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EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately ? million (public float 413 Million) of EVRM shares traded above ten cents from 10/?/09 – 10/?/09 (1 week)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 10/?/2009 through 10/?/2009
Approximately 383 million (public float 413 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 10/02/09 (12 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 10/02/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.5 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
09/04/09 43.71M 0.035 0.025 0.034 0.025
09/11/09 28.05M 0.0345 0.025 0.0265 0.0275
09/18/09 27.36M 0.031 0.023 0.0275 0.0285
09/25/09 20.11M 0.033 0.025 0.0285 0.032
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future.
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 351 million (public float 413 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 9/25/09 (11 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 09/25/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.5 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
09/04/09 43.71M 0.035 0.025 0.034 0.025
09/11/09 28.05M 0.0345 0.025 0.0265 0.0275
09/18/09 27.36M 0.031 0.023 0.0275 0.0285
09/25/09 20.11M 0.033 0.025 0.0285 0.032
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future.
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 304 million (public float 413 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 9/11/09 (9 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 09/4/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.5 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
09/04/09 43.71 M0.035 0.025 0.034 0.025
09/11/09 28.05 M0.0345 0.025 0.0265 0.0275
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future.
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
stocksgonewild
About 225 Million
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) weekly prices from 07/27/2009 through 09/04/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.57 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
09/04/09 43.71 M 0.035 0.025 0.034 0.025
We crossed the 2 cent mark without falling below it on 7/28/09. There have been a few nominal trades below 2 cents since then.
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) daily prices from 07/27/2009 through 09/04/2009
07/27/09 7.77 M 0.0245 0.0175 0.019 0.0239
07/28/09 2.76 M 0.03 0.0205 0.03 0.0205
07/29/09 6.48 M 0.032 0.023 0.026 0.031
07/30/09 10.83 M 0.039 0.029 0.033 0.037
07/31/09 8.17 M 0.049 0.04 0.0402 0.0488
08/03/09 10.53 M 0.056 0.049 0.049 0.055
08/04/09 12.70 M 0.056 0.039 0.056 0.04
08/05/09 18.12 M 0.04 0.0252 0.0395 0.04
08/06/09 7.31 M 0.04 0.0281 0.04 0.0315
08/07/09 4.80 M 0.0315 0.028 0.03 0.03
08/10/09 8.56 M 0.033 0.03 0.033 0.031
08/11/09 10.31 M 0.033 0.0166 0.031 0.026
08/12/09 12.25 M 0.029 0.02 0.026 0.0215
08/13/09 5.31 M 0.027 0.018 0.019 0.022
08/14/09 1.85 M 0.0235 0.02 0.022 0.0205
08/17/09 5.80 M 0.031 0.02 0.023 0.031
08/18/09 3.67 M 0.034 0.024 0.03 0.0275
08/19/09 2.52 M 0.032 0.028 0.03 0.032
08/20/09 2.01 M 0.033 0.0285 0.033 0.032
08/21/09 3.65 M 0.037 0.03 0.032 0.0363
08/24/09 3.44 M 0.038 0.035 0.037 0.0375
08/25/09 5.14 M 0.043 0.037 0.0375 0.0385
08/26/09 6.73 M 0.04 0.0265 0.0385 0.036
08/27/09 3.43 M 0.037 0.031 0.036 0.037
08/28/09 24.82 M 0.0465 0.034 0.0415 0.035
08/31/09 9.48 M 0.035 0.031 0.034 0.0315
09/01/09 9.34 M 0.032 0.028 0.0315 0.031
09/02/09 8.08 M 0.0305 0.0265 0.0305 0.0275
09/03/09 10.07 M 0.0285 0.025 0.0285 0.0275
09/04/09 6.72 M 0.0275 0.025 0.027 0.025
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 276 million (public float 413 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 9/4/09 (8 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 09/4/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.5 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
09/04/09 43.71 M0.035 0.025 0.034 0.025
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future.
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
Passinthru
It is information for shareholders.
It is just the FACTS of how the stock has traded since March 2009 using defined parameters.
I’m hopeful that the trading above one penny will exceed the public float in less time it took when it traded less than a penny.
It shows that there is interest in the stock.
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
Approximately 232 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/24/09 (7 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 08/28/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
08/21/09 17.66 M 0.037 0.02 0.023 0.0363
08/28/09 43.5 M 0.0465 0.0265 0.037 0.035
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future.
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 03/27/2009 through 07/16/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
Approximately 171 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/14/09 (5 weeks)
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/17/2009 through 08/14/2009
Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
08/14/09 38.29 M 0.033 0.0166 0.033 0.0205
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 5 weeks with over 50 million week before last.
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
Approximately 152 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/7/09 (3 weeks 2 days)
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 4 weeks with over 50 million last week.
