This is a BUY tip from Tom Winnifrith...

Sorry if this is rather boring as the market cap is now c 350 million but at 470p Avanti Communications (AVN) - a stock held in the SF t1ps Growth Fund - is really very cheap whichever way you look at it. It is now funded to launch 3 satellites into space ( and fully insured if the worst happens which will only delay the programme by 6 months anyway). You value Avanti by discounting back the net cashflows these satellites will generate. That depends on how much capacity is sold and at what price. Use a model based on very conservative assumptions and this stock is worth 13 ( the lowest valuation in the market). But that model uses assumptions about sales prices which are already being beaten by forward sales Avanti is booking today. Use those prices and you head up to the 22.50 value of house broker Cenkos. My own view is that Avanti will do better still and this stock could therefore be worth 25. Exc itement will mount as the first satellite is launched later this year. Remember those valuations are the Net Present Value of future cashflows ( i.e. what they are worth today). If you can buy at under 600p ( as you can now) you should do so and sit back and wait. I suspect after HYLAS 1 is launched you will never again be able to buy at less than 600p.

TTT for Dil. ;o)

Oh, and a chart!

Oops. Nearly forgot the latest RNS!

Date:
6 September 2010
On behalf of:
Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")
For immediate release


Avanti Communications Group plc
Schedule Confirmation

On 12 July 2010, Avanti (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, announced that the Board's estimate was that there was a risk of schedule delay of up to six weeks from the proposed end of September launch of the HYLAS 1 satellite.

The Company now confirms that it has agreed the launch slot on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle which opens on 15 November 2010 with launch expected on that day or within a few days thereafter.

The HYLAS 1 spacecraft has successfully completed its assembly, integration and test campaign and is therefore fully complete and ready for launch.

---ENDS---

A bit more info about Avanti:-

Avanti sells satellite broadband services to telecoms companies which use them to supply residential, enterprise and institutional users.

Avanti's first satellite, called HYLAS 1, will launch in November 2010 and will be the first superfast broadband satellite launched in Europe.

Avanti's second satellite, called HYLAS 2, is fully funded and will launch in Q2 2012. It will extend Avanti's coverage to Africa and the Middle East.

The market for 2Mb satellite broadband products in the markets served by Avanti is estimated at more than 100 million households.


DYOR, there are not a huge number of shares available.

Business is building up.

Date:
8 September 2010
On behalf of:
Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")
For immediate release


Avanti and Astrium Launch Military and Government Ka-Band Test-Bed
Test facility to support experimentation and development of end to end Ka-Band communications capabilities
Avanti to provide bandwith on HYLAS 1

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite company is pleased to announce that it has entered in to an agreement with Astrium Services to establish a new military and government advanced Ka-band test-bed.

The technology test-bed, which will be based in Stevenage, UK, will comprise of a dedicated secure laboratory facility which will enable government and military customers to test and refine future military Ka-band system requirements. The test bed will utilise proven system and terminal capabilities supplied by Astrium Secure Satcom Systems and satellite bandwidth on Avanti's HYLAS 1 satellite which will be launched in November 2010.

Dil won't use this thread - too embarrassed at not starting one in the 1st place :-)

Lol!

Lol ... just seen it .

We going into orbit :-)

Tic toc , tic toc , tic toc , tic toc ....

Ramp bloody ramp! Seriously - good call Dil :-)

Cheers skinny , think there could be some selling soon .... around the 10 quid mark :-)

The sky is the limit. Literally. :o)

Dailos will be along soon to ramp them no doubt.

Guess he just hasn't found this thread yet.

The more the merrier, though the only ramp needed is the one for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle!

No one mention Buzz light year !

Is he in too ?

:-)

10.50 target his year...fillyergardensheds.

imo nag dyor!

:-)

Morning all!

