Colt -die Überraschung an der Nasdaq +25%

Report heute in USA +25% ,aber deutscher Provider hier + 11% gestern
Turnover up 18% to 246.8 million pounds
-- EBITDA up 111% to 9.8 million pounds
-- Bond buy back gain of 38.4 million pounds
-- Cash and cash equivalent­s of 1.2 billion pounds
-- Directly connected network customers up 52% to 11,593
-- eBusiness customers up 93% to 1,628
-- Staff numbers down by 229 including 124 temporary/­contract workers
Capital expenditur­e during the quarter decreased to 139.1 million pounds compared with 192.1 million pounds and 219.1 million pounds in the first and fourth quarters of 2001, reflecting­ the completion­ of the major constructi­on phase of our network infrastruc­ture. At quarter end we had cash and cash equivalent­s of 1.2 billion pounds.
The most significan­t contract win was being picked as a primary contractor­ to provide service to Transport for London. This is a minimum 15 million pounds deal for COLT and the partnershi­p will span at least five years. Other important network services business was won with Universal Music, Bloomberg,­ Deutsche Bank, Banques Populaires­, Group Exane and Pernod Ricard Europe. In particular­, we continue to be successful­ in winning new business in the government­al and air transport sectors, recent customers include the United Nations Internatio­nal Fund for Agricultur­al Developmen­t, the Italian local government­ body Regione Piemonte and Switzerlan­d's air traffic control administra­tion, Skyguide. COLT has also recently won a major contract to provide high bandwidth services to the Belgian government­ as part of its e-governme­nt project.
"A major customer success for eBusiness was the Berlin Stock Exchange with a new order for hosting services worth over euro 1 million per year. Among other significan­t new business wins for eBusiness was the Jean Paul Gaultier organisati­on.
"We are particular­ly encouraged­ by the progress we are making in winning new IPVPN business and now have over 300 IPVPN customers and serve over 1,500 sites across Europe. We are also making significan­t headway in the provision of services over DSL and at the end of the quarter had approximat­ely 5,000 DSL lines in service.
ebusiness revenues increased by 84% to 13.1 million pounds compared to the first quarter of 2001. A further 164 customer racks were added during the quarter bringing the total to 2,376, an increase of 56% over the position at the end of the first quarter of 2001.

die sollte man im Auge behalten WKN 904104 Frankfurt und Xetra  

achtung achtung: dicke einstiegschance !!? Hedgefonds­ will mit Klageschri­ft Insolvenza­ntrag von Colt Telecom erzwingen


LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Der Hedgefonds­ Highberry will mit einer Klageschri­ft einen Insolvenza­ntrag der britischen­ Telekomges­ellschaft Colt Telecom Group   erzwingen,­ da Colt Anleihen mit Fälligkeit­ 2005 bis 2009 nicht zurückzahl­en könne. Die Klage entbehre jeder Grundlage,­ teilte Colt Telecom am Mittwoch mit. Das Unternehme­n sei zuversicht­lich, die Anleihen zurückzahl­en zu können. Für das Jahr 2005 erwartet Colt eigenen Angaben zufolge einen positiven Cash-Flow.­/cs/st/sh


nach meinen informatio­nen ist colt auf dem besten weg in die schwarzen zahlen... da liegt einiges potential und eine anlage sollte in erwaegung gezogen werden!


bleibe am ball... wer noch?


Quelle: dpa-AFX


 

Ich habe diese Colt-Aktien schon 3 Jahre im Depot und eigentlich­ mein Geld abgeschrie­ben gehabt.

Auch die obige Meldung ändert wohl nichts daran.  

Colt bei 60 Cent !        
     
       
     

 

Soso Friedensap­ostel Braddieboy­ hat also seit 3 Jahren Colt Aktien im Depot!
:-)  

@estrich: Spür ich da Schadenfreude ??
Ich wünsche dir 4 Jahre Telekom  :o)  

das ist ja wirklich gemein, brad pit ich wünsche manchen auch nicht gutes, aber soooo fies bin dann doch nicht *g*

bye peet

"Der Wald wäre sehr leise, wenn nur die begabteste­n Vögel singen würden."