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC Weekly Historical Prices
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
06/05/09 19.57 M 0.003 0.002 0.0028 0.0022
06/12/09 7.22 M 0.0024 0.0015 0.0022 0.0023
06/19/09 41.77 M 0.0055 0.0015 0.0023 0.0035
06/26/09 24.55 M 0.005 0.003 0.0035 0.0047
07/02/09 22.98 M 0.0062 0.0032 0.005 0.0055
07/10/09 17.88 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0052 0.0062
07/17/09 33.90 M 0.02 0.0055 0.006 0.01
07/24/09 32.50 M 0.0195 0.008 0.01 0.019
07/31/09 36.03 M 0.049 0.0175 0.019 0.0488
08/07/09 53.47 M 0.056 0.0252 0.049 0.03
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
Approximately 133 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/7/09 (3 weeks)
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 4 weeks with over 50 million this past week.
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 337 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
Approximately 133 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/7/09 (3 weeks)
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 4 weeks with over 50 million this past week.
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 336.9 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks)
Approximately 128 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 8/6/09 (2 weeks and 4 days)
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 3 weeks.
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See it at:
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Now that is a mountain forming with character and beauty. There is a story being unfolded as the mountain grows bigger and bigger.
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EVERMEDIA GROUP INC Historical Prices
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Historical Data: EVRM
Return as of August 05 2009
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EVERMEDIA GROUP INC ( EVRM ) prices from 07/06/2009 through 08/05/2009
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Date Volume High Low Open Close
07/06/09 1.45 M 0.006 0.0045 0.0052 0.0054
07/07/09 1.50 M 0.0057 0.0049 0.0057 0.0049
07/08/09 4.06 M 0.0049 0.0043 0.0045 0.0049
07/09/09 2.60 M 0.0048 0.004 0.0045 0.0046
07/10/09 8.24 M 0.0062 0.0036 0.0045 0.0062
07/13/09 3.87 M 0.0064 0.006 0.006 0.006
07/14/09 10.14 M 0.0075 0.0058 0.0058 0.0066
07/15/09 3.41 M 0.0072 0.0055 0.0072 0.0069
07/16/09 5.37 M 0.008 0.007 0.007 0.008
07/17/09 11.09 M 0.02 0.008 0.008 0.01
07/20/09 5.91 M 0.0145 0.0099 0.01 0.0139
07/21/09 5.43 M 0.0162 0.011 0.0139 0.014
07/22/09 8.15 M 0.0145 0.01 0.0138 0.012
07/23/09 5.99 M 0.013 0.008 0.013 0.01
07/24/09 7.00 M 0.0195 0.01 0.01 0.019
07/27/09 7.77 M 0.0245 0.0175 0.019 0.0239
07/28/09 2.76 M 0.03 0.0205 0.03 0.0205
07/29/09 6.48 M 0.032 0.023 0.026 0.031
07/30/09 10.83 M 0.039 0.029 0.033 0.037
07/31/09 8.17 M 0.049 0.04 0.0402 0.0488
08/03/09 10.53 M 0.056 0.049 0.049 0.055
08/04/09 12.70 M 0.056 0.039 0.056 0.04
EVERMEDIA GROUP Price/Volume verses Public Float
Approximately 336.9 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded below one cent from 3/27/09 – 7/16/09 (16 weeks).
Approximately 80 million (public float 318 Million) of EVRM shares traded above one cent from 7/17/09 – 7/31/09 (2 weeks and a day).
Based on current trading levels EVRM shares trading above one cent should exceed the public float in the near future. The weekly volume has exceeded over 30 million for each of the past 3 weeks.
EVERMEDIA GROUP INC Weekly Historical Prices
Date Volume High Low Open Close
03/27/09 1.63 M 0.02 0.006 0.006 0.0075
04/03/09 20.30 M 0.0115 0.004 0.009 0.007
04/09/09 10.54 M 0.008 0.004 0.007 0.005
04/17/09 13.35 M 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.0065
04/24/09 10.61 M 0.0065 0.0035 0.0065 0.0053
05/01/09 12.12 M 0.0053 0.0037 0.005 0.0041
05/08/09 11.08 M 0.0041 0.003 0.0041 0.0036
05/15/09 34.48 M 0.0042 0.0025 0.0037 0.004
05/22/09 47.21 M 0.006 0.0035 0.004 0.0035
05/29/09 17.89 M 0.0039 0.0025 0.0038 0.0028
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Squirt
The longest range wire-guided missiles in current use are limited to about 2.5 miles. The Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided Missile System (TOW) has a range of 3750 m and the British Swingfire missile, when vehicle launched, has a range of 4000 meters,[1] but it would be unlikely to be used at extreme range.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire-guided_missile
What is in Omaha?
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Offutt Air Force Base is home of the 55th Wing, the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth, and a variety of tenant units. Offutt’s diverse missions and global responsibilities put it on the cutting edge of the Air Force’s transformation. Each branch of the US military is represented among the approximately 12,000 military and federal employees assigned here. Offutt is a beautiful community situated near the Missouri River in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska.
Pentagon plans blimp to spy from new heights
From the Los Angeles Times
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/la-na-spyblimp13-2009mar13,0,1791456.story
Pentagon plans blimp to spy from new heights
The giant dirigible would use radar to closely and constantly monitor activity on the ground from 65,000 feet.
