ephone telecom

www.ephonetelecom.com
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Die Story dieses Unternehmens ist zumindest für OTCBB-Verhältnisse beängstigend gut:


Wir haben es hier mit einem Telekom zu tun , der im VoIP-Geschäft tätig ist. Einer der wenigen Bereiche in der Branche der Explosiv wächst.

Es begann alles 1999 , allerdings noch wenig erfolgreich. Man wollte ein eigenes Netzwerk aufbauen , glitt dabei aber nur knapp am Konkurs vorbei. Man wurde in 2000 in die Pink-Sheets verbannt und verzeichnete in 2000 einen Umsatz von 589.000 Dollar und man hatte einen horrenden Cashburn verzeichnet , der das Unternehmen an den Abgrund führte.
Kurz vor Toreschluss traf der Glücksfall von EPHO ein ,namens:
Carmine Taglialatela.

Dieser Mann wird Ende 2002 für ein Umsatzwachstum von ca. 5000% !!! gesorgt haben. EPHO ist profitabel und das nach 4 Quartalen der Geschäftstätigkeit mit Carmine an der Spitze.
Der Umsatz wird Ende 2002 Minimum bei 24 Millionen liegen , wahrscheinlicher bei 28 Millionen.

Man hat eigene POPs (Point-Of-Presence) in wichtigen Ballungszentren der USA und ist auch in (Ost)Europa und Asien durch ein Franchise-Programm erfolgreich tätig.

Man verdient das meiste Geld durch Prepaid-Calling-Cards , ein Bereich , der von heute 20 Milliarden in 2004 auf 40 Milliarden anwachsen soll.
Über die POPs wird ein aüßerst günstiger Tarif angeboten , der durch die Nutzung des Internets zur Telephonie zustande kommt.

Mit dem neuesten Produkt(E-Transport) kann man jedes Telephongespräch über das EPHO-Netzwerk führen , indem man einfach eine Art Adapter zwischensteckt. Dieses Produkt wurde eben erst eingeführt und soll das VIELVERSPRECHENDSTE sein. Also wo soll das noch hingehen? Mit diesem Produkt steht man in direkter Konkurrenz mit den ganz großen , mit dem Vorteil das man erheblich billiger ist. Schaut euch mal den TV-Spot auf der Homepage an , hier wird der AT&T Preis gegengerechnet , also ihr seht an welcher Front hier gekämpft wird.




Aber vom Management her ist EPHO schon längst in der Klasse von AT&T:


Lawrence M. Codacovi, Chairman of the Board
Eugene A. Sekulow, Vice Chairman of the Board
Carmine Taglialatela Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
Charlie Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Robert Stuart, Director
Sheldon B. Kamins, Director
Robert G. Clarke, Director

Senior Management

Carmine Taglialatela Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
Charlie Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Steve Heap, Chief Network Officer
Kevin Trax, Vice President, Finance and Administration
Cheryl Schneider, General Counsel


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Lawrence M. Codacovi. Mr. Codacovi was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors on January 1, 2002 and on September 11, 2002 was appointed Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining ePHONE, Mr. Codacovi was Chairman of Pangea Ltd., a pan-European fiber optic network spanning northern Europe from 1999 to 2002. From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Codacovi served as Senior Vice President International Services for MCI WorldCom with the responsibility for expanding MCI’s global reach. Mr. Codacovi previously served as Executive Vice President and a Board Member with RCA Global Communications from 1980 to 1988. Mr. Codacovi holds an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences from Brooklyn College, a Bachelor of Science in International Business from New York University and Graduate Studies in Global Markets at NYU Graduate School of Business.

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Eugene A. Sekulow. Eugene Sekulow was appointed as a director of ePHONE Telecom Inc. on February 22, 2002 and on September 11, 2002 was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr. Sekulow is an independent business consultant focusing on global telecommunications strategy, policy, planning, strategic partnering, risk analysis and business development. In January 1995, Mr. Sekulow was named an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, Graduate School of Business. On December 1, 1991, Mr. Sekulow was appointed as Executive Vice President, International, NYNEX Corporation, where he was also the President of NYNEX International Company. Prior to that, Mr. Sekulow was President of RCA International Ltd., responsible for the foreign subsidiary manufacturing and distribution operations of RCA. He is currently Chairman of the German American Chamber of Commerce and a director of several corporations. In addition, he is Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies of The Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Sekulow earned an MA and PhD in Political Science and Economics at The Johns Hopkins University.

