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I once ask a old business entrepreneur how to become successful in business. His response was, prepare prepare prepare. You're never a failure until you decide to quit.
Don't look at the past when it is evident that things have changed.
Telco is going to boom pretty soon. And some will be chasers trying to purchase at a good price while others will be sitting pretty selling and making some profits.
You could make ten times a year salary if you accumulate a few million shares at these prices.
The proof will be in the pudding. We shall see. Buy some shares just in case you're wrong.
A few years ago Microtech was in the same place as Telco. Today they are one of the largest minority veteran owned business in the USA.
Now that they have hooked up with Telco I am expecting the same level of growth.
When Micro Soft began it had only two employees. Look at it today.
In the case of Telco. A large gov't contract received by sub contracting from Microtech will set off an exponential growth that will take the nay sayers by surprise.
Buy all you can now before share are available at 50 cents or more.
You owe it to yourself to make some money.
I have personally doubled the amount of shares I own. As they Telco have said all along. It's a marathon not a sprint. I believe you should be accumulating at every opportunity you get to do so.
They are now in a position to buy or be bought by a wireless internet service provider because of the size of the contract available to them through Microtech.
It's not rocket science. Accumulate shares and wait for the news.
My only concern is how will the hurricane in Florida affect the deal.
Will hurricane Irma affect Telco plans? It is forecast to go through Florida in a couple days.
All the naysayers should sell all the share they own.
It all depends on the dollar figure for the acquisition. Which also would be determined by the size of the work sub contracted by Microtech to Telco.
The sub contract figure must be significant for another company to make an offer to buy them out. At least a dollar per share is what I would think.
Two of the major WISP in the county are AT&T Internet and XFINITY (Comcast)
MOU with a WISP
Aquisition (MOU) memorandum of understanding with a (WISP) Wireless Internet Service Provider in the Miami Dade County.
Finra don't need info from Microtech. Telco have made changes that must be approved by finra.
Microtech have already passed on information regarding the GSA Contract to Telco, now Telco is waiting for the finra approval to be completed before releasing anymore information to the public.
It's simple to understand. Just look at Microtech past contracts with the federal government and you will clearly see how they have handled the subcontracting process with their teaming partner.
They will do the same with Telco. I am 100 percent certain of that.
That's not true Slingwing. You can sub contract to the teaming partner that was on the teaming partner agreement.
The teaming partner can then sub contract to anyone who can do the work.
They already have the information from Microtech
Just waiting on Finra to complete the process of the company structure changes.
Once Finra approves the changes then news will come out.
Buy all you can before that time.
In order for Microtech to stay qualified to receive GSA contract as a small minority owned business they must pass on a huge slice of the contract so that their annual revenue does not go above the required maximum for small minority owned business. The only team partner they have on the GSA contract is Telco.
Keep it low I need to load
In 2013 they (Microtech) did the same with the teaming partnership. They subcontracted 90% of the work to the teaming partner. I suspect that the same thing will happen again. If they do all the work themselves they will no longer qualify as a minority company because their revenues will have surpassed the maximum needed to qualify them for the GSA contract as a minority owned company in the future. In their case a veteran minority owned business.
It they (Microtech) don't subcontractor work to Telco they will run into serious trouble with the federal government.
The teaming agreement to get the contract has run it's course. Microtech got the contract because they used Telco information as their partner. They must now sub contract work to Telco based on the teaming contract.
GSA website faq regarding team arrangements on GSA contracts
https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/202257
How much of the GSA contract will be awarded to QBAN?
I was reading some information released by Washington Post in 2013 regarding VA contracts won by Microtech.
It revealed that Microtech is still considered a small business even though it was awarded hundreds of millions in contract. The reason is that most of the contract work was passed on to the teaming partner. This allowed Microtech to still qualify to bid on future contracts.
I am now thinking that the majority of the contract will be passed on to QBAN/Telco. I don't know how Microtech will benefit from doing that, but I can only surmise that they are now owners of significant shares of Qban.
If all that is so, we should see a tremendous boost in the share price of qban stock when the information is released. Below is the link to the info by Washington Post. It's somewhat lengthy but once you have read through it you will get the picture.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/va-called-it-a-small-business-contract-but-a-big-firm-got-90-percent-of-the-money/2013/11/13/d9a88018-b663-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?utm_term=.512e648b5707
Eyes on Telco Qban possibilities
https://oracledispatch.com/2017/08/08/future-may-hold-telco-cuba-inc-otcmktsqban/
Understand how teaming works to win GSA contracts
http://www.federalcontractingpr.com/ptac_pdf/teaming_agreements.pdf
Fake news
Out of the 7 areas of services required by the GSA contract.