By Julian E. Barnes
March 13, 2009
Reporting from Washington - The Pentagon said Thursday that it intends to spend $400 million to develop a giant dirigible that will float 65,000 feet above the Earth for 10 years, providing unblinking and intricate radar surveillance of the vehicles, planes and even people below.
"It is absolutely revolutionary," Werner J.A. Dahm, chief scientist for the Air Force, said of the proposed unmanned airship -- describing it as a cross between a satellite and a spy plane.
The 450-foot-long craft would give the U.S. military a better understanding of an adversary's movements, habits and tactics, officials said. And the ability to constantly monitor small movements in a wide area -- the Afghanistan- Pakistan border, for example -- would dramatically improve military intelligence.
"It is constant surveillance, uninterrupted," Dahm said. "When you only have a short-time view -- whether it is a few hours or a few days -- that is not enough to put the picture together."
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The project reflects a shift in Pentagon planning and spending priorities under Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has urged the military services to improve intelligence and surveillance operations while cutting high-tech weaponry costs.
If successful, the dirigible -- the brainchild of the Air Force and the Pentagon's research arm -- could pave the way for a fleet of spy airships, military officials said.
However, it marks the return to a form of flight that has stirred anxiety and doubt since the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Thirty-six people were killed when that airship went up in flames in New Jersey.
The military has used less-sophisticated tethered blimps -- called aerostats -- to conduct surveillance around military bases in Iraq. But flying at 65,000 feet, the giant airship would be nearly impossible to see, beyond the range of any hand-held missile, and safe from most fighter planes.
And its range would be such that the spy craft could operate at the distant edges of any military theater, probably out of the range of surface-to-air missiles as well.
The Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance abilities have improved dramatically in the last five years with the expansion of the Predator and other drones. Although such craft can linger over an area for a long time, they do not watch constantly.
The giant airship's military value would come from its radar system. Giant antenna would allow the military to see farther and with more detail than it can now.
"Being able to observe threats [and] understand what is happening is really the game-changing piece here," Dahm said.
The dirigible will be filled with helium and powered by an innovative system that uses solar panels to recharge hydrogen fuel cells. Military officials said those underlying technologies -- plus a very lightweight hull -- were critical to making the project work.
"The things we had to do here were not trivial; they were revolutionary," said Jan Walker, a spokeswoman for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's research arm.
The Air Force has signed an agreement with DARPA to develop a demonstration dirigible by 2014. The prototype will be a third as long as the planned surveillance craft -- known as ISIS, for Integrated Sensor Is the Structure, because the radar system will be built into the structure of the ship.
While the military says the craft is closer to a blimp than a zeppelin -- which has a rigid external structure -- officials usually call the project an airship. Blimps get their shape from helium gas pressure.
The Pentagon has not yet awarded a contractor to build the prototype. Earlier work was done by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach -- as well as Baltimore and other locations -- and by Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, Calif.; Akron, Ohio; and Denver.
julian.barnes@latimes.com
Pentagon pushes on with near-space craft
Air Force considers spending $15 million on spy balloons
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8473871/
Updated: 9:31 p.m. ET July 5, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Air Force is eyeing a seldom-used region of Earth’s atmosphere called “near space” for communications and intelligence-gathering with one of the oldest types of aircraft — balloons.
The air at 65,000 feet and higher is too thin for most traditional airplanes, so military officials are testing unmanned helium balloons at those altitudes. This frigid part of the atmosphere is above most weather but well below low Earth orbit, where the far costlier space station and satellites operate.
“It’s a region of the atmosphere that historically has really not been exploited,” said Lt. Col. Toby Volz, who oversees near-space programs at Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
A key advantage of balloons and blimps is they may be able to stay aloft much longer than an airplane, providing a communications or surveillance platform that can last days or even weeks. They are also much cheaper than satellites, and could let ground forces communicate over far greater ranges than the line-of-sight radios they often carry.
“I’ve been intrigued by near space’s potential for persistent space-like effects on the battlefield ever since I first heard about it,” the Air Force’s chief of staff, Gen. John Jumper, wrote earlier this year in a forward to a paper on the subject. “Near-space has been a cultural blind spot — too high up for aircraft, but too low for satellites.”
One simple prototype, dubbed “Combat SkySat,” was tested in the skies over Arizona in January through March with a series of 12 test launches. Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is also involved in testing near-space craft.
The Air Force is considering seeking up to $15 million on near-space operations and research in its 2007 budget, officials said. Volz said he hopes to see operational near-space systems during the next five years.
Potential problems
For the idea to work, the Air Force will have to overcome a series of potential problems.
Winds are relatively low between 65,000 and 80,000 feet, usually less than 20 miles per hour. But levels of corrosive ozone and ultraviolet radiation are much higher than at the Earth’s surface.
Another downside is that balloons take many hours to fill with helium and launch, and sometimes require hangars to steady them while they are being filled.
In addition, the Air Force regards near-space altitudes a part of a country’s sovereign air space, unlike orbital space that is open to all, according to officials at Air Force Space Command. So the military would be violating internationally accepted practices and law if it sent an intelligence-gathering balloon over another country without permission — except, of course, if the United States was at war with that nation.
