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[SuicideKing]

Weis jemand warum Convergent Communications (CONV, 924600) explodiert?

Vor einigen Wochen habe ich bei Castortroy-Börse folgendes gelesen:
Steve Harmon bezeichnet CONV als einen der besten, noch unentdeckten B2B-Werte.
CONV bietet IT-Dienstleistungen für kleinere Unternehmen.

Ich finde, daß CONV charttechnisch auf jeden Fall sehr interessant ist.

Für Meinungen zu diesem Wert wäre ich dankbar.


SK

[SuicideKing]

Habe bei Yahoo folgendes gefunden:


Thursday January 20, 12:52 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: Convergent Communications Services, Inc.

Convergent Communications Comments on Fourth Quarter

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Convergent Communications(TM) announced today, based on preliminary assessment of its
fourth quarter 1999 performance, the company expects its quarterly EBITDA to fall below the range of analysts` published estimates.

The company`s preliminary estimates for the quarter ended December 31, 1999, include a range of $48 million - $50 million for fourth
quarter revenue, and 1999 year-end revenue of $160 million to $162 million, up from $24.8 million in the quarter ended December 31,
1998, and $61.6 million for the year ended December 31, 1998.

The company`s preliminary estimate of EBITDA(1) loss is in the range of $24 million to $27 million for the quarter ended December 31,
1999. ``We are accelerating our investment into our eBusiness Solutions and IP-based (Internet Protocol) infrastructure areas of our
business which we believe will result in substantial value in the future,`` said John R. Evans, chairman and chief executive officer for
Convergent Communications. ``These investments are capitalizing on the emergence of broadband access and IP data services as the
prime drivers of the next-generation of the Internet.``

The increase in EBITDA loss from the prior quarter is primarily attributed
to:
-- $4 million - $6 million in costs associated with the company aligning
its operations to capitalize on its Internet infrastructure
opportunity. These costs include people, organizational activity and
network expansion associated with the creation of the company`s
Strategic Management Units (SMUs). The company`s three newly created
SMUs are:

Strategic Management Revenue Streams
Units

eBusiness Solutions eCommerce development, Web application
development, Web hosting and Application
Service Provider (ASP) partnering and hosting

Enterprise Network Managed professional services, including
Services management and monitoring services, and
ownership of customers` premises networks
under long-term service agreements, financing
services, and data transport services over
the company`s IP + ATM network

Enterprise Systems Internet, data, voice and video-related
systems

-- $2 million - $4 million shortfall against overall revenue expectations
for the quarter as customer purchases softened prior to the year end.

-- $1 million - $2 million increase in expenses due to reassigning
engineering resources normally billable to customers as the company:

* converted the service, delivery and billing systems acquired in
various acquisitions to the company`s state-of-the-art platform,
ECLIPSE (Enterprise Customer Loyalty Integration Platform for
Service Excellence); and
* continued the rollout of its Cisco-based IP + ATM (Asynchronous
Transfer Mode) multi-service switching platform.


Evans said the company continues to anticipate revenue growth in 2000 within the framework of current expectations but expects that its
investments into eBusiness Solutions and Enterprise Network Services will delay its break-even EBITDA until the latter part of 2001.

The company will announce its fourth quarter and year-end 1999 results during the second week of March. Conference call information
regarding the fourth quarter results will be made available on the company`s Web site in early February.

About Convergent Communications(TM)

Convergent Communications Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Convergent Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CONV - news), is a
provider of broadband IP-based business communications solutions in 35 markets nationwide. Convergent provides a full range of
e-business and Internet infrastructure services to small and medium sized enterprises.

For more information on Convergent Communications, visit the company`s Web site at http://www.converg.com.

This news release is based on preliminary financial results, which are subject to further review and adjustment, and contains
forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual outcomes and results to differ materially.
(1) EBITDA consists of earnings before interest (net), taxes, depreciation, amortization and other income (expense).