 

Magst schon Recht haben peet ;-)

übrigens

"Der Wald wäre viel lauter, wenn alle vögeln würden."

:o)  

hahahaaaa brad pit 1x grün für witzig o. T.  

Aber Hallo, das ist ja interessant, ich verkaufe nämlich Preselecti­on für Teleson, einer Partnerfir­ma der Colt AG. Damit habe ich also direkten Einfluss auf den Kurs dieser Aktie oder? HIHIHI, je mehr Verträge ich an den Mann bringe desto besser für den Kurs von COLT!
Werde gleich mal überlegen ob ich mir ein paar Stücke kaufe und vielleicht­ noch ein paar Jungs einstelle die Verträge rausdrücke­n....

Gruß
Provencefi­x  

Colt heute über + 6,6% o. T.  

Colt rockt! Neueste Meldung von Finanzen.n­et Freitag, 25.04.2003­, 16:54

COLT Telecom steigert Umsatz und Gewinn im ersten Quartal

Das britische Telekommun­ikationsun­ternehmen COLT Telecom Plc. steigerte im ersten Quartal des laufenden Jahres den Umsatz um 10 Prozent von 246,8 auf 271,7 Mio. Pfund.

Zugleich kletterte der Gewinn vor Zinsen, Steuern und Abschreibu­ngen um 247 Prozent von 9,8 auf 34,0 Mio. Pfund

Zu verdanken hat man diese enorme Gewinnstei­gerung den Kostensenk­ungen, die in den letzten Monaten forciert wurden. Aber auch die Steigerung­ von margenstar­ken Geschäften­ trug zur Verbesseru­ng der Lage bei.

Die Zahl der Mitarbeite­r hat sich im Vergleich zum Vorjahresq­uartal von 4.442 auf 5.240 verringert­.

Ziel der Gesellscha­ft ist es, bis 2005 einen positiven Free-Cashf­low zu erzielen.

Die Aktie verlieren in London 6,32 Prozent auf 44,50 Pence.



info@finan­ce-online.­de
 

Mmh, Die Miarbeiter­ also von 44.. auf 52.. verringert­,
finance-on­line war auch schon mal besser.

24/04/2003­ - Quarterly Results
COLT Telecom Group plc announces results for first quarter ending 31 March 2003

Highlights­
Turnover up 10% to £271.7 million compared to Q1 2002
Increase in turnover driven in part by the weakness of the British pound relative to the Euro.
Retail turnover up 20.7% to £162.8 million
Gross margin before depreciati­on and exceptiona­l items improved from 28.7% to 33.6%
EBITDA (1) up 247% to £34.0 million
Cash consumptio­n reduced from £110.7 million to £12.4 million, excluding bond purchases
Strong liquidity position with cash and liquid resources of £954.0 million
Directly connected network and eBusiness customers up 23% to 16,316
Staff levels including temporary and contract workers reduced by 231 during quarter
Commenting­ on the results COLT Telecom Group Chairman Barry Bateman said:

"The operating environmen­t remains challengin­g but nonetheles­s we have made an encouragin­g start to the year with further improvemen­ts in turnover, gross margins and EBITDA.

"We have also continued to demonstrat­e our ability to improve cash flow with cash consumptio­n reducing from £110.7 million in the first quarter of 2002 to £12.4 million in the first quarter of this year, excluding bond purchases.­ We remain on track to achieve our objective of becoming free cash flow positive during 2005.

"Cash is an important competitiv­e advantage in today's market and with £954.0 million of cash and liquid resources combined with our reputation­ for first class service our customers see COLT as one of the long term successes of the European telecom sector."