Hundreds to millions of dollars
Proposals for near-space craft vary in complexity. Some free-floating balloons would cost only a few hundred dollars and be expendable if lost to the winds.
Others would launch a glider to carry a payload down to Earth. Still others would have some capability to maneuver and be able to stay over their target longer.
More expensive proposals, such as a massive blimp called the High Altitude Airship, move beyond the realm of expendable balloons. These would cost tens of millions of dollars and stay aloft for years. Such a design could also carry bombs or other weapons to drop on ground targets, according to Lt. Col. Edward B. Tomme of the Air Force Space Command’s Space Warfare Center.
Air Force officers pushing near-space systems for intelligence gathering aren’t advocating replacing satellites, just freeing them up for other tasks.
Intelligence satellites, because they are so few and expensive, are generally controlled by national authorities and targeted on matters of interest to top military, intelligence and executive branch officials. Balloons could be launched and recovered by commanders on a battlefield, giving them more flexibility to gather information they need quickly.
Close, but not too close
As spies, near-space craft will take better pictures than satellites because they are 10 to 20 times closer than a camera in orbit, Tomme wrote earlier this year. If outfitted to eavesdrop on communications, a near-space craft would be likelier to pick up low-power transmissions that satellites cannot hear, he wrote.
At the altitudes being studied by the Air Force, the balloons are out of reach of many interceptor aircraft and missiles.
They are hard to destroy even if they are in range. According to Tomme, in August 1998 an out-of-control Canadian weather balloon survived multiple strafing runs from jet fighters as it flew across Canada, the North Atlantic, Norway, Russia and the Arctic Ocean. Because the pressure inside these balloons is close to that of the surrounding air, they resist deflating quickly when punctured.
Some commercial concerns already use balloons for similar purposes. Oil and gas producers in west Texas and Oklahoma receive data from wells transmitted through high-altitude communications balloons, which are much more cost-effective than trying to establish a cellular network in such sparsely populated regions, according to Tomme.
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Why the confidentiality of the agreement with MSFT?
Speculation here but looking at another agreement I came across…it is possible VCSY could have done something similar. The big money came with the royalties not the license fees.
A one-time $125,000 license fee;
The greater of the following, payable annually:
(i) $400,000; or
(ii) The aggregate of the following:
• Subject to a minimum amount of $37,500 per Initial Product during the second year of the License, and $50,000 each year thereafter, continuing royalties payable quarterly at a rate of:
: US$10.00 per unit sold;
: US$2.00 per unit sold;
: 4.5% of annual net sales of the
What can a General who retired 25 years ago do to help Sanswire?
He has access to just about every US military installation.
He may know people in still on active duty who today if they were in when he retired are probably Full Bird Colonels or most likely Generals (*, **, *** or ****).
He may know the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who was Deputy Director for Intelligence at CIA when General Jackson retired.
He may know congressmen/senators because to make it to the General ranks one needs a sponsor.
He may know people in the defense industry.
The possibilities are numerous, however the intent is clear.
We already the military is interested in this technology.
Pentagon plans blimp to spy from new heights
From the Los Angeles Times
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/la-na-spyblimp13-2009mar13,0,1791456.story
Pentagon plans blimp to spy from new heights
The giant dirigible would use radar to closely and constantly monitor activity on the ground from 65,000 feet.
By Julian E. Barnes
March 13, 2009
Reporting from Washington - The Pentagon said Thursday that it intends to spend $400 million to develop a giant dirigible that will float 65,000 feet above the Earth for 10 years, providing unblinking and intricate radar surveillance of the vehicles, planes and even people below.
"It is absolutely revolutionary," Werner J.A. Dahm, chief scientist for the Air Force, said of the proposed unmanned airship -- describing it as a cross between a satellite and a spy plane.
The 450-foot-long craft would give the U.S. military a better understanding of an adversary's movements, habits and tactics, officials said. And the ability to constantly monitor small movements in a wide area -- the Afghanistan- Pakistan border, for example -- would dramatically improve military intelligence.
"It is constant surveillance, uninterrupted," Dahm said. "When you only have a short-time view -- whether it is a few hours or a few days -- that is not enough to put the picture together."
Related links
*
Eye in the sky Eye in the sky Graphic
The project reflects a shift in Pentagon planning and spending priorities under Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has urged the military services to improve intelligence and surveillance operations while cutting high-tech weaponry costs.
If successful, the dirigible -- the brainchild of the Air Force and the Pentagon's research arm -- could pave the way for a fleet of spy airships, military officials said.
However, it marks the return to a form of flight that has stirred anxiety and doubt since the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Thirty-six people were killed when that airship went up in flames in New Jersey.
The military has used less-sophisticated tethered blimps -- called aerostats -- to conduct surveillance around military bases in Iraq. But flying at 65,000 feet, the giant airship would be nearly impossible to see, beyond the range of any hand-held missile, and safe from most fighter planes.
