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Just sayin' :o))
IMO are the main tip in today's Daily Mail.....they've been discovered at last :o)) Http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-5589245/MIDAS-SHARE-TIPS-IMImobile-firm-promising-good-returns.html "MIDAS SHARE TIPS: IMImobile is a fast-growing company that specialises in helping businesses deliver useful information to their customers in a range of highly effective ways By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50, 7 April 2018" Conclusion: "The group has been expanding both organically and through acquisitions, and has been investing in research and technology too. So, although the balance sheet is strong, dividends have not been on the agenda to date. That should change over the next few years, as the group becomes increasingly profitable. Growth is expected to come from winning new clients, gaining more business from existing customers and strategic acquisitions. Mobile phones are an intrinsic part of daily life not just for consumers in developed economies but all over the world. IMI helps businesses to benefit from this, using technology to connect businesses with their customers easily and effectively. This trend is likely only to increase over the coming years. A trading statement will be issued in mid-April, providing guidance for the year to March 31, 2018. It is expected to provide evidence of continued progress. Midas verdict: IMImobile shares are 267p and have done well recently, but they should continue to deliver strong growth. Buy and hold."
and have increased nicely to 14.34%, or 8.9m shares: Https://www.investegate.co.uk/imimobile-plc--imo-/rns/tr-1/201804041735368688J/
Moving up to further new highs today. I've just caught up with this article posted by sharetalk - excellent stuff, well worth reading: https://www.share-talk.com/share-news/imi-mobile-lonimo-small-steps-in-the-right-direction/
But keep it quiet :o))
In H1 2018 revenue increased on 53.1-36.0=17.1m. Organic growth was 36*12%=4.32m, so the growth due to M&A was 12.8m for half a year. There was only one acquisition - Infracast, and it's revenue in FY2017 was only 12.2m for the whole year or 6.1m for half a year. Does that mean that Infracast revenue doubled in H12018?
More good news: Https://it-online.co.za/2018/03/08/imimobile-sa-launches-mvideo/ IMImobile SA launches mVideo Mar 8, 2018 IMImobile SA has announced the launch of mVideo, a high-resolution mobile video delivery solution available across South Africa. mVideo allows mobile marketing and enterprise customers to streamline the creation and delivery of high-resolution video content across multiple communication and media channels, such as email (as attachments or a link to a cloud-hosted video), social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter), YouTube, and mobile app. The announcement follows the recent GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, where the demand for video delivery was identified as one of the key mobile trends. As video technology continues to evolve, video-based content is increasingly consumed across all regions and use cases, it is predicted that video will account for around 75% of mobile traffic worldwide by 2023. �With smartphones able to access and stream full-length HD videos in seconds, the media, marketing and broadcast industries need a viable way of delivering high-quality video content optimised for the diverse range of devices and channels. As a result, traditional video delivery formats such as MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) simply cannot deliver the video experience customers desire.� says Devon Meerholz, chief creative officer at IMImobile SA. IMImobile�s SA customers use videos for in-store screen experiences, social media promotions, as well as the personalised distribution of video-based itemised bills and bank statements. With mVideo, a multi-channel video campaign starts life as a full-motion video which is then selectively compressed down for every device and distribution channel. All full-motion videos are produced in-house by IMImobile�s own Creative Studio that is solely focused on optimising video content for mobile and digital distribution channels. �The advantage of our approach is that we can supply our customers with multiple versions of the same video, with each video optimised for a different marketing channel or platform,� says Meerholz. �It�s been predicted that mobile users will spend 36 minutes daily watching videos on their smartphones in 2018, so mVideo is sure to hit clients� sweet spots this year.� IMImobile is a cloud communications software and solutions provider that enables companies to use digital technologies to communicate and engage with their customers. The company has helped to developed industry best practices by delivering country-specific mobile initiatives from mobile bank statements in South Africa to personalised marketing videos in the US."