Qban has expertise in 3 areas and Microtech in 1. Microtech is a much bigger company that Qban/Amgentech but relied on the expertise of Amgentech to qualify for the contract which they received.
My expectation is that since Telco was used as the sub contractor on the GSA contract which was won. A significant portion of the contract will to to Telco/Qban.
AT&T net approximately just over 900 million per year on the old GSA contract for telecom services.
The new GSA contract will more than double that figure. I would think that double that divided by 10 companies gives you a minimum figure of about 200 million per company per year. Every 10 million in contract figures into about 5cents per share for qban.
If they reasonably get a 100 million per year of the contract from Microtech I would think the share price would be about 50 cents per share.
All this is based on ifs but the share price will definitely be higher than where it is today. I would personally like to walk away with 250K once the full info is out
Moving Forward
EIS is just the beginning for what GSA has planned for its NS2020 Strategy and it is the foundation to which future aspects of NS2020 will be added onto. It is a comprehensive solution-based contract vehicle that will support all areas of federal agencies’ IT and infrastructure requirements. As IT services and challenges continue to rise in an increasingly technologically focused world, initiatives such as NS2020 will continue to emerge.
From here on out things will only get better for QBAN
Service provided by Telco
Telco is a subsidiary of Amgentech who provides the forllowing services.
Voice over IP
Information security
Maintenance of existing network and servers.
EIS will offer the following services:
Voice, video, and data transport
Hosting
Cloud
Call centers
Associated labor
Cable and wiring
Network and security equipment
Microtech could sub contract to Telco any of or all three the three services they provide.
The contract could therefore be sizable.
What You Need to Know About the $50 Billion EIS Contract
Posted by Meghan Gallaghen
GSA recently released the request for proposals (RFP) for the much anticipated, $50 billion ceiling, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract. Here’s what you need to know before considering submitting an offer or working as a subcontractor to a primary contract holder.
GSA’s Office of Network Services
GSA’s Office of Network Services program is responsible for developing and managing a series of telecommunications programs for federal agencies, including administrative and technical support divisions. Through the Network Services program, GSA has developed the Network Services 2020 (NS2020) strategy, a new and all-inclusive acquisition program to fulfill agencies’ needs for IT and telecommunications. NS2020 will work to become the government’s main source for network-based and network-enabled services, which will be provided through the new EIS contract vehicle.
The EIS Contract
The EIS contract vehicle will offer telecommunications and IT solutions as the current Networx and Regional Local Telecommunications Services contracts expire. The final solicitation for EIS, which holds a $50 billion, 15-year ceiling rate was recently released by GSA with proposals due by January 2016. Award notifications are scheduled to be released in late 2016.
Federal agencies spend around $2 billion per year on the services that will be offered on the EIS contract vehicle and by consolidating these procurement activities, the government can save a significant amount of money throughout the span of the contract. Networx, and the other Regional Local Telecommunications Services contracts that EIS will replace, saved agencies approximately $670 million in FY14, a figure that EIS is expected to maintain or exceed when it becomes available for use in early 2017.
EIS will offer the following services:
Voice, video, and data transport
Hosting
Cloud
Call centers
Associated labor
Cable and wiring
Network and security equipment
For the most current information, visit GSA’s EIS website.
Possible Challenges
The Networx contracts that EIS will replace are currently being held by major telecommunications companies such as AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint - all of which are expected to be bidders on EIS. To date, there has been virtually no involvement by smaller businesses, although a reduction of the required geographic coverage put into the EIS contract is expected to attract smaller companies to participate.
In addition, the mandatory services stated for the contract are all part of virtual private network (VPN) services, such as Ethernet transport services, internet protocol voice services, circuit switched voice services, managed network services and access arrangements. While these bode well for telecommunications companies, it leaves little room for companies who focus on delivering system integration, such as cloud services and managed security services. These systems that integrators do provide are only optional services.
Moving Forward
EIS is just the beginning for what GSA has planned for its NS2020 Strategy and it is the foundation to which future aspects of NS2020 will be added onto. It is a comprehensive solution-based contract vehicle that will support all areas of federal agencies’ IT and infrastructure requirements. As IT services and challenges continue to rise in an increasingly technologically focused world, initiatives such as NS2020 will continue to emerge.
GSA chooses 10 for $50B EIS telecom contract
By Nick Wakeman
Aug 01, 2017
Ten companies have won positions on the General Services Administration's potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract that replaces Networx as the government’s primary vehicle for telecommunications services.