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Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. On April 1, 2001 Mr. Taglialatela was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of ePHONE and elected to the Board of Directors. Effective July 1, 2001, Mr. Taglialatela was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ePHONE. Prior to joining ePHONE Mr. Taglialatela was President and Chief Operating Officer of TELRON Communications, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and the development of service offerings and expansion of services into new markets. Mr. Taglialatela has also held executive Vice President positions at TELRON and CompassRose International Inc. At CompassRose he managed a team of professionals on a variety of client assignments requiring extensive international telecommunications experience and expertise in strategic business development, public policy and regulatory matters. Mr. Taglialatela has secured, on behalf of clients, service authorizations in off shore markets and advised senior management on courses of action for the development of their telecommunications business. Between 1989-1997 he was Director International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at MCI Telecommunications Corporation where he developed and implemented MCI’s regulatory and business strategy for access to international markets and was a member of an expansion team devoted to expanding MCI’s presence in the global market. Mr. Taglialatela holds a BA Economics from Hunter College, City University of New York and a MBA Finance/Marketing from Fordham University.

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Charlie Rodriguez. On December 1, 2000, Mr. Rodriguez was elected as a Director and appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President - Corporate Affairs. Mr. Rodriguez previously served as Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary from June 1999 to April 2000. Mr. Rodriguez is also the President of Management Services of Arizona, a business consulting company specializing in mergers, acquisitions and financing. Prior to joining ePHONE, Mr. Rodriguez served as the Chief Financial Officer for Zephyr Technologies, Inc., biometrics and smartcard software integration companies. Mr. Rodriguez was a member of the board of directors of Wave Rider Communications, Inc. (WAVC - otc.bb), a wireless communication company, from January to November 1997, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1995 to January 1997. Mr. Rodriguez holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters in Business Administration Accounting from the University of Arizona.

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Robert W. Stuart. On June 12, 2002, Mr. Stuart was appointed as a director of ePHONE Telecom Inc. He is currently the President and CEO of InDepth Financial Advisors, which he founded in 2000. InDepth is an investment banking/financial advisory firm specializing in the business plan development and early stage capital raising process for emerging telecommunications firms. Prior to founding InDepth Financial Advisors, Mr. Stuart spent more than 20 years as a leading telecom banker at Chase Manhattan Bank, Bankers Trust and most recently as Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Telecommunications Industry Group at CIBC World Markets where he led several high visibility telecom transactions. Mr. Stuart earned a BS in Engineering & Economics at the US Naval Academy, where he graduated with distinction, and Master Degrees in International Relations and International Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University. He was awarded his PhD in International Economics from The Fletcher School in 1982.

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Sheldon B. Kamins. Born in Washington, D.C., Mr. Kamins is a lifetime resident of Metropolitan Washington. As a real estate developer, the office buildings built by his company helped change the face of downtown Washington, D.C., including the largest private project on Capitol Hill. Mr. Kamins is a venture capitalist and seeks out business opportunities. Mr. Kamins has volunteered increasing amounts of his time to civic, political and charitable endeavors. He has participated at the highest levels of the leading Republican political organizations and remains an active fundraiser. Mr. Kamins has a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Robert G. Clarke. On December 12, 2001, Mr. Clarke was reelected as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer and served in both of those capacities until Carmine Taglialatela Jr. was appointed Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2001. During the last five years, Mr. Clarke has served as a Director and as President and Chief Executive Officer at various times, including serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 9, 1999 to a meeting of the Board of Directors on July 21, 2000, and from December 1, 2000 to December 12, 2001. Mr. Clarke also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer from December 1, 2000 to April 1, 2001, March 9, 2000 until April 1, 2000 and from June 3, 1999 to August 8, 1999. Mr. Clarke has also acted an independent business consultant, assisting high technology start-up companies with public and private financings, business planning, assembling management teams and business opportunity assessments. Mr. Clarke holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University and Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.

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Steve Heap. On August 1, 2002, Mr. Heap was appointed Chief Network Officer. Mr. Heap’s career spans over 25 years in telecom network planning, engineering and operations. His most recent role was as Chief Network Officer in Aleron, the next-generation IP backbone operator, where he designed, implemented and operated a high end IP backbone serving over 3M dial customers. He was previously VP of network planning at Teleglobe, responsible for the design and implementation of Teleglobe’s $5B multi-service global infrastructure network. Prior to that, he was instrumental in the establishment of Concert Communications, the BT/MCI joint venture. This followed key roles in the modernization and operation of British Telecom’s network in the UK.