Good news today: Https://www.investegate.co.uk/imimobile-plc--imo-/rns/launch-of-rcs-business-messaging-in-imiconnnect/201803070700098999G/ "IMImobile launches RCS Business Messaging in its customer journey automation platform IMIconnnect The GSMA estimates that by Q1 2019 there will be c. 1.05 billion monthly active users, served by over 200 mobile operators. London, 7th March, 2018 - Cloud communications software and solutions provider IMImobile, today announced support for RCS Business Messaging (Rich Communications Services) in its IMIconnect platform. Enterprise businesses can now launch RCS messaging services alongside 10+ other mobile and digital communication channels, including SMS, Push Messaging, Email, and Facebook Messenger, that are available out-of-the-box in IMIconnect. Over the last 12 months IMImobile has been working closely with ecosystem partners like the GSMA, Google and Vodafone UK to drive the adoption of RCS. With recent announcements of RCS Business Messaging initiatives at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, IMImobile was pleased to showcase innovative RCS use cases of its customers including Barclays, British Gas, Foxtons and Pizza Hut Delivery at GSMA Innovation City. IMImobile believes the adoption of RCS will further enhance messaging interactions between consumers and businesses in years to come, enabling a natural evolution of today's SMS experience. According to the GSMA, consumers are overwhelmingly excited about what RCS has to offer; nearly 80% of consumers find RCS appealing and over 70% say RCS would make them more likely to want to communicate with a brand.* Sudarshan Dharmapuri, SVP Product Management said, "We are excited to make RCS Business Messaging available in IMIconnect. This allows enterprises to use IMIconnect to build, prototype and deploy RCS journeys within days using our low-code tools. The successful deployment of RCS journeys requires customer interactions to be orchestrated across existing backend systems. IMIconnect is specifically designed and developed to enable end-to-end automation of customer journeys." Businesses interested in building RCS messaging experiences can sign up for IMIconnect. Users will then be able to access a 'drag & drop' workflow builder that allows the quick and easy configuration of RCS messaging journeys, including verified branding elements, rich media, image carousels, customised action buttons and replies. More importantly, any RCS services can easily be integrated with CRM, marketing and customer service systems to allow the fulfilment of RCS customer journeys across existing business processes."
IMO are noted here as advising/providing technical support to the Indian state of Telangana (which includes Hyderabad) on moving to mobile governance - ambitious stuff: Http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-moves-to-mobile-governance/article22883368.ece "Law soon to make all govt. services on mobile platform The government is going to bring out a law to ensure that all its services are available through mobile and in the near future, citizens can expect land registrations, revenue records and the likes to be available in the format, said IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan on Wednesday. �The day is not far when all services will be provided through the mobile thus providing governance in citizens hands,� he said at the launch of the T App Folio by IT and Municipal Administration Minister K.T. Rama Rao. Right from today by downloading the app, citizens can avail up to 150 services of the GHMC, RTA, Police and T-Wallet and within a year another 1000 services will be added to it, said Meeseva and Electronics Service Delivery (ESD) Commissioner G.T. Venkateswara Rao. etc"
More coverage here: Https://www.telecompaper.com/news/imimobile-customers-to-demo-rcs-solutions-at-mwc--1234000 "IMImobile customers to demo RCS solutions at MWC Tuesday 27 February 2018 | 17:20 CET | News IMImobile will showcase and demonstrate Rich Communications Services (RCS) cases of some of its UK enterprise customers at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. RCS is seen as the successor to SMS in the coming years and supports more interactive features such as hot buttons, media sharing and rich graphics cards. IMImobile enterprise customers, including British Gas, Barclays, real estate agency Foxtons and Pizza Hut Delivery, will showcase their RCS experiences at the GSMA Innovation City at MWC. These demonstrations will include mobile banking customer care for Barclays, pizza ordering and delivery for Pizza Hut, and engineer booking and reschedules for British Gas. IMImobile is working with partners including the GSMA, Vodafone and Google to drive awareness and adoption of RCS business messaging in the UK market."
IMO's customer list in this new feature on RCS couldn't be more impressive: Https://www.telemediaonline.co.uk/mwc18-leading-uk-enterprises-explore-rcs-imimobile-mobile-world-congress/ "MWC18 Leading UK enterprises explore RCS with IMImobile at Mobile World Congress By Paul Skeldon on 26 February 2018 Messaging & Engagement, News IMImobile will showcase and demo RCS messaging experiences of its UK customers � Barclays, British Gas, Foxtons and Pizza Hut Delivery � at the GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. IMImobile has been working in collaboration with a number of partners, including the GSMA, Google, Vodafone and its customers to drive the awareness and adoption of RCS business messaging in the UK market. As part of its role in helping to drive adoption of RCS, IMImobile will be presenting a selection of demo use cases of its UK enterprise customers at the GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress. Located in Hall 4, the GSMA Innovation City will be showcasing an array of cutting edge products, software and technology, shaping the future of digital customer engagement. Covering a wide selection of industries and use cases, Mobile World Congress attendees can be taken through a number of RCS demos that we have developed in conjunction with our UK customers including: mobile banking customer care for Barclays; parcel tracking for a leading logistics delivery company; engineer booking and reschedules for British Gas; pizza ordering and delivery for Pizza Hut Delivery; and real estate agency Foxtons � all using RCS to deliver enhanced mobile customer experience. �We are excited about RCS business messaging as it allows enterprises