I hope Dil doesn't take credit for this stock, it was Dailos who first brought
it to everyones attention.
He's also a fan of BZM and MML at the moment.

dominic simpson esq (aka Gausie)

:-)

.... here come the muppets


:-)

Missed todays drop , chart looks crap so might get a better buying op next week with a bit of luck.


10 by xmas ... easy money :-)

DilI see your statalite is going up on the 25th Novemberwill this now be the 10 stock you have been banging on about for so long?

RNS Number : 5133U
Avanti Group Plc
18 October 2010

Date: 18 October 2010
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or
"the Company")
Embargoed for release: 0700hrs

Avanti Communications Group plc
Launch date set for HYLAS 1
Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband is delighted to announce that the HYLAS 1 satellite has safely arrived at its launch site at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. On site preparations for launch have now commenced and a date for launch upon an Ariane 5 launch vehicle has now been set for 25 November 2010.
--ENDS--

As long as all goes as planned I can't see why not tabby.

A move to the main list should follow with entry into the ftse250 likely.

Im tempted?

Dilthere still must be a risk elementsatellites are launched on top of rockets and carried into space or so I thought?is that the case with this launchsounds a risky businesshow would the SP respond to a successful launch?not a great deal is my view but it becomes a far safer playwait and see would be the obvious betan SP jump to 7-50 on completed launch would prove me wrongimo
One other point Dilthe company have statedfirst satellite, called HYLAS 1, will launch in November 2010 and will be the first superfast broadband satellite launched in Europe.
Then they go on to saymarket for 2Mb satellite broadband products in the markets served by Avanti is estimated at more than 100 million householdsam I missing something?

Think your summary of the launch risk is fair and as there will be a few weeks testing after launch and that may well be the safest time to take the plunge but I guess you won't be getting them for six quid.

Think the "superfast" stuff is aimed at commercial users such as the military , etc.

Dil Not a good idea to promise the speed of a Porschethen deliver a Punto?but I am interested in this stock!

I told you about these on the MDX thread over two years ago tabby and ABC in the same post. Think there was a third but can't remember what that was.

@ 4.......

ABC were around that , AVN were about 280p and I think the third one I had might have been JRVS but lost about 40% on them from memory.

Also courtesy of my good fried C.Currently hold MKS , VOD , BT.A and LGEN (dog portfolio based on expected divi yield). Also two investment trusts EUK and SDU.
We dont miss much!

They were in my SIPP tabby , big rearrangement July 09 and have had most of it in Aberdeen Emerging Markets , Ballie Gifford Emerging Markets , Threadneadle Latin America and added First State Indian Subcontinent in October 09. Performance to date : +71.5% , +62.4% , +68.3% and +43.3%.

Have recently added ETFS Commodity Securities Leveraged Platinum which is up 10.4%.

Had some UK smaller companies investment trusts in July 09 which I sold earliear this year for about 25-30% gain , sold too early with hindsight.

Been a good couple of years to be honest tabby.

Christ Dilyour complete betting strategy?Ill tell you where I am..Ive had my momentslol

Feel a bit guilty watching it go up and up on the back of someone elses picks in an investment trust ... but I'll live with it.

Probably only made about 10-15% overall on the shares that I've picked in the same period.

RNS Number : 5886U

Avanti Communications Group Plc

19 October 2010


Date: 19 October 2010
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or
"the Company")
Embargoes for release 7.00a.m.



Avanti Communications Group plc

Contract Win

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce that it has signed contracts with two new partners for the sale of broadband services to be delivered from HYLAS 1, Europe's first Ka Band satellite. InTouch Systems and DSL Telecom are established UK IT and Communications companies serving regional markets in which rural connectivity for homes and businesses plays an increasingly important part.

Commenting, David Williams, Avanti Chief Executive, said: "I am pleased see that, following the confirmation of our November 25th launch date, sales momentum is increasing."

--ENDS--

Can I take it you've joined me then tabby ?

Might have?

Nice and cosy here ... just you and me.

XEL looking good tabby if your interested.

"Nice and cosy here ... just you and me."