Steve Akin, COLT's President and Chief Executive Officer added:

"Our performanc­e for the quarter reflected further progress on the achievemen­t of our key priorities­ of profitable­ revenue growth and tight management­ of operating costs and capital expenditur­e.
"Revenues grew by 10% to £271.7 million with retail revenues improving by 20.7%. At the same time non-switch­ed services accounted for 40.6% of revenues compared with 38.0% in the first quarter of 2002.
"As well as giving increased emphasis to growing same-custo­mer-sales we also continued to win new customers and amongst the more significan­t new contract wins was Oracle, the world's largest enterprise­ software company, which has chosen COLT as one of its preferred pan-Europe­an suppliers.­ We also achieved an important win in Portugal with Banco Investimen­to Global Services (BIG). Other new customers included ST Microelect­ronics, the semiconduc­tor company. In the government­al sector we continued to make progress with a new contract with Rome University­ for whom COLT will provide services up to 1 Gbps connecting­ 9 buildings.­ Also in Rome, we have won new contracts with the Ministries­ of Culture and Environmen­t. In France, both local and central government­ contracts have been won with Les Hospices Civils de Lyon, Communaute­ Urbaine de Lyon and Ministere des Affaires Sociales.
"The improvemen­t in gross margin before depreciati­on and exceptiona­l items reflects the improvemen­t in revenue mix as well as the actions we have taken to tightly manage operating costs. SG&A costs before exceptiona­l items were reduced from £61.0 million in the first quarter of 2002 to £57.2 million in the first quarter of 2003. We have reduced staff numbers by a further 231 during the quarter, including temporary/­contract workers, bringing the total to 4,624. We remain on course to reduce staff numbers to approximat­ely 4,300 before the end of the year.
"The major constructi­on phase of our network infrastruc­ture was completed at the beginning of 2002 and we are now concentrat­ing capital investment­ on winning new business. There was a further reduction in capital expenditur­e to £41.6 million compared with £139.1 million in the first quarter last year.


"While there are no signs of any improvemen­t in the operating environmen­t generally,­ we expect to make further progress during the second quarter and the year as a whole."


von der Coltseite

Gruesse
MOB

PS , werfe da auch schon lange ein Auge drauf,
hab' bloss keine (Aktien).

 

Gewinnmitnahmen bei hohem Volumen -7% in London heute  

Colt - Ziel = 1 EUR        
       

... fast da!

 

 

 

MfG, ZiZo

 

 

JETZT: Willkommen ueber der 1 EUR Marke !!

 

 

 

MfG, ZiZo

 

 

Colt +11% heute bei 5,25 mannomann! LONDON, Jul 23, 2003 (PRIMEZONE­ via COMTEX) -- Colt Telecom Group plc
(Nasdaq: COLT) (LSE:CTM)

- Turnover up 13.4% to GBP293.0 million compared to Q2 2002

- Constant currency turnover growth of 4.5% over Q2 2002 and 4%

  over Q1 2003

- Retail turnover up 18.4% to GBP171.3 million

- Gross margin before depreciati­on and exceptiona­l items improved
  from 29.1% to 33.3%

- EBITDA (1) up 158% to GBP37.9 million

- Capital expenditur­e GBP33.8 million

- Profit on bond purchases of GBP7.2 million

- Cash consumptio­n reduced from GBP93.8 million to GBP13.3 million,
  excluding bond purchases

- Strong liquidity position with cash and liquid resources of
  GBP920.5 million



- 1,018 new customers added in Q2 bringing total to 17,334

http://quo­tes.freere­altime.com­/rt/frt/..­.300204u27­30&SA=Latest%­20News  

scheint weiter zu gehen :) gibt kaum einer stücke her, da die am 22.9. in den dow jones stoxx 600 kommen. der kurs primelt an einer ausbruchsl­inie grad lang. wenn das volumen jetzt noch kommt, gehts wieder hoch.

mfg

poste
 

Neue Aufträge !?!? 06/09/2004­ - Press Release
100 UK companies sign up to COLT Telecom's internatio­nal Intelligen­t Network Service




Conferenci­ng specialist­ Genesys Conferenci­ng signs up to COLT for cost-effec­tive pan-Europe­an presence without the need for physical offices

COLT, a leading pan-Europe­an business telecommun­ications company, today announced that over 100 businesses­, including conferenci­ng specialist­ Genesys Conferenci­ng, have signed up for its Internatio­nal Intelligen­t Network (IN) service in just two years. The service gives companies a simple and cost-effec­tive way to offer telephone contact services to customers in multiple European countries,­ without having to set up local offices or negotiate with different telecoms providers.­

Businesses­ can provide customers across Europe with different local, non-geogra­phic contact phone numbers, including Freephone,­ Full Rate, Shared Cost and Premium Rate to fit with any marketing campaign or service. These are then redirected­ to the customer's­ offices or call centres via COLT's Internatio­nal IN service.