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Kevin Trax. Prior to ePHONE, he served as Corporate Controller for Eglobe Telecommunications, Inc. While at Eglobe he oversaw the consolidation of the finance operations for the companyÕs eight acquisitions and was responsible for the domestic and international financial operations of the company. Prior to Eglobe, Mr. Trax has held various financial positions for a variety of companies including Global One and Oracle.

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Cheryl Schneider. Ms. Schneider is responsible for legal and regulatory affairs at ePHONE. Prior to joining ePHONE, Ms. Schneider served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel at TELRON Communications where she was responsible for providing comprehensive in-house legal services related to regulatory, corporate structure and corporate transactional matters. Ms. Schneider also held a Vice President and Chief Regulatory position at British Telecom where she was the lead lawyer on the team responsible for merging the international correspondent and wholesale businesses of AT&T Corp. and BT. Prior to BT, Ms. Schneider served as Director of Carrier Relations and Senior Regulatory Counsel at Comsat Mobile Communications. Ms. Schneider also worked at the Federal Communications Commission from 1987 to 1990 in the International and Common Carrier Offices.











Hier noch die Headlines der letzten Jahre , die ein einziges Sammelsurium von Erfolgen sind:




November 11, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Appoints Steve Heap as Chief Operating Officer



September 19, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Files for International Telecommunications Services License and Carrier Registration in Canada

September 13, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Concludes Annual Meeting

September 6, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Announces Decision by American Arbitration Association

August 20, 2002
Seasoned Telecommunications Executive Joins ePHONE Telecom as Chief Network Officer

August 14, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Reports Second Quarter 2002 Results

July 09, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Expands its US Network, Miami Site to Serve as Anchor for South America

June 20, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Appoints Robert W. Stuart to the Board of Directors

June 19, 2002
OTC Financial Network Issues Corporate Profile on ePHONE Telecom

June 6, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Shows Continued Steady Growth for May 2002, Bills and Collects $2.1 Million for the Month

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May 01, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Continues Strong Results for April 2002

April 25, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Forms Strategic Relationship With Cogent Communications

April 18, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Reports Unaudited First Quarter 2002 Results

April 16, 2002
ePHONE Telecom 2001 Revenues a Record $3.6 Million

April 04, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Produces in Excess of $1.8M in March

March 19, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Appoints Eugene A. Sekulow to Board of Directors

March 07, 2002
ePHONE Telecom’s 1+ Prepaid Long Distance Service, e-TRANS-PORT, Featured on First Business Television

March 05, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Achieves Another Record Month in February

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February 28, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Expands Network to Reach U.S. West Coast, Central America and Asia

February 26, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Launches Lowers Exercise Price of Existing Share Purchase Warrants to Attract Repeat Investment

February 05, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Closes January With Another Record Month

January 14, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Appoints Lawrence M. Codacovi to the Board of Directors

January 11, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Featured in OTC Financial Network Report

January 09, 2002
ePHONE Telecom Ends 2001 with Record Month

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2001

December 11, 2001
ePHONE Telecom to Hold Annual Meeting

December 11, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Billed and Collected in Excess of $900,000 for November

December 11, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Retains OTC Financial Network to Direct Comprehensive Investor Relations Campaign

November 30, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Signs Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Agreement for Prepaid 1+ Service

November 27, 2001
ePHONE Telecom and TeleMax Communications Sign Agreement to Focus on North American Market

November 16, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Launches Innovative Prepaid, Low Cost 1+ Long Distance Calling Service

November 13, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Reports Results for October

November 08, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Announces the Company Billed and Collected in Excess of $1.5M for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2001

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October 25, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Wholesale Division Reports on Eastern European Termination Volumes

October 18, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Wholesale Division Signs Carrier Agreement with Asia based Telecom Group

October 11, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Appoints Sheldon B. Kamins to the Board of Directors

October 4, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Billed and Collected in Excess of $1.1 Million in September from the Unlimited Program

October 1, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Announces Re-pricing of Share Purchase Warrants

September 26, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Reports High Subscriber Retention in Retail Program

September 20, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Wholesale Division Announces Agreements with Major Global Telecom Carriers