Not so Dil! ;o)

OMG ... here comes the crowd tabby !

Nice of you to join us Kim :-)

Haha!

Anyway, I was here before Tabby! ;o)

Oh yerand I was here after you Kimlol

skinny'll be along soon Kim ... put your house on it :-)

Im trying to work it outwill that mean Im here before skinny? Ive beat him at lastyippeee!

Lol!

Can't do that Dil. My house is on this & BPC!

I think skinny's buy just went through ... 16 !

Skinny must have upped the target, 4 x 79 buys gone through!

:-)

XEL up 25% tabby , I did tell you.

If you can be bothered to brush aside the tipsheet's self promo hype (and in this case there's an awful lot!) - it appears the author is quite impressed by Avanti ;o)

Thinly disguised Avanti tip

Launch Success



TIDMAVN

RNS Number : 2156V
Avanti Communications Group Plc
28 October 2010

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+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Date: | 29 October 2010 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| On behalf of: | Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or |
| | "the Company") |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| | |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+

Avanti Communications Group plc
Launch Success

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the satellite broadband operator, has been
informed that Flight 197 launched successfully from French Guiana last night,
the 39th consecutive Ariane 5 launch success for Arianespace. Avanti's HYLAS 1
satellite is the next to launch, on board Flight 198, and is in final
preparation for an on schedule launch on 25 November 2010.

--ENDS--

The 39th consecutive Ariane 5 launch success for ArianespaceI hope that is not classed as a chirp!and nobody likes 40 lol

27 days til lift off

Bloody rampers :-)

You aint seen nothin yet :-)

Just bought another 1500 ... these'll either be worth 10 quid a share by xmas tabby or 10 quid for my total holding if that rocket blows up :-)

I see my timing was impeccable again lol

Think this is going to tread water until the launch.

Either that or it could go up or maybe down :-)

Class trading Dil :-)

Looks like the satellite launched yesterday has gone missingon a positive note it wasnt the fault of Ariane 5 launcherI think you had better keep the morale up Dilknow any space jokes?
Eutelsat Communications SA announced that it has lost the W3B satellite following an anomaly which was detected on the satellite's propulsion subsystem after its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. W3B was scheduled to be located at 16 degrees East to replace Eutelsat's EUROBIRD 16, W2M and SESAT 1 satellites. With the loss of W3B

I have a feeling this is going to make Meldex look like a snip?

Bloody useless share!;o)

At least Hylas is insured, so if it goes AWOL all will not be lost. Just the signal! Oh, and the revenue until a new one is built. That will only take a couple of days won't it?!

skinny ... uck off :-)


Look on the bright side tabby , chances of two in a row getting lost has got to be massive as you would know.

12 by xmas.

PS ... Aussie bid underwritten tabby ???? , no wonder the mdx muppets have gone quiet :-)

AVN 1180p by xmas

Keep some room in yer boots for MML, AGQ and IQE as well.

Crowd arriving !

Light the blue touchpaper so that I can retire, please!

Have a look at the peformance of my 3 tips!

:-)

Not doing too badly are they Dai?!! BPC is doing quite well too! ;o) Also, keep an eye out for RRR. However, C'MON AVN!!!

Oi skinny .... what you think of my timing now ???

:-)

Mine aint so bad either

Top notch Dil :-)

lol skinny.


... we'll make an investor of you yet tabby :-)

FCUK OFF TWAT!

Its Gausie you need to work on!best of luck there?

Can't remember Gausie buying MDX all the way down tabby and claiming it was the best thing since sliced bread.

Can't remember Gausie making one good trade on BLNX all the way up Dil. He maintained it as over hypedand done his very small bo**ocks many times! my track record on AM is very lucky?

Going well again. And BPC & RRR! :o)

10 by Xmas still on Dil?

Nailed on Kim :-)

Kiss of death kim....

I'm confused now! ;o)

Sod tabby , he still thinks MDX are the dogs b*lloxs.