Of those 10, four are holdovers from Networx but GSA wanted to open up the work to more competition and offer agencies more choices.
Incumbent winners are:
AT&T
CenturyLink
Level 3 Communications
Verizon
The newcomers are:
BT Federal
Core Technologies
Harris Corp.
Granite Telecommunications
MetTel
MicroTech
These companies will compete for task orders to provide agencies with a broad set of telecom related services including voice, video and data transport, hosting, cloud services, call centers, support services, cable and wiring, wireless, and network and security equipment.
EIS is the foundational contract for GSA's overarching NS2020 Strategy framework and acquisition strategy for future federal information technology and telecommunications needs.
This contract has been a long time in the making. GSA issued its request for information in April 2014 and the final solicitation in October 2015.
With the contract, GSA officials have said they’re looking for transformational communications services for federal agencies from a mix of traditional and non-traditional telecommunications services providers.
Bill Zielinski, deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service said earlier this July at an industry conference that the contract will help agencies deal with the “digitally converged world” that has evolved since Networx was conceived.
Key to the contract are Core Based Statistical Areas that define most geographic areas of the US based on population density. Vendors were awarded certain CBSAs, based on their ability to provide services in the top 25 of 929 CBSAs.
Top CBSAs generally correspond to the major metropolitan centers in the u.S.. GSA encouraged bidders to bid for as many of the areas as they could, and judged them eligible for an award only if they bid on a minimum of 25 of the top 100 CBSAs.
The EIS contract award date slipped in small increments since last fall, but no major delays materialized. But there were two pre-award bid protests to work through.
The first protest came in August 2016 by Compuline International. GAO dismissed the protest a few weeks later in early September.
Windstream filed a protest in April, complaining that it had been unfairly eliminated from the competitive range. The company withdrew the protest one month later.
Verizon and AT&T have been the big winners under Networx with Verizon pulling in $775.8 million in work and AT&T at $719.5 million, according to a February presentation by GSA.
CenturyLink pulled in $253.5 million and Level 3 another $26.7 million. CenturyLink is in the process of acquiring Level 3.
List of companies awarded the contract. Micro Tech is in the list.
List of EIS Contractors - RFP QTA0015THA3003
NAME & CON # DUNS Address
AT&T Corp. GS00Q17NSD3000 621599893 3033 Chain Bridge Road Oakton, VA 22124
BT Federal Inc. GS00Q17NSD3001 098185700 11440 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 100 Reston, VA 20191
Qwest Government Services, Inc. d.b.a Centurylink QGS GS00Q17NSD3002 178617031 4250 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203
Core Technologies, Inc. GS00Q17NSD3003 843573713 2800 Colonnades Court Norcross GA 30071
Granite Telecommunications, LLC GS00Q17NSD3004 111777939 100 Newport Ave Ext. Quincy MA 02171
Harris Corporation GS00Q17NSD3005 021715206 2400 Palm Bay Road NE Palm Bay FL, 32905-3577
Level 3 Communications GS00Q17NSD3006 073090917 1025 Eldorado Blvd, Broomfield, CO 80021
Manhattan Telecommunications GS00Q17NSD3007 966868556 55 Water Street, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10041
MicroTech GS00Q17NSD3008 145454182 8330 Boone Blvd. Suite 600 Vienna, VA 22182
Verizon GS00Q17NSD3009 556565836 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn, VA 20147
I did a study which looks at the reaction of bitcoin every time we have a debt ceiling crisis. The result is that bitcoin over the last two debt ceiling snafu have risen tremendously.
Today we have a situation where the debt ceiling sits at 20 trillion dollars and based on the current financial situation of the USA it will be increased by a few trillion. Interestingly enough that is set to happen on March 15, 2017.
The expectation is that the process will drag out for a while because the Democrats will fight it and the Republicans are not know for spending unnecessarily. In this coming situation bitcoin value will explode along with any underlying stocks.
GAHC is sitting pretty right now.
I was reading an article in Daily Reckoning where the trend is that the value of bitcoin goes up dramatically whenever there is a debt ceiling issue. The debt ceiling has to be renegotiated on March 16, 2017. The process is expected to drag out for a while because the debt ceiling will be over 20 trillion dollars.
The expectation is that bitcoin will double in value during this period of time. If that happens GAHC will be trading in multiple dollars. Exciting things are in the near future for GAHC. Great stock to own.
Will the death of Castro impact Telco's ability to do business with Cuba?