And its range would be such that the spy craft could operate at the distant edges of any military theater, probably out of the range of surface-to-air missiles as well.
The Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance abilities have improved dramatically in the last five years with the expansion of the Predator and other drones. Although such craft can linger over an area for a long time, they do not watch constantly.
The giant airship's military value would come from its radar system. Giant antenna would allow the military to see farther and with more detail than it can now.
"Being able to observe threats [and] understand what is happening is really the game-changing piece here," Dahm said.
The dirigible will be filled with helium and powered by an innovative system that uses solar panels to recharge hydrogen fuel cells. Military officials said those underlying technologies -- plus a very lightweight hull -- were critical to making the project work.
"The things we had to do here were not trivial; they were revolutionary," said Jan Walker, a spokeswoman for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's research arm.
The Air Force has signed an agreement with DARPA to develop a demonstration dirigible by 2014. The prototype will be a third as long as the planned surveillance craft -- known as ISIS, for Integrated Sensor Is the Structure, because the radar system will be built into the structure of the ship.
While the military says the craft is closer to a blimp than a zeppelin -- which has a rigid external structure -- officials usually call the project an airship. Blimps get their shape from helium gas pressure.
The Pentagon has not yet awarded a contractor to build the prototype. Earlier work was done by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach -- as well as Baltimore and other locations -- and by Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, Calif.; Akron, Ohio; and Denver.
julian.barnes@latimes.com
WAG 12/5/07 at 12:15PM
Short-Range Wi-Fi Meets Citywide Limits
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070521/D8P8U6U81.html
May 21, 2:21 PM (ET)
By ANICK JESDANUN
Adam DuVander likes to surf the Internet from his laptop wherever he happens to be - at home, a coffee shop or a neighborhood park. He has been able to do so in recent years thanks to wireless hotspots set up by networking activists in Portland, Ore.
So when Portland announced it would try to blanket the entire city with similar Wi-Fi technology, the Web programmer and blogger got excited - until he tried using it.
"For me ubiquitous access means I don't have to base my life around wherever my office is," DuVander said. "I tried it out as soon as I could and found that it wasn't for me. The quality of the connection is not up to my standards."
Blame physics and the use of a short-range technology designed for smaller quarters, not citywide deployments.
Simply put, signals don't travel far or penetrate building walls well.
That's fine for a coffee shop. The equipment is indoors, as are its users. That's also fine for a park. There are enough users concentrated there to justify installing a lot of wireless antennas.
But it wouldn't be economical to place an access point inside every home and on every street lamp.
Portland's contractor, MetroFi Inc., is putting roughly 25 access points per square mile, so that users would generally be no farther than 500 feet from the nearest one, said Logan Kleier, the city's manager for the Unwired Portland project.
Cutting that distance in half, to 250 feet, would require about four times as many access points, because they need to be installed in all four directions.
"The network cost gets completely out of whack," he said. "The business model breaks in its entirety."
Network operators, meanwhile, are recommending signal boosters for as much as $150 to get indoor coverage. Many people in Portland and elsewhere plan to stick with their existing DSL or cable provider instead.
An emerging technology called WiMax - promising much longer ranges - might be able to blanket a larger area more easily than Wi-Fi can. Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) already has announced plans to offer WiMax service in several cities by next year, with initial deployments this year in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
But Wi-Fi still has its advantages. It's been around longer so the technology is stable and equipment relatively cheap.
And although Wi-Fi continues to evolve - an industry group will soon start certifying products under its emerging, faster "n" flavor - devices made tomorrow will likely work with networks built today. On the network side, some equipment can be upgraded by pushing new software remotely, said Esme Vos, an expert on municipal Wi-Fi systems.
Regardless of the specific wireless technology, though, wired services remain a better choice over wireless for many basic needs. Wired networks are generally faster and have fewer security risks. Prices for DSL, in particular, have dropped.
Wireless networks are good as backups during emergencies and away from home, but "it's very hard to have a wireless network compete as a primary connection," said Dave Burstein, editor of the industry newsletter DSL Prime. "Where you have a choice, DSL or cable compared to wireless, you are going to go for DSL or cable unless it's ridiculously overpriced."
An Online Hookup To A Lower Phone Bill
February 2, 2007
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-kristof0202.artfeb02,1,4232352.story?coll=hc-headlines-business-7...
When Marlene Johansing moved to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, her phone bills became one of her biggest everyday expenses.
Her children, brothers and lifelong friends - not to mention investment advisers and doctors - were situated along a freckled path in California stretching from San Diego to Santa Barbara. Keeping connected by phone, even sparingly, cost $250 to $300 a month, she said.
But last year she discovered voice over Internet protocol, an emerging technology that allows consumers to make phone calls through an Internet connection rather than old-fashioned phone lines.
The Internet calls are more reliable than her former long-distance phone service, she said, at a fraction of the cost. She now spends $30 a month and talks as long as she likes.
"It's great," Johansing said. "I talk over my regular phone, but it's cheaper."