KimI am sitting here enjoying the ride with youand Dil comes out with the biggest Compressed High Intensity Radar PulseCHIRP.and thats before the statellite is even launched?
And dont swear at me Dil..its rude!

Ah, it's a shame MDX turned out to be a dog with a different set of b*lloxs, if you know what I mean! Let's hope some justice is done there eventually.

Another good day in general!

You pile shed loads in a pile of crap with an IP (that no one knows what it is or can explain to me) and you worry about minor things like our satellite still sitting on the ground !

Dilover the weekend I was forced to watch hundreds of rockets launchedeveryone of them exploded.and each time this happened every person cheered and clappedour rocket is up next? Can we save the chirp for just a couple more weeks?

ShareCrazy is tipping AVN as a strong buy with a base case target price of 1,079p and potential upside of up to 2,194p.


Hmmmm! Well, why not I say! Revised sp of 10.79 by Xmas Dil? :o)

http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en
Why not watch the launch live.

No, I'll be behind the sofa with my eyes shut and my fingers in my ears! ;o)

... along with tabby :-)

:o)

Practising the brace position as we talk{_!_}

Erm........noooooooooo!!!

This stock looks so good we will have Gausie along shorting it soonthen you know youre made it!

All fuelled up and ready for a tenner.

Who's got the matches? I hope they aren't damp!

Two days to go then whooooooooooooooooooooosssshhhhhhh !

The launch will be webcast live at and will occur in a window between 18.39 and 21.54 Greenwich Mean Time.

Staying in 'til 22.00, then down to the pub Dil? :o)

Hmm, did that appear a blue square with a question mark? Don't know why! The site is www.arianespace.com, Porky also posted the site in post 90.

Wouldn't miss it for the world Kim , my guess is it'll go sooner rather than later so still be time for a celebration drink.

I'll drink to that! :o)

Tabby gonna miss it hiding behind his sofa.

Lol

Whoosh! :-)

Sod it! I missed a really good buying opportunity just before 9am didn't I?!! :o(

Me too , had to pay 604.8p for another 1500 just now !

Easy 30% by Monday :-)

Is that all? :o(

;o)

It'll do for starters.

Been a great long termer and trading share for me ... hope it don't crash that would bugger things a bit :-)

Or a fire to set alight the satellite!

Or it might not work ... sell sell lol

:o)

Pilot's been named ... go Stevie , go Stevie :-)

Bought another 1500 at 598p ... call me stupid this time in 2 years.

Not showing , must have gone through on plus market.

Mug traders piled in on 8th and 9th of November hoping for a pre lift off rally and now exiting at a loss imo.

Ta guys :-)

Been buying all week on dips, am due to fly out for the Ashes next week, if the launch goes tits up then i'll have to downgrade flights, am very overweight in AVN!
IQE looks good.
d.

Just overweight I heard.

:-)
Luv lard arse!

Visiting the descendents of all your relatives that got deported ... thats nice :-)

Maybe they'll lock you up too.

Oi tabatha , u excited ??? :-)

Chill tabby


Final Countdown

Date: 26 November 2010

On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")



Avanti Communications Group plc

Holdings in Company



Avanti Communications Group Plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, announces that it has today received notification from AEGON Asset Management UK plc that it now holds 4,097,184 ordinary shares in Avanti Communications, being approximately 5.11% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

AEGON's previous holding was 3,566,516 ordinary shares , being approximately 4.44% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

I hope AEGON have got the champagne on ice ready for tonight!

Had a small punt yesterday (your fault if it goes wrong Dil!!) so will be watching the launch with interest.

Here's the link again - Whoosh! :-)

We have lift off!!!

Train leaving platform five .... choo choo

Yep, bit premature though

+35 pts to the good on yesterdays S/B, will keep it open though and wait for the real excitement - hope it's the right kind of excitement.

Ramp bloody ramp :-)

MMs not interested at the moment in getting involved on the sell side of the book, although a few sell orders now appeared.