If all that the PR says is true. How high do you think this will go.
The EIS Contract (NS2020)
The EIS contract vehicle will offer telecommunications and IT solutions as the current Networx and Regional Local Telecommunications Services contracts expire. The final solicitation for EIS, which holds a $50 billion, 15-year ceiling rate was recently released by GSA with proposals due by January 2016. Award notifications are scheduled to be released in late 2016.
Federal agencies spend around $2 billion per year on the services that will be offered on the EIS contract vehicle and by consolidating these procurement activities, the government can save a significant amount of money throughout the span of the contract. Networx, and the other Regional Local Telecommunications Services contracts that EIS will replace, saved agencies approximately $670 million in FY14, a figure that EIS is expected to maintain or exceed when it becomes available for use in early 2017.
EIS will offer the following services:
Voice, video, and data transport
Hosting
Cloud
Call centers
Associated labor
Cable and wiring
Network and security equipment
For the most current information, visit GSA’s EIS website
So lets see if I understand this correctly.
Telco will be renamed Amgentech.
Then Telco will become a subsidiary of Amgentech.
So we will benefit from the oil producing business, telephone service in Cuba and the partnership with Micro Tech thus giving us access to a 50 billion dollar market.
I am now a long term investor. My 2.5 million shares are permanently locked in. Whoopee!!!
Telco is a new company. No longer SUGO. Stop misrepresenting the facts.
I was looking for a ligitimate answer. I understand that Erwin is out and no longer a factor in the equation of things to come. Is there anyone that knows or have a good guess on what is coming next?
What are the expected filings and actions by Telco for the rest of July 2015?
Common stocks available for trading.
We know that there are 60% of the outstanding stocks owned and controlled by Telco which are not available for trading. I owned approximately another 3 percent which are also not available for trading. I also know that there are some long term trader here on this board. At least another 7%
I will be accumulating shares on a regular basis long term, so will others.
What I do know is that approximately 30% of all outstanding shares are available for trading. That's about 7 or 8 million shares. As soon as any of these become available they are bought and locked up.
With all the good news coming out shortly this thing is going to become a rocket going skyward.
We are talking about retirement money. This maybe a once in a life time opportunity
Cuba's population is approximately 12 millions. Out of that 12 million only 1 out of every 6 individuals have a cell phone. This market is huge for a small company. That's over 9 million without cell phones. Not to mention other technological services that are not currently available.
I remember when the average Jamaican did not have a cell phone, now just about every one has one. Some people have multiple cell phone the last time I was there. I don't missed any technology when I am there. Now just imagine Cuba doing the same.
Telco is gonna do great. Accumulate share while you still can.
June 16, 2015 8:30 AM EDT Send to a Friend
MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 06/16/15 -- TelcoCuba, Inc. -- (OTC PINK: SUGO). A U.S. publicly traded internet solutions and telecom provider is proud to announce they have filed the necessary documents to receive OFAC approval under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515.
U.S. Telecom companies are now able to provide telecom services directly to Cuba. TelcoCuba has started to offer its Smart Phones, VoIP, and Low Voltage Services both domestically and internationally. TelcoCuba has generated approximately $350k YTD.
Upon OFAC approval, the company will be offering discounted minute plans and calling cards.
"We are engaged in direct discussions with a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to either acquire or provide white label services," said William J Sanchez president and CEO of TelcoCuba. "TelcoCuba will be attending the Feria Internacional de la Habana (FIHAV 2015), which is Cuba's largest trade expo show from November 2-8, 2015," added William J Sanchez.
TelcoCuba will be updating the general public and our shareholders on corporate advances and are working diligently to bring the company current on its filings.
About TelcoCuba, Inc.: Founded in 2001, Amgentech -- the parent company of TelcoCuba -- has been providing telecommunication and internet based solutions and services for over 14 years. Amgentech has generated over 7 million dollars in revenue. TelcoCuba is launching best of breed communication services including, but not limited to VoIP, Calling Cards and direct SMS messaging in the US and between the US and Cuba. For more information visit (http://www.telcocuba.com & http://pr.telcocuba.com)
Safe Harbor Act: Forward-Looking Statements are included within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements regarding our expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, financing plans, business strategy, products and services, competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management for future operations, including words such as "anticipate," "if," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "could," "should," "will," and other similar expressions are forward-looking statements and involve risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance, or achievements. We are under no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact:
William J Sanchez
ir@telcocuba.com
305-747-7647
http://www.telcocuba.com
http://www.amgentech.com
Source: TelcoCuba, Inc.