About 5 million U.S. households have taken the same tack, according to Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. That's a tiny fraction of the domestic telecommunications market, but the growth has been tremendous - roughly 200 percent in the past year, said Maribel Lopez, a vice president at Forrester.
Lopez attributes a big part of the growth spurt to a move by marketers of Internet-based phone service to dispense with the techno-babble and focus on its key advantage - the service is often far less expensive than traditional phone service.
"The market was clicking along, growing by 100,000 subscribers here, 150,000 there. And then the cable companies came in about a year ago, just offering cheap digital phone service," Lopez said. "'Cheap phone' resonates."
Many people said they'd been reluctant to consider Internet phone service because they assumed it would require technical expertise to make a call.
That was once true, Lopez said. Even now, some customers make calls on their computers, with a headset and microphone attached.
But the industry's future lies in phones that look just like traditional ones, but operate differently.
An Internet phone connects to a different wiring system, but from the consumer's standpoint, the service is nearly identical: You pick up the phone, hear a dial tone, dial a number by pressing buttons, and wait for someone to answer the ring.
"You don't have to think about it; you don't need to know how it works," said Marshall Brain, founder of an Atlanta-based website called HowStuffWorks. "You have to plug in a few wires, but then everything magically happens in the background."
These phone systems are offered through an array of companies, including Internet-only carriers such as Vonage and Skype, as well as big cable firms such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications.
You need two things to use Internet phone service. The first is a broadband Internet connection - such as cable-modem or DSL service instead of a dial-up link. The second is a backup plan.
The broadband connection is essential because of the way Internet phones work. The system translates the sound of your voice into digital "packets" that then skitter along open Internet lines to the phone on the other side.
Because this must be done with lightning speed for the connection to sound normal, the audio packets need lots of bandwidth when rushing through the Internet.
A backup plan is important because Net connections don't work when the power goes out or when the cable or DSL service is on the fritz.
Those who can't go without phone service for any length of time would be wise to maintain a working cellphone or land line.
Then, too, there's 911 emergency service. Some Internet phone services do not offer 911 service because there is no location or street address connected to a home computer, as there is to a traditional phone.
Vonage overcomes this obstacle by having users register an address when they sign up. The company transmits the registered address to the emergency response system when connecting a 911 call.
Skype executives suggest that consumers maintain at least one land line for emergency calls.
Are the savings with Internet phone services worth the inconvenience of switching or potentially losing phone service in a blackout?
The answer depends on the consumer's phone use, Lopez said. For some people, the biggest saving will be from the absence of fees and taxes that show up on an ordinary phone bill, but don't apply to Internet calls.
Brain says extras, such as voice mail and caller ID, are often free with Internet phone plans.
Anyone who makes significant numbers of international calls, as Johansing does, can save a bundle on calls, too.
Kathy Kristof is a columnist at the Los Angeles Times.
Cell Phones Vital in Developing World
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070127/D8MTP4J00.html
Jan 27, 12:55 PM (ET)
By MALCOLM FOSTER
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nguyen Huu Truc's trusty cell phone has revolutionized his small embroidery business - and his life.
When he bought his first mobile phone in 1995, Vietnam had just one fixed-line phone for every 100 people, and cell phones were a pricey novelty. Communication was difficult, forcing Truc to make time-consuming trips to suppliers and buyers.
But these days, Vietnam has 33 telephones per 100 people - and two-thirds of the phones are mobile. Now Truc can make calls on his cell phone from virtually anywhere in the country for about 10 cents a minute, saving him time and money and providing quicker access to information.
"I cannot imagine what it would be like if I didn't have my mobile phone for a day," he says. "It's no longer just something that only the rich can afford. Now, it's a basic means of communication."
Truc's experience provides a glimpse into how wireless communication is helping fuel Vietnam's rapid growth - and transforming dozens of other developing nations from the ground up.
Today, mobile phones are the primary form of telecommunication in most emerging economies, fulfilling much the same role as fixed-line phone networks did in facilitating growth in the United States and Europe after World War II.
Some developing nations have even jumped out in front as mobile pioneers. In the Philippines, more than 4 million people use their cell phones as virtual wallets to buy things or transfer cash - services still rare in many wealthy countries, with few exceptions like Japan.
As service charges and handset prices have plunged and coverage areas have expanded, cell phone subscriptions in the developing world have surged fivefold since 2000, to 1.4 billion at the end of 2005, according to the U.N. International Telecommunication Union. That's nearly double the 800 million in advanced economies.
Research shows that greater cell phone use can drive economic growth in emerging economies. Based on market research in China, India and the Philippines, consulting firm McKinsey & Co. found that raising wireless penetration by 10 percentage points can lead to an increase in gross domestic product of about 0.5 percent, or around $12 billion for an economy the size of China.
"There's enormous entrepreneurship and creativity worldwide, and through mobile phones you're providing people with the tools - rather than aid - to earn a living," says Leonard Waverman, a London Business School professor. In a separate study of 92 countries, Waverman had findings similar to McKinsey's report.