SOURCE: Convergent Communications Services, Inc.





und noch eine Meldung vom 18.01.2000:

Tuesday January 18, 8:14 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: Convergent Communications, Inc.

Convergent Communications `Turns Up` Phase II Of Next
Generation Multi-service Nationwide Network

Cisco-Powered IP+ATM Switch Sites Now Live with Initial Data, Voice and Video Traffic in 16
Markets

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Convergent Communications(TM) (Nasdaq: CONV - news), a provider of broadband
IP-based business communications solutions including a full range of eBusiness services, has completed the installation of Phase II of its IP
(Internet Protocol) + ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) multi-service switching platform.

Convergent Communications is one of the first providers to exclusively deploy Cisco Systems` multi-service data and voice switching
platform nationwide. It is a data-centric switching platform capable of integrating voice, video and data through a single, integrated
platform. Each enterprise Point of Presence (ePOP(TM)) site includes a Cisco-powered multi-service switch platform based on BPX(TM)
8600 and MGX(TM) 8850 IP+ATM multi-service switches.

``This platform lends itself to a 50 percent reduction in operating costs compared to traditional circuit-based operating costs,`` said John R.
Evans, chairman and chief executive officer of Convergent Communications. ``Additionally, we anticipate an 80 percent reduction in capital
costs compared to the costs of traditional circuit-based carrier networks that comprise separate voice, data and Internet switches.``

Phase II of the plan included deployment of ePOPs in Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, Seattle, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Stamford, Conn.,
Portland, Ore. and Kansas City, Mo., bringing the number of ePOPs deployed nationwide to 16. The sites are connected with
high-bandwidth backbone capacity leased from national transport providers.

Phase I of the plan, which included IP+ATM upgrades to the company`s original ePOPs in Denver, Des Moines, Iowa and Santa Clara, Calif.
as well as new deployment of ePOPs in Atlanta, Chicago, Herndon, Va. and Irvine, Calif., was completed in October 1999. Phase III of
Convergent Communications` ePOP rollout plan includes deploying an additional 16 ePOPs by 2001.

Cisco`s MGX 8800 switch platform enables a packet-based network that incorporates both IP and ATM technologies for integrated data and
voice networks, ``allowing us to manage our clients` information from source-to-destination,`` said Keith V. Burge, president and chief
operating officer of Convergent Communications. ``Completion of this second phase of ePOPs allows us to deliver a total solutions
package to these 16 markets.``

``We are unique in our market in that we have the ability to provide facilities-based transport of data and voice services and the turnkey
design, implementation and management of all the equipment required to enable those services,`` Burge added.

About Convergent Communications(TM)

Convergent Communications Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Convergent Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CONV - news), a
provider of IP-based business communication solutions including a full range of e-commerce services. With operations in 35 markets, the
company`s services include the design, implementation, support and monitoring of data and voice networks and Internet services. Through
its Enterprise Network Services (ENS) offering, Convergent Communications owns, manages, maintains and monitors client data and voice
networks under long-term service agreements.

For more information on Convergent Communications, visit the company`s Web site at http://www.converg.com.

The statements made by Convergent Communications(TM) in this press release may be forward-looking in nature. Information in this press
release is qualified by the more detailed information contained in the company`s 1998 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 18, 1999 and its quarterly reports on form 10-Q filed on May 14, 1999, August 11, 1999 and
November 10, 1999. Forward-looking statements in this news release are expectations, not historical facts. Such statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, the degree to which the company is leveraged and the restrictions imposed on the company under its existing debt instruments
that may adversely affect the company`s ability to finance its future operations, to compete effectively against better-capitalized competitors
and to withstand downturns in its business or the economy generally; and other factors discussed in the company`s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

BPX(TM) 8600 and MGX(TM) 8850 are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc.

SOURCE: Convergent Communications, Inc.




SK

[dietmarm]

Bei diesen Meldungen werden wir hoffentlich noch
höhere Werte sehen!
Oder war das alles?
Soll man nachkaufen?

Gruß
Dietmar