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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

#Telecom #Stocks in the News: iQSTEL's (OTC: $IQST) Spring 2020 Revenues Increased; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQstel


#Telecom #Stocks in the News: iQSTEL's (OTC: $IQST) Spring 2020 Revenues Increased; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQstel

NEW YORK, NY – July 1, 2020 - (Investorideas.com Newswire )- Breaking Tech/ Telecom  News-  iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), a leading-edge 21st Century Enhanced Telecommunications Service Provider, is pleased to report two consecutive record revenues for April and May 2020, even with the global impact of COVID-19.


For the month of April 2020, the revenue surpassed $2.4 Million a 93% increase when compared to April 2019’s revenue and for May 2020 the company’s revenues  soared to $4.4 Million an increase of 190% vs May 2019. The May 2020 figures include $2.8 Million in prepaid revenues.

The year-to-date revenues through May 31st, 2020 reached new highs at $11.9 Million, an increase of over 70% compared to the same year-to-date period for 2019, $6.9 Million.

Mr. Iglesias comments “2020 has brought about the completion of many acquisitions during Q1 and Q2. The drastic jump in revenues is attributed to a combination of existing business growth and acquisition consolidated financials. The current breakdown of revenues across our various product lines is more than 60% from our SMS business, over 35% from our VoIP services and the remainder from our other products and services. More than 55% of our revenue stream is prepaid revenue, giving us a leg up for continued healthy business growth.”

“For many companies, COVID-19 has caused significant business reduction, while others have completely shutdown, maybe never to reopen. From the start, we built iQSTEL upon a solid foundation. Our business model has provided consistent growth and is proven a success with the latest revenue figures. We are thankful to the entire iQSTEL family for their hard word and dedication and look forward to the future,” added Mr. Iglesias.

“Concurrently, we are already working on our 2021 revenue and growth plans. These plans include introducing our IoT Smart Gas Platform (www.iotsmartgas.com) to the market and working on the development of our Blockchain platforms (www.itsBchain.com). Additional exciting plans for Q3 and Q4 2020 will be announced soon.” concluded Mr. Iglesias.

About iQSTEL Inc.:
iQSTEL Inc (OTC: IQST) www.iQSTEL.com  is a US-based publicly listed company offering leading-edge 21st Century Enhanced Telecommunications Services with a focus on a wide range of cloud-based enhanced services to the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers, corporate, enterprise, as well as the retail market. iQSTEL through its subsidiaries Etelix, SwissLink, QGlobal SMS, SMSDirectos, IoT Labs, IoT Smart Gas Platform, itsBchain offers a "one-stop-shopping” for international and domestic VoIP services, IP-PBX services, SMS exchange for A2P and P2P, OmniChannel Marketing, Internet of Things (IoT) applications (IoT Smart Gas Platform), 4G & 5G international infrastructure connectivity, as well as blockchain-based platforms: Mobile Number Portability Application (MNPA) and Settlement & Payments Marketplace for VoIP, SMS and Data.

About Etelix.com USA, LLC:
Etelix.com USA LLC www.etelix.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. Etelix.com USA, LLC is a Miami, Florida-based international telecom carrier founded in 2008 that provides telecom and technology solutions worldwide, with commercial presence in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Enabled by its 214-license granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Etelix provides International Long-Distance voice services for Telecommunications Operators (ILD Wholesale), and Submarine Fiber Optic Network capacity for internet (4G and 5G). Etelix was founded in 2008 and has been profitable since inception.

About SwissLink Carrier AG:
SwissLink Carrier AG www.swisslink-carrier.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Switzerland based international Telecommunications Carrier founded in 2015 providing international VoIP connectivity worldwide, with commercial presence in Europe, CIS and Latin America. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Swiss licensed Operator, having a domestic Interconnect with Swisscom, allowing their international Carrier Customers direct terminations via SwissLink into all Switzerland Fix & Mobile Networks. Since the takeover from Swissphone in November 2018 and the rename into SwissLink, they operate on a profitable level.

About QGlobal SMS LLC.:
QGlobal SMS LLC www.qglobalsms.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. QGlobal SMS is a USA based company and a commercial brand founded in 2020 specialized in international and domestic SMS termination, with emphasis on the Applications to Person (A2P) and Person to Person (P2P) for Wholesale Carrier Market and Corporate Market in US. QGlobal SMS has commercial presence in US, Mexico, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) and Africa, through our SMS service providers based in Austin, TX and Miami, FL Our Austin-based SMS service provider is specialized in the SMS traffic exchange between US and Mexico, and our Miami-based SMS service provider is focused in the development of Latin America and the rest of the word. QGlobal SMS has robust international interconnection with Tier1 SMS Aggregators, guarantying its customers high quality and low termination rates, over more than 100 countries worldwide.

About Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com ):
Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S. (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com), is a whole subsidiary of QGlobal SMS, a Colombian-based Application and Content Provider. Alcyon Cloud SMS (SMSDirectos.com) is registered with the Secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Colombia, offering services to government, enterprises, small and medium business, as well as end-users. Using SMSDirectos’ existing network, they plan to expand services from SMS to offer omnichannel products and services such as: SMS, Emails, RCS (Rich Communications Services), Social Media Channels (Whats App, Messenger, etc), WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication), VoIP (IP-PBX, SIP Trunking) ChatBots (Artificial Intelligence Based), SMS to Email, and Email to SMS.

About IoT Labs MX SAPI:
IoT Labs MX SAPI www.iotlabs.mx , a subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc, is an Internet of Things (IoT) Mexican technology development company, creator of the “IoT Smart Gas” Platform and Application. The IoT Smart Gas platform www.iotsmartgas.com consists of an IoT field device installed on the LP gas tank (adaptable to virtually any gas or liquid storage tank) and, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology via Sigfox or GSM network connectivity, allows remote managed and improved logistic processes of refilling, usage tracking and tank monitoring in real-time by the Smart Gas mobile app. The new GSM tracking feature allows for mobile use including ground, air, and sea tank monitoring.

About itsBchain LLC.:
itsBchain LLC www.itsBchain.com is a 75% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. itsBchain is a blockchain technology developer and solution provider, with a strong focus on the telecom sector.  The company is the final stage of development of a series of blockchain solutions aimed at using the blockchain ledger and smart contract solutions to enable more efficiency, quickness in execution and fraud-prevention in the telco industry.  Specifically, the company is developing a solution that will enable users and carriers to transfer mobile phone numbers with just a few clicks, allowing users and carriers the ability to transfer retail users from one mobile carrier to another instantly.  Additionally, the company is finalizing a carrier-grade marketplace solution to procure payments between carriers for cross-traffic of VoIP, SMS and data realtime as traffic is crossed between carriers.  This marketplace will allow for instant payment settlement as well as the prevention of fraud between carriers.

Safe Harbor Statement: Statements in this news release may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release and iQSTEL Inc. undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release.

iQSTEL Inc.
IR US Phone: 646-740-0907, IR Email: investors@iqstel.com
Source: iQSTEL Inc. and its subsidiaries:

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The #AIEye: AI Eye Episode 379: Datametrex (TSX: $DM.V) Introduces Nexalogy SMART and Minerva (TSX: $MVAI.V) Partners with Allinno for Australia and NZ Expansion




The #AIEye: AI Eye Episode 379: Datametrex (TSX: $DM.V) Introduces Nexalogy SMART and Minerva (TSX: $MVAI.V) Partners with Allinno for Australia and NZ Expansion

Global AI in BFSI Market to See >40% CAGR from 2020-2026


Point Roberts WA, Vancouver BC – June 30, 2020  – Investorideas.com (www.investorideas.com), a global investor news source covering Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings you today’s edition of  The AI Eye-  watching stock news, deal tracker and advancements in artificial intelligence.

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Stocks discussed: (TSXV:DM) (TSXV:MVAI)

Datametrex AI Limited (TSXV:DM) has introduced Social Media Automated Reporting Technologies (SMART) from its subsidiary Nexalogy. According to the press release, “SMART is an advanced proprietary AI technology that minimizes human involvement,” and “is designed for significant decrease in the time to insight and report production.” SMART is still finalizing its internal product testing and is aiming to be fully available in Q4 2020. Marshall Gunter, President and CEO of Datametrex, commented:

"Innovation is vital to the ever-changing artificial intelligence (“AI”) space. One of the key drivers for Datametrex's future growth is the automated reporting technology's ability to provide big data collection with automated reports in a more responsive, accessible, and speedy manner. Datametrex has been working hard with the developers in the research and development of the new application, which will enhance customer experience and generate a new income vertical."

Minerva Intelligence Inc. (TSXV:MVAI) has announced that through a partnership with Australia-based leading systems integrator and consulting firm Allinno, its TERRA Mining AI Suite – a software suite of cognitive AI applications for mining and exploration – will now be available to companies in Australia and New Zealand. Minerva’s CEO Scott Tillman commented:

"We are ecstatic to be partnering with Allinno and see this agreement as a critical component of our go-to-market strategy. Australia and New Zealand are one of the largest mining territories in the world, so our partnership with Allinno to offer our solutions in those regions represents a natural next step for Minerva in the global commercialization of our TERRA Mining AI Suite."