"It's not a magic bullet, but it's a vital tool," says Waverman, whose research was partly funded by British mobile carrier Vodafone Group PLC. (VOD)
By bouncing signals off base stations, relay towers and satellites instead of over copper wires strung to villages and homes, cell phones can hurdle mountains. Mobile phones are not hampered by illiteracy - which is a barrier to computer use - giving millions new opportunities to exchange information, make money and conduct business.
In India, fishermen call ahead to ports to see where they will get the best deal on their catch. Kenyan farmers check crop prices on a service offered by local provider Safaricom.
In South Africa, cell phones serve as a virtual office for carpenters, painters and other laborers who post their numbers on handwritten signs advertising their skills.
The Philippines has become a global leader in mobile commerce. Since 2000, Smart Communications Inc., the country's largest carrier, has allowed subscribers in its Smart Money program to hold limited amounts of cash in electronic wallets linked to their mobile accounts.
Using their cell phones, members can withdraw cash from their bank accounts, pay for goods and services and transfer money and airtime credit. The phone records all transactions. Overseas Filipinos are even using this service to send money home. While the system is designed with work with financial institutions, subscribers don't need a bank account.
"If your son or daughter is away at school and needs money, this is an easy way to send it to them," says Ramon Isberto, a Smart spokesman.
This kind of application holds promise for the millions in developing countries who have no bank accounts and for whom transferring money can be difficult or risky.
Wizzit, a South African-based company targeting customers without bank accounts, has been offering cell phone-based financial services since 2005.
Vodafone, which is investing heavily in Africa, is partnering with Kenyan affiliate Safaricom and the Commercial Bank of Africa to soon launch M-Pesa, a mobile financial service that allows users to send and receive cash and perform other transactions.
"Financial institutions are realizing that the only way to reach new customers is through mobile networks," says Nick Hughes, head of the mobile payment team at Vodafone.
Expanding mobile networks also brings other economic benefits, experts say. It lures more foreign investment, gives families better access to health and educational information and provides governments with more revenue from licenses and taxes.
Wireless technology has emerged at a fortuitous time for carriers expanding in developing countries because it is so much cheaper and easier to build than fixed-line networks.
Rugged, sprawling Afghanistan, for example, now has 2 million cell phone subscribers and only 20,000 fixed-line phones.
"They can leapfrog the technology," says David Knapp, general director of Motorola Vietnam.
In Vietnam, where the economy is growing 8 percent a year, the communist government has spent heavily to expand coverage to all 64 provinces.
"The more people who have cell phones, the more the economy will grow, and vice versa," says Bui Quoc Viet, a spokesman for the state-run Vietnam Post & Telecommunications Corp., the country's largest telecom company.
The government has also promoted competition: Vietnam now has six mobile carriers, two with foreign partners. The development has driven down service charges, a key factor in the tripling of cell phone subscribers over the past two years to 18 million.
Mobile phones provide a good way for the younger generation to seek new business opportunities and cash in on Vietnam's move toward a market economy, says Paul Ruppert, managing director of consultancy Global Point View LLC, who has extensive experience in Asia.
"It's all micro-activity - tailors, small repair shops, textile producers, grocery stores," Ruppert says. "Even though they're small, they're allowed to get an idea of the market via the cell phone."
Text messaging, or SMS, is another application that's particularly popular in Asian nations like Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. It's considered a cheap, unobtrusive way to stay in touch with friends, connect to the Internet and conduct business.
"It's a good way to save costs, but more importantly I can use SMS services as evidence for my business transactions," says Truc, the embroidery business owner.
Carriers have adapted to the needs of poorer customers by selling prepaid airtime cards, often for as little as 35 cents per card. This eliminates the need for a contract, credit history check or even an address. Once you register for a phone number and buy an airtime card, you're in business.
Handset makers, meanwhile, are offering ultra-cheap phones. Motorola Inc. (MOT), under the GSM Association's emerging market handset program, has produced cell phones with a wholesale price of less than $30. Retail prices vary depending on taxes and local market conditions.
But even those phones are still too expensive for many who live on one or two dollars a day.
That's given rise to communal phone use and a cottage industry made up of people who resell phone service for a living.
Both are typified in Bangladesh's "Palli Phone," or village phone, program. A quarter million "phone ladies" buy mobile phones on credit from Grameen Bank, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize along with its founder Muhammad Yunus, providing wireless communication for the community and themselves with a livelihood.
Hasina Banu, who lives in a remote village in northern Bangladesh, bought a phone from Grameen for about $110 and each week pays back about $2.50. She now earns about $25 a month from the phone and plans to use that money to open a small grocery store.
But even in rural Bangladesh she says competition is heating up among other "Palli Phone" sellers.
"Now I get less customers," Banu says. "But I am happy that now I have some money with (which) I can expand my business."
Squirt, Yes that picture. The background in the picture revealed that it was in the hanger where Sans 1 was built, therefore it is Sans 1.
Ken, after further evaluation it definitely is sans 1 and not sans II. Thanks for your input.
Ken, the size appears to small to be the Sans 1 and the style is different.