to create a richer and more interactive experience with their consumers. The GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona provides the perfect platform to showcase and demo the feature-rich capabilities of RCS to a wider audience and we look forward to working with the messaging industry ecosystem to drive the adoption of RCS in the coming months,� says Sudarshan Dharmapuri, Senior Vice President of Product Management at IMImobile. RCS forms part of the growing messaging industry ecosystem and is seen by many as the successor to SMS in coming years. Offering significant advantages over SMS and an impressive capability list, businesses can use file and media sharing, hot buttons, carousels, rich graphic cards, and other features to create more engaging brand messaging and conversational experiences for their customers. Businesses have so far expressed a great appetite for RCS as it can help transform verified mobile messaging experiences and drive more conversational customer interaction. This is where enterprises are looking to shift customer engagement strategies and service fulfilment to interactive two-way messaging channels. This is due to a shift in consumer behaviour, with recent research highlighting the demand and p
Excellent news today - this may be an RNS-NON as there's no immediate financial value, but it's likely to provide very material revenues going forward: Http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/IMO/13520851.html "Partnership Agreement with KCOM IMImobile, a cloud communications software and solutions provider, has signed a partnership agreement with KCOM - a leading provider of communications and IT services in the UK. IMImobile's omnichannel chat solution, IMIchat, will enable KCOM's contact centre clients to provide live two-way interactive messaging chats with customers across digital channels like SMS, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, and Webchat, alongside their existing voice channels. To support end-to-end customer experience and service automation, KCOM customers will also be able use IMIconnect, IMImobile's customer journey automation platform. KCOM chose IMImobile due to its market leading position in the digital customer interaction space as well as the ability to integrate digital communication channels into existing contact centre infrastructure. Jay Patel, Chief Executive of IMImobile, commented: "Contact centres are a key part of any customer engagement strategy as businesses are adapting to respond more effectively to the demands of the connected consumer. Through IMIchat and our communication orchestration layer, KCOM can further help UK enterprises to utilise digital communications channels in their service and support operations." Stu Smith, KCOM's Head of Innovation & Development, said: "Our guiding principle is to help our clients improve their customers' experiences and the integration of robust and secure social messaging is vital to that. By working closely with IMImobile we can innovate solutions to meet the growing demand from end users who prefer to communicate with companies across multiple social channels." KCOM is a communications and IT provider for major organisations across the UK, including HM Revenue & Customs, NFU Mutual and BUPA."
Https://imimobile.com/imimobile-joins-nice-incontact-devone-program/ Omnichannel chat from IMImobile offers seamless agent channel navigation for CXone users. London – December 11, 2017 – NICE inContact (Nasdaq:NICE) today announced that IMImobile has joined the DEVone development program to provide omnichannel chat on CXexchange, the most extensive technology ecosystem currently available in the customer experience market. Products available on the CXexchange marketplace are designed to integrate with NICE inContact CXone™, the world’s #1 cloud customer experience platform. IMImobile’s omnichannel chat solution allows CXone users to instantly add additional messaging channels including SMS, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, In-App chat, Email, Skype for Business and WeChat for customer support to their existing NICE inContact interface. NICE inContact customers will benefit from IMImobile’s digital chat and customer experience automation solutions by enabling: • Easy integration of mobile and digital channels into the existing NICE inContact chat interface; agents can continue to use the same UI they are already trained on. • Orchestration between automated and agent assisted interactions to improve operational efficiencies and customer support experiences. • Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots to enable automation and orchestration of omnichannel customer journeys across contact centre systems and business processes. NICE inContact CXone empowers organisations to provide an exceptional customer experience by acting smarter and responding faster to ever-changing consumer expectations. To meet the needs of organisations of all sizes, CXone combines best-in-class Omnichannel Routing, Workforce Optimisation, Analytics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence — all on an Open Cloud Foundation. The need for contact centres to provide an omnichannel, digital customer experience is imperative within the current market, where consumers increasingly prefer to use digital messaging channels according to new research from IMImobile. Jay Patel, CEO, IMImobile “IMImobile is excited to partner with NICE inContact and join CXexchange marketplace. IMImobile’s digital chat solutions have proven to enable intelligent and proactive customer engagement while improving first contact resolution and reducing inbound call volumes.” DEVone offers partners broad tools and resources to enable them to create new applications on CXone, including extensive documentation and support, and access to an online developer community. Companies interested in how IMImobile’s application works with CXone can visit CXexchange to learn more about the application and read reviews. CXexchange is a centralised, state-of-the-art marketplace for developers to market and sell their CXone-based applications. “Today’s consumers seek a conversational chat-bas
New highs again today, and buying now coming in at the full 260p offer price. Cheers smshares - the quietest threads are often the best-performing shares :o))
Sorry for disturbing your quiet thread. I'd just like to say thanks for keeping me informed on all the IMO developments. Here's hoping for many more!
