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Net2Phone
Reports 3rd Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results
Continued traction in cable telephony business - a total of seven
operators representing five countries have selected Net2Phone as
cable telephony provider to-date
12th consecutive quarter of 40%+
gross margins
NEWARK, NJ - June 9, 2004 - Net2Phone Inc. (Nasdaq: NTOP), a leading
provider of retail Voice over IP (VoIP) services, today announced
results for the third quarter of fiscal 2004 ended April 30, 2004.
Financial highlights for the quarter and recent achievements include:
- Selection by Bresnan, Northland, and Coditel and EST Video (both
owned by Altice) for cable telephony deployments
- 3rd consecutive quarter of NGS segment income exceeding NGS
capital expenditures
· 12th consecutive quarter of gross margins above 40%
"We are very pleased with the traction we're seeing on
the cable telephony front, having now been selected by cable operators
in five countries representing more than 2.3 million homes passed,"
said Stephen Greenberg, CEO of Net2Phone. "Our footprint-wide
deployment with Liberty Cablevision in Puerto Rico has achieved
extraordinary quality measures, and we look forward to replicating
that high level of performance for our other cable partners with
the same commitment to excellence that we have demonstrated to Liberty."
Revenue for the company for the second quarter totaled $21.5 million,
an 8% increase as compared with $19.8 million in the prior quarter
and $23.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2003. Gross margin
for the third quarter was above 40% for the 12th consecutive quarter
at 40.4%, as compared to 43.3% in the prior quarter and 40.5% in
the third quarter of 2003.
Net loss for the third quarter was ($0.5) million compared to net
loss of ($9.5) million in the prior quarter and net loss of ($9.3)
million in the third quarter of 2003. Net income (loss) includes
certain non-operational, non-cash and/or non-recurring items that
management excludes in assessing the company's performance. As a
result, the company also reports net income (loss) before special
and non-cash items (adjusted for depreciation and amortization,
minority interests, other income, interest income, non-cash compensation,
non-cash services, gain from litigation, inventory obsolescence
expense, non-recurring selling, general and administrative expenses
and restructuring, severance, impairment and other items), which
excludes the impact these aforementioned items have on the company's
financial results.
Net loss before special and non-cash items for the quarter was
($3.1) million, essentially stable from ($3.1) million in the prior
quarter, and ($3.1) million in the third quarter of 2003. Net income
(loss) before special and non-cash items is not a term defined by
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and may not be comparable
to other similarly titled measurements used by other companies.
Such non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and
not as a substitute for, performance measures calculated in accordance
with GAAP.
The company believes that net income (loss) before special and non-cash
items provides investors with a measure of the company's operational
and financial progress that corresponds with the measurements used
by management. Management uses this measurement, instead of net
income (loss), as a basis for allocating resources and making other
daily operating decisions. The accompanying table includes a detailed
reconciliation of net income (loss) reported in accordance with
GAAP to net income (loss) before special and non-cash items.
Capital expenditures during the third quarter were $1.4 million,
compared with $1.6 million in the prior quarter, and $1.2 million
in the third quarter of 2003. The company reported cash, cash equivalents
and marketable securities of $136.8 million as of April 30, 2004,
including $22.2 million of restricted funds.
Net2Phone Global Services (NGS)
NGS revenue for the third quarter was $20.1 million, as compared
to $19.7 million in the prior quarter and $23.6 million in the third
quarter of fiscal year 2003. NGS reported segment income of $1.3
million this quarter, exceeding its capital expenditures by $0.6
million, representing the third consecutive quarter of successfully
managing its business profitably. Segment income (loss) is the net
income (loss) before special and non-cash items directly attributable
to the segment's operations less the allocation of certain corporate
expenses.
Net2Phone Cable Telephony (NCT)
NCT revenue for the third quarter was $1.4 million, primarily consisting
of Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico's purchase of cable telephony
infrastructure and technology necessary to support its footprint-wide
launch of VoIP services.
Please click here to view the
Q3 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations in PDF format. (Link will
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About Net2Phone
As leaders in enabling telecom service providers and cable operators
with turn-key hosted VoIP telephony services, Net2Phone has routed
billions of retail VoIP minutes globally, servicing more than 100,000
users in the US as well as hundreds of thousands of more overseas.
Net2Phone's hosted solutions provides partners with residential
broadband telephony, calling cards, prefix dialing and enterprise
services in over 100 countries using PacketCable, SIP and wireless
VoIP technologies and standards. Net2Phone's PacketCable platform
provides cable operators with the ability to deliver a primary line
replacement service with guaranteed QoS and features such as E911.
Traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol NTOP, Net2Phone's strategic
partners and investors include Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:
L; LMC.B) and IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT; IDT.C). For more information
about Net2Phone's products and services, please visit www.net2phone.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward- looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
and actual results could differ materially from those discussed
in the forward-looking statements. For this purpose, any statements
contained in this press release that are not statements of historical
fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Factors which
may affect the Company's results include, but are not limited to,
the Company's ability to expand its customer base, the Company's
ability to develop additional and leverage its existing distribution
channels for its products and solutions, dependence on strategic
and channel partners including their ability to distribute the Company's
products and meet or renew their financial commitments, the Company's
ability to address international markets, the effectiveness of the
Company's sales and marketing activities, the acceptance of the
Company's products in the marketplace, the timing and scope of deployments
of the Company's products by customers, fluctuations in customer
sales cycles, customers' ability to obtain additional funding, technical
difficulties with respect to the Company's products or products
in development, the need for ongoing product development in an environment
of rapid technological change, the emergence of new competitors
in the marketplace, the Company's ability to compete successfully
against established competitors with greater resources, the uncertainty
of future governmental regulation, the Company's ability to manage
growth, obtain patent protection, and obtain additional funds, general
economic conditions and other risks discussed in this press release
and in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
All forward-looking statements and risk factors included in this
document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available
to the Company as of the date thereof, and the Company assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement or risk factors.
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