Make that +60.

Ramp bloody ramp :-)

I've taken a few off the table @653 - rude not to.

Scardey :-)

150p by Monday if we blow up and a tenner by xmas if we don't .... fill yer boots :-)

Me too, scaredy that is, but I have a daily trading target in mind and AVN has just provided 160% in 24hrs, so I'm happy with that.

Looks like its first class for tubby.

Fook, closed too early, in auction :-(

lol ... strap yerself in pt your along for the ride now mate

:-)

I just got a quote pt ... 667p , I laughed.

658p now

656.5p now

649p now

654p now

Calm down :-)

643p now

650p now

... sod it , be a tenner by xmas i'll wait

You should see me when I watch Wales stuff England :-)

You wish Dil!

Closed yesterday's position mate for +46, missed the top. But couldn't resist buying back in!

For once, the over-used term, 'strap yourself in, this shares is ready for lift off' is quite apt!!!!

Champagne and tinnies at the ready. Champers for success, tinnies if it falls into the sea!
:o)

Dil dont worry you have the lucky thicko on board.and he is never wrong 10 Xmasminor chirps are OK!

watch your money go up in smoke... http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en

Choo choo 2 minutes til it blows up :-)

Fly baby fly .....

Well, the fecker's oop!

Let's hope it stays there :-)

I thought it was april fools day dilly boy... as the satellite started to look like it was going down again, i had ITV news on and they were reporting of a traffic jam on the M4 of 22 mles long of people trying to get into Wales!!!

lol .... should have strapped that tw*t Muncaster to it pt

LoL

Never thought I'd be so interested in an Ariane rocket!!

Wohoo, Hylas away, hope it works.

Wonder how many contacts have been signed with the proviso of a successful launch ?

May get a few rns's next week.

CEO Williams suggesting a share price of 25 quid and beyond .

Oh yesssss please.

Tenner Monday tabby ... yippeee

Dil, can you imagine what L2 would have looked like if that launch was during market hours??

Dil, by the way, many congratulations, big cojones to load up the way you did, even if you did have a load at a much lower entry. Respect :-)

lol got a bit random last 10 minutes today pt but would have been really funny if lift off was at 3pm.

Off to celebrate now , successful launch and us beating the all blacks tomorrow :-)

Bloody hell! Got stuck in the snow and missed the launch! Glad it went up ok though! Yes Dil, good win for Wales tomorrow and I will be one happy bunny!! :o)

Nice to see that this intro video's opener is Wales, with one of my favourite Brecon pubs, the Felin Fach Griffin, featured (drink the beer at your peril!!!)

http://www.avantiplc.com/satellite-fleet/hylas-1/official-launch-video

That Williams is a bigger ramper than tabby !

Can't see it being more than 24.99 by xmas.

Night all sweet dreams.

xxx

... 667p , cheeky barsteward :-)

26 November 2010 Last updated at 20:29
Hylas-1 net-dedicated satellite launches
By Jonathan Amos

Science correspondent, BBC News

Hylas climbed to orbit aboard an Ariane 5, the 40th mission in the rocket's career
Ariane completes flawless launch
The first satellite dedicated to delivering broadband services to Europe has launched on an Ariane 5 rocket.

The Hylas spacecraft is designed to fill so-called "notspots" - remote locations such as rural villages where it is currently not possible to get a fast internet connection.

Lift-off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana occurred at 1539 local time (1839 GMT).

The satellite was successfully placed in orbit 34 minutes later.

A signal from Hylas was picked up almost immediately at an antenna sited in India.

Controllers will now take a number of weeks to position the spacecraft properly in the sky some 36,000km above the equator, and to check out onboard systems.

Hylas (Highly Adaptable Satellite) is a commercial venture operated by start-up Avanti Communications of London, but the spacecraft itself incorporates technology developed with public funding through the European Space Agency (Esa).