New highs. Lovely quiet thread. Perfect.
online as follows: "IMImobile (IMO) has agreed to acquire Healthcare Communications, which provides appointment management and patient experience communications to the UK healthcare market. This will entail an initial consideration of £9m payable in cash upon completion, with a deferred consideration of up to £6m payable in cash or shares, based on performance over the next two years. The acquisition is being funded with existing cash and with a new £12m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank. IMImobile says Healthcare Communications has an “established track record of profitable growth”, with three-year revenue and gross profit compound annual growth rates of 50 per cent and 54 per cent respectively. The acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings enhancing. The group’s shares were up about 2 per cent in morning trading. Buy." And IMO is the featured stock in the Mail's market report this morning: Http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-5157447/MARKET-REPORT-HSS-shares-rise-plan-save-14m.html "STOCK WATCH - IMIMOBILE Shares in Imimobile nudged up after it revealed it had acquired a healthcare communication rival for £15million. The company, which sends automated text messages on behalf of restaurants, delivery firms and hospitals, has snapped up Healthcare Communications. It said that the deal would enable it to provide communications services to 140 NHS organisations, and is expected to boost earnings this year."
The respected Techmarketview likes the acquisition and expects more good news to come: Http://www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/archive/2017/12/07/imimobile-targets-nhs-efficiency-drive "IMImobile Targets NHS Efficiency Drive Thursday 07 December 2017 IMImobile Targets NHS Efficiency Drive Cloud communications software and services provider IMImobile is making a play for the NHS IT services market through the acquisition of UK patient communications specialist Healthcare Communications. The move is aimed at enhancing IMImobile’s public sector position through establishing a foothold in the £1.6b healthcare segment. The NHS has identified better use of digital patient communications as an important driver of efficiency savings as it works to close a £30b funding gap by 2020/21. The Department of Health estimates that missed hospital appointments cost the NHS around £750m a year. Healthcare Communications, which turned over £3.6m last year and provides services to 140 NHS trusts, has established technologies which address the “Did Not Attend” problem. IMImobile believes adding these capabilities to its products and solutions that will provide significant cross-sell and up-sell opportunities in the NHS IT services arena (read the latest UK Public Sector SITS Market Trends & Forecasts Report for further insight into the healthcare market). Under the terms of the deal, IMImobile will pay an initial consideration of £9.0m in cash on completion withh additional deferred payments of up to a maximum aggregate value of £6.0m, split over two years based on a mix of gross profit growth and EBITDA targets. The deferred consideration will be satisfied either in cash or shares. It is being funded from a mix of existing cash resources and a new £12.0m debt facility agreed with Silicon Valley Bank. This latest announcement comes hot on the heels of the purchase last month of US messaging provider Sumotext (see here). It also marks a continuation of a heavily acquisition led expansion strategy which has accounted for three quarters of the near 50% top-line growth achieved in its last financial year (see here). This business has grown consistently at double-digit rates while generating cash. There is every reason to expect that this rate of progress will continue.""
After this acquisition Whitman Howard have retained their 260p target for the moment (saying Buy). They've increased next year's forecast EBITDA by £1m. They now forecast 14.4p EPS to March'19. The cash pile is an estimated £6.7m at 31/3/18.
Large new acquisition - immediately earnings-enhancing this year. Plus 90% recurring revenues, and 50%+ CAGR growth. Sounds terrific! Https://www.investegate.co.uk/imimobile-plc--imo-/rns/acquisition/201712070700046288Y/
Bouncing well today - new highs soon hopefully
Interesting what you posted about Speedy Hire. A fair number of years ago I worked in civil engineering. 2 of the directors left the company I was working for to set up Speedy Hire. Good luck tomorrow with your holdings. I hope their is no carnage. Regards CM
Chequemate Toscafund released an RNS on Speedy Hire at exactly same time after Friday's close. Similar situation reducing holding from 20% to 8% but done in one fell swoop.No previous sales had been reported. Thats over 60 million shares. I was/am expecting carnage tomorrow over at Speedy but judging by the mood on this thread it seems many of you are glad to be shot of Toscafund. So for me a Speedy shareholder I'm hoping all may not be as dark as it first appears.
Interesting. Toscafund has cut its' holdings by 90% on Wednesday to just 1.2%. Wonder why?. Perhaps they view they have made enough from IMO and it is time to move on. I have been following IMO for a few days and put a buy order on it yesterday for 225p. when the share price was at 227p, it didn't execute. I thought I had lost my opportunity when I saw the share price at well over 240p early this morning. Share price took a sudden drop soon after midday, yet the RNS re. holding wasn't released until just before close. Did the market get wind of it early?. I will keep this on my watchlist. Regards CM
is being taken after such a rapid ascent this week. Now offers some value for those who missed the first boat, and still very much on the radar at these rates.