September 5, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Billed and Collected in Excess of $537,000 in August from the Recently Announced Unlimited Program

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August 27, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Reports Initial Results from Re-Engineered VOIP Network

August 15, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Launches Unlimited Domestic Pre-Paid Calling Card

August 14, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Clears Prospectus, Ending "Quiet Period"

July 5, 2001
ePHONE Board Approves Appointment of Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. to President and CEO

June 4, 2001
ePHONE Introduces Privately-Branded Calling Cards

May 24, 2001
ePHONE Appoints Sonny Souvannavong as Chief Technology Officer

May 16, 2001
ePHONE Announces First Quarter Financial Results

May 9, 2001
ePHONE Announces Prepaid Calling Card Program for Mexican Market

May 1, 2001
ePHONE Secures First Significant Calling Card Distribution Order

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April 19, 2001
ePHONE Appoints Michael Han as Chief Strategy Officer

April 3, 2001
ePHONE Appoints Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. as President

March 29, 2001
ePHONE Submits Application for Registration in Canada

March 14, 2001
ePHONE Launches Telecom Services in Poland

February 28, 2001
ePHONE Telecom Announces Year End 2000 Results

February 7, 2001
ePHONE Telecom fills key management position for Executive Vice President and General Manager

January 22, 2001
ePHONE Telecom and Innofone.Com sign network services and marketing agreement

January 4, 2001
ePHONE Telecom fills key management position for Vice President of Europe Sales


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Und noch ein Satz von einem wohlbekannten Mann , ebenfalls auf der Homepage von EPHO zu finden:

“Whoever moves quickly first are those who will benefit over the next 10 years.”
- John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems


Ziel: NASDAQ100  

Herndon, VA. and Greenwich, CT — News Release  — August 5, 2003

ePHONE Telecom, Inc. (OTCBB: EPHO), a global Internet telephony services provider for commercial and residential users, announced today announced today that it has completed its proposed merger with Champion Teleport, a satellite broadband and broadcasting company. The merger agreements have been signed, due diligence has been completed and an initial fairness opinion has been delivered with the final written report forthcoming.

“We are very pleased to have finalized this transaction with Champion,” commented Carmine Taglialatela, Jr., President and CEO of ePHONE Telecom. “Our two organizations have already begun working closely with one another to integrate our systems, expand our current services and develop enhanced new offerings which leverage the capabilities of each company. A transition team has already started relocating ePHONE’s offices to Champion’s Oxford CT facilities which will become the combined Company’s head office.”

On May 9th 2003, ePHONE announced that it had agreed to merge with Champion Teleport of Greenwich, CT, an affiliate of Alphastar International. The merger will enable ePHONE to offer a full suite of value added VoIP telephony, wireless and Wi-Fi broadband services. Further, the merged company intends to consolidate the rapidly growing and highly fragmented wireless / Wi-Fi broadband and VoIP industries.

Mahmoud Wahba, President of Champion Teleport, added “This merger represents the creation of a dynamic new player in the Wi-Fi Telephony market, one which promises to be both fast growing and creative. Now that the first step has been taken we will aggressively launch new services and pursue strategic acquisitions to bolster our position in the wireless and telephony market.”

About ePHONE Telecom

ePHONE Telecom provides next-generation, voice and data communication solutions to businesses and residential customers worldwide. The Company provides a growing suite of innovative retail products and services including branded and private label pre-paid calling cards, pre-paid domestic calling plans and leading edge 1+ pre-paid services as well as wholesale (carrier-to-carrier) solutions. ePHONE's retail products can provide consumers dramatic savings of 50% to 70% versus traditional providers. ePHONE delivers these services via a high-quality, scaleable, Tier-1 grade, Cisco-based VoIP network. The Company is focused on expanding its points-of-presence on a global basis to support every existing and emerging telephony protocol. For more information on ePHONE Telecom and its products and services please visit www.ePHONEtelecom.com.

About Champion Teleport

Champion Teleport, of Greenwich, CT is an affiliate of Alphastar International, one of the original satellite TV broadcasting companies. The teleport is equipped to broadcast 500 TV channels and was upgraded to provide broadband and IP applications. The teleport is located on Oxford CT and uses satellites that cover the USA, Canada the Caribbean Islands, Latin America as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa .To view the Champion Teleport please visit the AlphaStar website at www.AlphaStar.com.