"It is a fairly small spacecraft but rather capable," Esa's Hylas project manager Andrea Cotellessa told BBC News.

"The payload has flexibility to reallocate bandwidth and power in each of the eight spot beams that cover key market areas selected by Avanti.

"Normally, satellites have this frequency plan fixed at the design stage and it can't be changed in orbit.

"On Hylas, this can be done at any moment in time from the control centre. This agility is important because it will allow Avanti to keep up with market evolution."

Hylas was prepared at the Portsmouth, UK, factory of EADS Astrium, Europe's largest space company, and in Bangalore by Antrix, a commercial arm of the Indian space agency (Isro).

The 2.6-tonne spacecraft will operate in the Ka radio band and deliver broadband services to some 350,000 subscribers.

indeed - missed this one entirely as had not even heard of the company!

My fault cynic , been bumping onabout them for a couple of years on mdx and swg threads but never got round to starting one for avn.

why on earth your fault?

Yep blame Dil :-)

Richard, you wouldn't have bought any, AVN too much of a quality company for your tastes! Bit of a cut above the usual crap you invest in :-))

Dil's fault anyway.

cynic , I hate pt he an english twat who told me to buy MDX ,and skinny no better !



Roll on Feb 4th ... dickheads :-)

Lol

You been out wiv yer woolley friends on the pop mate?

No










































:-)

Think I might leave a few thoughts on the ADVFN Meldex thread before I retire for the evening.

RNS Number : 9304W

Avanti Communications Group Plc

29 November 2010


Date: 29 November 2010
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or
"the Company")
Embargoed for release 0700hrs


Avanti Communications Group plc Successful launch of HYLAS 1

Avanti Communications (LSE: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is delighted to announce the successful launch of HYLAS 1 from the Kourou Space Centre on an Ariane 5 launcher on Friday 26th November at 18.39 GMT.

The Ariane 5 launch was perfect, injecting HYLAS 1 into the correct orbit precisely on schedule. HYLAS 1 separated from the Ariane 5 after 34 minutes of flight and telemetry was immediately received at the control centre. The solar arrays deployed on schedule and all systems checks showed full spacecraft functions to be working correctly.

David Williams, Chief Executive of Avanti Communications, commented: "I am delighted that HYLAS 1 is safely in orbit and operating as planned under our control. "HYLAS 1 is a uniquely flexible satellite and we are now delighted to be able to offer broadband to communities, businesses and governments around Europe who previously suffered from the lack of high quality communications. Anyone in the UK and within our European beams who needs broadband can now have it, regardless of their location.

"Before we begin to put customer traffic onto the satellite in the New Year, we will be working to enhance the revenue generating potential of the satellite. As a result of certain extra design activities during manufacture HYLAS 1 has higher performance than the original design provided for and is able to offer certain new services. We will analyse the precise performance characteristics of the satellite in these operating modes before commercial service commences.

"This is the first major step for us in creating a business which I hope will lead the World in Ka band satellite communications."

--ENDS--

Price taking off

hyleo98 ... any chance you could put a chart in the opening post please ?

Cheers

Any particular share ? :-)

This will have to do for now then!

lol skinny.

I reckon we need about 14.5p a day to hit a tenner by xmas.

Results for year ended 30/06/10 to be announced Wednesday followed by an analyst's briefing at 12.


Upgrades and fill yer boots recomendations will follow shortly thereafter.

Article from siliconrepublic.com dated 26/11/10 .... I like the last bit :-)



Rocket mans broadband firm on FTSE 100 trajectory

A businessman whose previous venture capital company delivered a 768pc return for investors could turn out to be the unlikely saviour of broadband in the Northern Hemisphere as his stg120m HYLAS 1 satellite rockets into space tonight.

David Williams Avanti Communications aims to deliver 10Mbps broadband to rural residents and businesses in Ireland and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for as little as 25 per month.

