliminates the “last
mile” allowing true broadband communication along its entire
network, right down to the end user. This allows for higher transfer
rates (up to 5.5 MB/s upstream and downstream). DSL & other
broadband solutions are subject not only to the last mile bottleneck,
but also to distance constraints and multiple interconnection points
that have the potential for failure. These problems are reflected
in the fact that their transfer rates may be as low as 128 kb/s
upstream and 512 kb/s downstream and the service is subject to interruption
at any time.
Traditional alternatives for providing broadband Internet access
for users include cable modem, DSL, and wireless communications.
Growth and change make wired solutions expensive, cumbersome and
too slow to implement. As the demand for information, entertainment,
and communications explodes, a broadband fixed wireless network
presents the single best method for delivering reliable, cost-effective
and profitable service. Wireless broadband is the solution of the
future to eliminate the deficiencies of the “last mile.”
5G
Advantages (see table at the bottom for comparison
to other wireless options)
Only a small percentage of the largest cities are
even capable of receiving DSL and cable broadband. This is due primarily
to the costly infrastructure involved in setting up these types
of alternatives. 5G has developed a superior technology that allows
it to deliver faster service to more clients than any other solution
on the market today. It simultaneously can deliver broadband services
to up to 1000+ subscribers from a single location while providing
superior performance than DSL, Cable, and dial-up modem.
Lower
Deployment Costs: The cost of fixed wireless networks is the
lowest of all currently available data transport methods and provides
connectivity to new areas in significantly less time. Consider that
the cost of laying only 1 mile of fiber costs between $200,000 and
$300,000 and that only 3% of all commercial buildings in the U.S.
have fiber optic connections.
Lower
Cost of Equipment: 5G access points cost 50% less than its
nearest competitor while supporting more clients. Its client premise
equipment also costs 60-70% less than those used by its competition.
Lower
Maintenance Cost: 5G’s wireless technology is installed
as required with no right-of-way limitations. Once the capital investment
is paid there are no monthly expenses accrued since the solution
bypasses the local loop.
Quicker
Time to Market: Traditional cable and DSL networks are not
only expensive, but time consuming to build. These forms of access
require a direct, physical connection be established to each subscriber.
5G’s infrastructure can be deployed on an incremental, “only
when needed” basis, for more managed and scaleable growth.
The company can maximize cash flow and return on investment by targeting
the most profitable areas first.
Return
on Investment: 5G has a lower ratio of fixed to variable costs,
lower start-up costs, and lower costs per subscriber when compared
to its wired competition. This means that 5G can deliver a superior
service for both residential and business at affordable prices that
the competition will have a hard time matching. Since the cost per
subscriber is so low, 5G recoups its investment and becomes profitable
after the 10th month of service to a residential client and after
the 4th month for a business client. In fact, 5G estimates its cost
per subscriber to be $450 compared to other wireless providers whose
cost per subscriber ranges from $789 to $1,865 and wired providers
cost per subscriber is even more.
MARKETS
Americans’
use of information technologies grew at phenomenal rates in 2001.
This past year saw the continued steady increase in computer and
Internet use, not only in homes, but also at the workplace, schools,
and other locations. By 2004 the demand for broadband wireless access
in the U.S. is estimated to reach $16 Billion.
5G is poised to capitalize on the limited availability of broadband
service in both the rural and urban markets with a focus on four
distinct markets areas: residential, commercial, educational, and
public access networks.
Residential
This
demand for faster, broadband transmission speeds has largely remained
unsatisfied because a growing portion of the market has found itself
“priced out” of the “broadband revolution”
and/or under serviced by traditional Telco and cable providers.
The increased demand for data presents an opportunity and a challenge
for Service Providers and businesses of all sizes. The Service Providers
command higher prices for high speed Internet access. The challenge
comes in making high-speed access available to everyone.