Global AI in BFSI Market to See >40% CAGR from 2020-2026

A report from Global Market Insights finds that the global AI in BFSI market, which was valued at $5 billion in 2019, will exhibit a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 40 percent from 2020 to 2026. An excerpt from the report’s summary outlines drivers observed in the market:

The AI in BFSI market is witnessing rapid growth in the adoption of big data and machine learning algorithms as BFSI institutes are preparing themselves for the next wave of digital disruption. In 2019, the technology witnessed [an] approximately 300% increase in investments across all the businesses compared to 2016. In addition, the integration of AI into the BFSI toolchain across various digital financial services has also accentuated the market growth.
The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted BFSI enterprises severely as [the] economic slump coupled with poor stock market sentiments and ongoing liquidity concerns has hampered the market growth. AI technologies have emerged as a viable solution to prevent systemic failures, implement fraud detection & prevention techniques, and help BFSI organizations in reducing operational risks amid the ongoing pandemic.

Sam Mowers, Investorideas.com


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Breaking #Tech/ #Telecom #Stock News- iQSTEL’s (OTC: $IQST) iQSTEL’s April and May 2020 Revenues Increased 93% and 190% Respectively Over 2019 Numbers; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQste


Breaking #Tech/ #Telecom #Stock  News-  iQSTEL’s (OTC: $IQST) iQSTEL’s April and May 2020 Revenues Increased 93% and 190% Respectively Over 2019 Numbers; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQstel


NEW YORK, NY - 6/30/2020 - (Investorideas.com Newswire )- Breaking Tech/ Telecom  News-  iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), a leading-edge 21st Century Enhanced Telecommunications Service Provider, is pleased to report two consecutive record revenues for April and May 2020, even with the global impact of COVID-19.


For the month of April 2020, the revenue surpassed $2.4 Million a 93% increase when compared to April 2019’s revenue and for May 2020 the company’s revenues  soared to $4.4 Million an increase of 190% vs May 2019. The May 2020 figures include $2.8 Million in prepaid revenues.

The year-to-date revenues through May 31st, 2020 reached new highs at $11.9 Million, an increase of over 70% compared to the same year-to-date period for 2019, $6.9 Million.

Mr. Iglesias comments “2020 has brought about the completion of many acquisitions during Q1 and Q2. The drastic jump in revenues is attributed to a combination of existing business growth and acquisition consolidated financials. The current breakdown of revenues across our various product lines is more than 60% from our SMS business, over 35% from our VoIP services and the remainder from our other products and services. More than 55% of our revenue stream is prepaid revenue, giving us a leg up for continued healthy business growth.”

“For many companies, COVID-19 has caused significant business reduction, while others have completely shutdown, maybe never to reopen. From the start, we built iQSTEL upon a solid foundation. Our business model has provided consistent growth and is proven a success with the latest revenue figures. We are thankful to the entire iQSTEL family for their hard word and dedication and look forward to the future,” added Mr. Iglesias.

“Concurrently, we are already working on our 2021 revenue and growth plans. These plans include introducing our IoT Smart Gas Platform (www.iotsmartgas.com) to the market and working on the development of our Blockchain platforms (www.itsBchain.com). Additional exciting plans for Q3 and Q4 2020 will be announced soon.” concluded Mr. Iglesias.

About iQSTEL Inc.:
iQSTEL Inc (OTC: IQST) www.iQSTEL.com  is a US-based publicly listed company offering leading-edge 21st Century Enhanced Telecommunications Services with a focus on a wide range of cloud-based enhanced services to the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers, corporate, enterprise, as well as the retail market. iQSTEL through its subsidiaries Etelix, SwissLink, QGlobal SMS, SMSDirectos, IoT Labs, IoT Smart Gas Platform, itsBchain offers a "one-stop-shopping” for international and domestic VoIP services, IP-PBX services, SMS exchange for A2P and P2P, OmniChannel Marketing, Internet of Things (IoT) applications (IoT Smart Gas Platform), 4G & 5G international infrastructure connectivity, as well as blockchain-based platforms: Mobile Number Portability Application (MNPA) and Settlement & Payments Marketplace for VoIP, SMS and Data.

About Etelix.com USA, LLC:
Etelix.com USA LLC www.etelix.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. Etelix.com USA, LLC is a Miami, Florida-based international telecom carrier founded in 2008 that provides telecom and technology solutions worldwide, with commercial presence in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Enabled by its 214-license granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Etelix provides International Long-Distance voice services for Telecommunications Operators (ILD Wholesale), and Submarine Fiber Optic Network capacity for internet (4G and 5G). Etelix was founded in 2008 and has been profitable since inception.