Williams, whose previous venture capital company Active Media Capital wound down in 2006, delivering investors a 768pc return on investment, has listed Avanti on the London Stock Exchange and told Siliconrepublic that he believes it will be successful enough to enable the firm to enter the FTSE100.

The satellite HYLAS 1 is the first of its kind to be launched outside the US and will lift off on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana at 18.39 GMT tonight.

The most powerful of Ariane 5s beams will be trained on Ireland. The overall cost of the satellite is stg120 million and has been funded by investors as well as the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.

We already have satellites in the sky that are designed for TV and anybody else who provides satellite broadband either charges too much or it's heavily subsidised.

Weve been building two broadband satellites, the first one launches Friday and will be the first of its kind to be launched outside the US.

Williams explained that his satellite will use KA-band technology, which can provide higher speeds than TV satellites which use KU-band technology.

KA-band brings all the benefits of speed and technology. You can get speeds of up to 200Mbps. Weve chosen to buy in bulk modems that typically provide home owners or office users with 10Mbps at a rational price point. We will offer modems with higher speeds to government and enterprise users.

I asked Williams how soon a commercial iteration of the service will take to be put in place. Testing will happen fairly quickly and well spend time experimenting with the satellite, deciding on power consumption, moving frequency around, deciding how much revenue is possible and pushing it to see if theres a higher performance possible from the satellite than it's designed to deliver.

Liftoff
Williams said that Avanti has already signed up a number of service providers in Ireland to deliver the service, which will cost around 25 a month. Across Europe, Avanti has signed partnerships with 60 telecoms companies.

Tonight, when the HYLAS 1 satellite lifts off on the Ariane 5 rocket, Williams will be present in French Guiana, at the European space port where he will have two duties to give a speech and be pushed into a swimming pool.

Williams explained that Avanti was formed 10 years by himself and his business partner, astrophysicist David Bestwick.

Avanti, he said, is listed on the London Stock Exchange with a stg750m capitalisation. We have two satellites fully financed and the second will be launched in early 2012 to enable us to provide more capacity into the Middle East and Africa.

Our intention is to finance and build more satellites to secure early mover advantage. If we get four satellites launched theres a reasonable chance of Avanti becoming a FTSE 100 company.

Williams is confident he can do it, and he certainly has the pedigree to prove it. My earliest investments have made 15 times their money and the latest investment delivered a 50pc return in less than a year.

He concluded by saying that at present brokers are assuming Avanti will deliver 2 earnings per share. But stg40 could be achievable, he said.

UK analyst:

"Small Caps, AIM and PLUS

Avanti Communications* (AVN) shares rocketed 72p to 725p on news the broadband satellite operator's Hylas 1 satellite was successfully launched into orbit from the Kourou Space Centre on an Ariane 5 launcher last Friday. Commenting on this, chief executive David Williams said: "HYLAS 1 is a uniquely flexible satellite and we are now delighted to be able to offer broadband to communities, businesses and governments around Europe." As a result of the "removal of launch risk", Daniel Stewart reiterated its "buy" stance for the firm with a 1,111p target price.

1111p eh! By Christmas? :o)

Be upgraded after Wednesday I reckon.

Dil, please try ramping a little bit harder, jeez, you need to post 50 times a day, copy and paste from every BB and when a new page appears, do it all over again. FFS, have you learnt nowt from your many years loafing around ADVFN??

Added to my SB position today, didn't quite get the bottom of the retrace, but close enough for government work.

Banked profits from Friday to fall back on if Dil doesn't pull his finger out! But I'm hoping to build a nice little position in AVN (which I must admit wasn't the plan last week!).

Contract Win

And many more to followare we selling ourselves a little short to BT?

Sorry pt , I'll try harder :-)

Given the way that everything has been managed so well so far I wouldn't be at all suprised if details of a move to the main market were released tomorrow along with the results.

Mentioned in Mail by serial MDX ramper Geoff Foster.

5 by christmas

Nah ... mdx went bust jeff.