A U.S. Census Bureau’s September 2001 survey
suggests that 50.5 percent of the households (53.9 million homes)
in the United States subscribe to the Internet. Usage is growing
at an annual rate of 18% and 19% for urban households and at a 24%
rate for rural households. This equated to a 2 million new users
per month for the year 2001. Of all Internet subscribers, 80% connected
via a “dial up” telephone line, 12.9% used cable mode,
and 6.6% used DSL. The use of broadband in households has increased
from 11.2% in August 2000 to 20% in 2001.
The
5G solution is ideal for areas that up until now have had no broadband
alternative. The significant difference in set-up costs associated
with 5G Wireless makes it cost effective for entire markets that
have been avoided by the phone companies and other providers of
broadband because of cost versus payback considerations. 5G is poised
to capitalize on the tremendous market demand for high-speed Internet
access.
Commercial
The
small to medium sized businesses are and will continue to be the
most underserved area of the broadband market. 5G offers a high
speed broadband solution that is affordable to small businesses
and can be integrated into a new market at a more rapid rate and
at lower costs than wired alternatives.
Educational
/ Campus Environments
5G’s
rapid and scalable deployment makes it ideal for schools and campus
environments that want to add the ability for portable class rooms
and remote locations to tap into the network and have all of the
advantages associated with broadband computing, without having to
wire such classrooms. This can be simply accomplished by adding
access points or an antenna wherever connectivity is needed and
allowing students and faculty to use computers with wireless PMCIA
cards. Of course 5G can also install networking equipment in case
CAT 5 Ethernet is preferred.
Public
Access Networks
5G
offers a new and innovative solution that offers greater flexibility,
while offering a high quality and cost effective data services for
the hospitality industry. Its solution bypasses the traditional
bottleneck of the hotel PBX systems to support the demand for Internet
access anywhere within the facility. Until recently, hotels have
had two possible solutions to this problem: invest in additional
PBX equipment and trunk lines, or rewire the building to support
data traffic.
Contact
Information
5G WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
4134 Del Rey Ave.
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Telephone: 1-866-754-3780
Facsimile (310) 754-4004
irdept@5gwireless.com
Notes:
TAP is dedicated to profile companies which meet TAP's criteria
as outlined in the goals section of our web site. We only profile
companies that we want to own. The profiled company is a fully reporting
Bulletin Board stock. We like this company’s technology, especially
in relation to the stock’s price and its current market cap.
It is currently trading at $0.0055 bid and $0.006 ask, and has a
market cap of approximately $840,000. We believe with its current
activities this company can support a share and market cap significantly
above this level. Its technology is interesting and they have begun
to establish a customer base that is now bringing in revenues. We
feel at this price level it is a company worth considering.
Given
this, we would like for our members to be made aware of a few issues
that you are likely to find when performing your own due diligence:
The
number of authorized shares is 800,000,000 although the company
has only issued 140,000,000. The authorized shares were increased
due to a drip financing arrangement with the May Davis Group. 5G’s
management has indicated that they are not anticipating needing
any additional funding from this arrangement and therefore have
no plans to issue the bulk of the remaining 660,000,000 shares.
Even if the number of shares outstanding goes as high as 200,000,000
this would give the company a market cap of approximately $1.2MM
at its current stock price.
Another
concern is that they have been late filing their 10Q over the last
several quarters. This last reported 10Q was filled late and an
“E” was added to the ticker symbol but has since been
removed. We refused to profile the company until we were sure that
the filling had been submitted and that the “E” would
come off. A fully reporting Bulletin Board shell without any assets
can be worth $250,000 plus. But if dropped to the pink sheets its
an entirely different story. It will be very important for them
to file their reports in a timely manner.
Also
catching our attention is consulting arrangements and fees that
are disclosed and outlined in the 10Q.
We
have voiced our opinions to 5G's management about the issues stated
above and have been told that these are concerns of the past. We
will be keeping a close eye on this one but believe the risk versus
reward to be attractive, especially at this price level.
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