About SwissLink Carrier AG:
SwissLink Carrier AG www.swisslink-carrier.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Switzerland based international Telecommunications Carrier founded in 2015 providing international VoIP connectivity worldwide, with commercial presence in Europe, CIS and Latin America. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Swiss licensed Operator, having a domestic Interconnect with Swisscom, allowing their international Carrier Customers direct terminations via SwissLink into all Switzerland Fix & Mobile Networks. Since the takeover from Swissphone in November 2018 and the rename into SwissLink, they operate on a profitable level.

About QGlobal SMS LLC.:
QGlobal SMS LLC www.qglobalsms.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. QGlobal SMS is a USA based company and a commercial brand founded in 2020 specialized in international and domestic SMS termination, with emphasis on the Applications to Person (A2P) and Person to Person (P2P) for Wholesale Carrier Market and Corporate Market in US. QGlobal SMS has commercial presence in US, Mexico, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) and Africa, through our SMS service providers based in Austin, TX and Miami, FL Our Austin-based SMS service provider is specialized in the SMS traffic exchange between US and Mexico, and our Miami-based SMS service provider is focused in the development of Latin America and the rest of the word. QGlobal SMS has robust international interconnection with Tier1 SMS Aggregators, guarantying its customers high quality and low termination rates, over more than 100 countries worldwide.

About Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com ):
Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S. (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com), is a whole subsidiary of QGlobal SMS, a Colombian-based Application and Content Provider. Alcyon Cloud SMS (SMSDirectos.com) is registered with the Secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Colombia, offering services to government, enterprises, small and medium business, as well as end-users. Using SMSDirectos’ existing network, they plan to expand services from SMS to offer omnichannel products and services such as: SMS, Emails, RCS (Rich Communications Services), Social Media Channels (Whats App, Messenger, etc), WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication), VoIP (IP-PBX, SIP Trunking) ChatBots (Artificial Intelligence Based), SMS to Email, and Email to SMS.

About IoT Labs MX SAPI:
IoT Labs MX SAPI www.iotlabs.mx , a subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc, is an Internet of Things (IoT) Mexican technology development company, creator of the “IoT Smart Gas” Platform and Application. The IoT Smart Gas platform www.iotsmartgas.com consists of an IoT field device installed on the LP gas tank (adaptable to virtually any gas or liquid storage tank) and, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology via Sigfox or GSM network connectivity, allows remote managed and improved logistic processes of refilling, usage tracking and tank monitoring in real-time by the Smart Gas mobile app. The new GSM tracking feature allows for mobile use including ground, air, and sea tank monitoring.

About itsBchain LLC.:
itsBchain LLC www.itsBchain.com is a 75% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. itsBchain is a blockchain technology developer and solution provider, with a strong focus on the telecom sector.  The company is the final stage of development of a series of blockchain solutions aimed at using the blockchain ledger and smart contract solutions to enable more efficiency, quickness in execution and fraud-prevention in the telco industry.  Specifically, the company is developing a solution that will enable users and carriers to transfer mobile phone numbers with just a few clicks, allowing users and carriers the ability to transfer retail users from one mobile carrier to another instantly.  Additionally, the company is finalizing a carrier-grade marketplace solution to procure payments between carriers for cross-traffic of VoIP, SMS and data realtime as traffic is crossed between carriers.  This marketplace will allow for instant payment settlement as well as the prevention of fraud between carriers.

Safe Harbor Statement: Statements in this news release may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release and iQSTEL Inc. undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release.

iQSTEL Inc.
IR US Phone: 646-740-0907, IR Email: investors@iqstel.com
Source: iQSTEL Inc. and its subsidiaries:

Investorideas.com Paid news Disclaimer/Disclosure: Investorideas.com is a digital publisher of third party sourced news, articles and equity research as well as creates original content, including video, interviews and articles. Original content created by investorideas is protected by copyright laws other than syndication rights. Our site does not make recommendations for purchases or sale of stocks, services or products. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. All investing involves risk and possible losses. This site is currently compensated for news publication and distribution, social media and marketing, content creation and more. Disclosure is posted for each compensated news release, content published /created if required but otherwise the news was not compensated for and was published for the sole interest of our readers and followers. Contact management and IR of each company directly regarding specific questions. Disclosure : this news release featuring iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST) is a paid for news release on Investorideas.com  https://www.investorideas.com/News-Upload/
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