Sanswire II floating in hanger....yes...no...maybe...
http://www.sanswire.com/about-sanswire.htm
As far as the Stratellite goes...if GTE can produce a workable one, IMO, there will be multiple agencies within the US government trying to get one or more vehicles. They will want the platform not so much comms equipment and such. They will put their own gear on it. I said this many times, the Stratellite is a much needed platform and although I can't guarantee Uncle Sam will buy from GTE if they are successful, I don't see how they could wait for someone else if GTE has a working model.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191902057
HONG KONG - It was only a matter of time: China is catching Blackberry fever. And like most other things in that burgeoning economy, it's likely to be at cut-rate prices.
John Hsu, a reporter in China's commercial capital of Shanghai, got in ahead of the September launch. He bought his Blackberry online for just $65 -- roughly a fifth of its retail price in the United States.
He uses it like a regular phone because it looks cool and he thinks its sound quality is better than an average smart phone. Still, he has no plans to subscribe to a Blackberry e-mail service provided by China Mobile, which can cost as much as 598 yuan ($75) a month.
"I would like to get work e-mails on my Blackberry, but the price has to be right," said Hsu, who now pays 20 yuan ($2.50) a month to get personal e-mails on his Hewlett Packard PDA phone.
If Hsu is representative of price-sensitive Chinese retail customers, the most debilitating and lingering effects of Blackberry fever may be felt by the device's maker, Research in Motion and service providers such as China Mobile Ltd.
The problem is a familiar one: cheap knock-offs. And that's not all.
While used phones have come calling on the world's largest telecommunications market and are cannibalizing business from foreign and local phone manufacturers alike, generic handsets made by unlicensed factories pose an even bigger challenge.
"In China, there is always undercutting in the market," said John Ure, who directs a telecommunications research project at the University of Hong Kong. "It is virtually impossible to police."
Also, many foreign investment banks and law firms have already equipped their Chinese employees with Blackberries using services provided in Hong Kong, leaving little room for explosive sales from corporate customers there.
The Blackberry's probable fizzle illustrates an endemic problem in a country with a poor track record of enforcing intellectual property rights.
"Piracy is something that affects everybody in China," said Mark Natkin, managing director of Beijing-based research firm Marbridge Consulting. "Domestic Chinese companies got hit just as hard, if not harder."
Used phones and phones sold by unlicensed vendors forced all the major local mobile phone makers except Lenovo Group Ltd. into the red last year, said George Guo, senior vice president at top Chinese mobilephone manufacturer TCL Communications.
In 2005, China sold roughly 15 million so-called black-market phones, compared with 80 million handsets sold through licensed dealers, according to Marbridge Consulting.
That means an estimated 16 percent of handsets sold in China are either made by unlicensed companies or smuggled in.
Use of refurbished and unlicensed phones is also rampant in Eastern Europe and Middle East, but not in more developed markets.
Such products pose a growing threat to the likes of foreign brand names such as Motorola Inc. , Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Nokia as well as home-grown players such as TCL, Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. , Shenzhen Konka Group.
An unlicensed factory needs as little as 1 million yuan ($125,000) to start, and can get its phones to market early by skipping the government testing process. Makers of the so-called "black phones" often evade taxes and provide no customer service.
These factories have a more viable business model than smugglers, Guo said. While smuggling can be a capital offense in China, makers of unlicensed phones merely get a slap on the wrist.
"Black phone manufacturers are getting larger in scale and the pressure on us is ever rising," said Guo said. "To survive and grow, we have to be successful in overseas markets."
TCL, which bought France's Alcatel's cell-phone assets, is making a big bet on the better regulated, and arguably less competitive markets abroad.
"Manufacturers will have an ongoing problem in China if customers continue to buy things based on price, not quality," said Ken Dulaney, a Gartner analyst.
Questions to ponder...
1. What will happen when GTE start announcing signed contracts to build wireless networks in the piloted areas?
2. What will happen when GTE start bringing in revenues from these wirless networks?
3. What will happen when the Stratellite flies at a significant attitude?
4. What will happen when GTE start bringing in revenues from their magic money program?
5. What will happen when GTE IP Phone Division reach positive monthly EBITDA and double net profits every 60 days throughout the remainder of 2006?
6. What will happen when GTE become EBITDA positive?
7. What will happen when GTE ...
Mide,
One more thing I see evolving toward Uncle Sam's procurement.
I thought that the Stratellite was to be leased to all clients however check this statement by Bob Jones
Jones said exporting a Sanswire airship would be covered under U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations both because of the wireless technologies it employs and because it is classified as an unmanned aerial vehicle. He said Sanswire would lease, not sell, the ships to non-U.S. users.
http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive06/Sans_040306.html
Mide,
I have a background in military intel especially "black programs". I also worked for Lockheed for a few years. I said this before and I will say it again Uncle Sam wants and needs the stratellite. I can't guarantee they will get it from GTE, however, if we have the goods and no one else does, I'm hopeful they will be buying from us. Uncle Sam will pay and pay dearly if they took the program Black which I doubt they would do because it has so much to offer on the commercial side and they would have to pony up money the company planned on making.