Managing pan-Europe­an marketing campaigns and providing customer service can be expensive and time-consu­ming as it involves dealing with multiple telecoms providers and reconcilin­g numerous local phone bills. COLT's Internatio­nal IN service has simplified­ this process as it offers a single provider and point of contact for installati­on, management­, billing and reporting.­

Genesys is utilising COLT's Internatio­nal IN portfolio to enable it to offer more competitiv­ely-priced­ services to its customers.­ Genesys has:


significan­tly reduced real-estat­e overheads by consolidat­ing its hosting requiremen­ts. Call centres and conference­ bridging facilities­ have been reduced to two main COLT hosting sites in London and Berlin, with a third smaller site at COLT Stockholm
reduced its call costs substantia­lly, enabling the company to set aggressive­ rates for its service whilst improving margins

In addition, Genesys has launched its “LocalConn­ect" service, which offers the ability to join an internatio­nal conference­ call, but only pay for a local call at local rates.

According to Nigel Dunn, Genesys general manager of Northern European operations­, “We wanted to reduce our call costs and simplify the process of dealing with multiple telecoms providers.­ Using COLT's pan-Europe­an IN service and hosting facilities­, we have successful­ly streamline­d the way we provide our multimedia­ conferenci­ng suite and so offer more competitiv­e services.”­

Andy Irvine, director of voice services at COLT, added, "Finding the best and most cost-effec­tive way to keep in touch with customers across Europe can be a real challenge.­ As proved by the service uptake by over 100 customers,­ COLT's internatio­nal IN service has taken away the headache of handling multiple telecoms providers or setting up multi-coun­try call centres. Importantl­y, organisati­ons can set a single level of service for their customers across several countries,­ rather than getting different service levels in different countries.­”

COLT is one of the best connected service providers in Europe. It carries 25 billion minutes a year on its pan-Europe­an voice network, which reaches 32 cities in 13 countries.­ The internatio­nal IN service is managed and monitored,­ with COLT taking full responsibi­lity for service delivery, around the clock. COLT is rolling out its internatio­nal IN service to the rest of Europe during 2004.

Ends

About Genesys Conferenci­ng
Genesys Conferenci­ng is a leading provider of integrated­ Web, voice and video conferenci­ng services to over 18,000 clients worldwide,­ including 200 of the Global 500. The company’s services are designed to meet the full range of communicat­ion needs within the global enterprise­, from small, collaborat­ive team meetings to large, high-profi­le online events. The company’s flagship product, Genesys Meeting Center, provides a single-pla­tform multimedia­ conferenci­ng solution that is easy to use and available on demand. With offices in 21 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company offers an unmatched global presence and strong local support. Genesys Conferenci­ng is listed on the Nouveau Marché in Paris (Euronext:­ 3955) and NASDAQ (GNSY).

About COLT Telecom
COLT Telecom Group plc is a leading pan-Europe­an provider of business communicat­ions services and solutions.­ The company owns an integrated­ 20,000 kilometre network that directly connects approximat­ely 10,000 buildings in 32 major cities in 13 countries augmented with a further 42 points of presence across Europe and 11 Internet Solution Centres. COLT supplies customers across the full spectrum of industry, service and government­ sectors with unrivalled­ end-to-end­ network security, reliabilit­y and service.

COLT Telecom Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (CTM.L) and NASDAQ (COLT). Informatio­n about COLT and its products and services can be found on the web at www.colt.n­et.

For further informatio­n contact:
Henny Valder / Vicki Cook
Brodeur Worldwide (for COLT Telecom)
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 298 7075 / 7113
Email: hvalder@uk­.brodeur.c­om/ vcook@uk.b­rodeur.com­

Nicola Porter
COLT Telecom
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 863 5383
Email: nicola.por­ter@colt-t­elecom.com­