Preliminary Results



TIDMAVN

RNS Number : 1235X
Avanti Communications Group Plc
01 December 2010

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| Date: | 1 December 2010 |
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| On behalf of: | Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or |
| | "the Company") |
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Avanti Communications Group plc
Preliminary Report for the Year ended 30 June 2010

Avanti Communications Group Plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator,
announces its audited Preliminary Results for the full year ended 30 June 2010.

Key points
� Successful launch of HYLAS 1
� High cost debt repaid in July 2010, balance sheet now very strong
� HYLAS 2 fully financed and on schedule for launch in Spring 2012
� Excellent progress with sales on both satellites

Financial highlights
� Revenue of GBP5.82 million (2009: GBP8.04 million), falling as legacy
businesses activity ceased in preparation for HYLAS 1 launch
� Loss after tax GBP1.93 million, better than expectations (2009: profit
after tax GBP1.05 million)
� Closing cash GBP34.18 million (2009: GBP24.62 million)
� Post balance sheet fund raising produced gross equity proceeds of GBP70m


Commenting on the results, John Brackenbury, CBE, Chairman said:

"As the Chairman of a company in possession of an in orbit satellite I have
great pleasure in presenting Avanti Communications Group plc's results for the
year ended 30 June 2010. The achievement of a start up company in launching a
satellite is very rare. Avanti now has one satellite in orbit and a second
launching in a little over a year, a very strong balance sheet with no debt
service payments or cash flow covenants falling due until December 2012, huge
untapped markets and a quite thrilling opportunity to create a company of
genuine scale."

is there anything "extra" to push sp forward ? ...... pretty questionable i would have thought

An ongoing flow, or even flood :o) of contracts I would think cynic!

The forecast for eps of around 135p(?) by 2014 cynic ?

but that was surely well telegraphed before

a little north today perhaps

Until launch it was just a dream cynic whereas now it's becomig a reality. Takes a long time for a story to sink in but it will.

Short term a move from AIM to the main market and entry into FTSE 250 will give it a further boost. I'm sure analysts will be enquiring about the timing of this later today.

OK who sold ???

Just had another 1k ... 15 by easter.

My mistake , was 1200.

Dil

Who sold?

Officers of AVN

See RNS

Contract Win



TIDMAVN

RNS Number : 3926X
Avanti Communications Group Plc
06 December 2010

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Avanti Communications Group plc
Contract Win

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN) ("Avanti" or the "Company"), the
broadband satellite operator, is delighted to announce that it has signed a 3
year managed services contract with the Spanish service provider NASSAT -
Network & Satellite Systems de Espa�a. Avanti services will be delivered via
its HYLAS 1 satellite, successfully launched into orbit on November 26th 2010.

NASSAT provides satellite communication services, mainly to enterprise and media
customers, but it also has specialist contracts with fire services and
television stations. As well as fixed services it has transportable and quickly
deployable systems for civil and government customers where demand continues to
rise for cost effective bandwidth.

Commenting, David Williams, Avanti Chief Executive, said:
"I am delighted that NASSAT as a provider of such specialist and critical
satellite services has selected Avanti as its partner. It demonstrates the value
of the flexibility and speed which HYLAS 1 can offer and I am pleased to see
sales momentum in the enterprise and media sector continuing to grow following
our successful satellite launch."

Oi taffy, u owe me a packet of salt and vinegar..

Dilhope that aint you thats flogged 130,000...turncoat!


http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/201012080700115507X.html

Nah , he just wanted to buy some xmas pressies tabby.


Dailos , first one in receives the crisps not the Jonny Come lately ... I'll have smokey bacon and you can chuck in a packet of peanuts when we hit a tenner :-)

Arian are second class these are the bees knees.

laccy band about to snap soon then whoooooosh

Dailos, you seem to be hyping the rhps info, the whole idea is to top up before the rest of the market

Hlyeo

Can you make yourself useful for a change and put a chart in the header?

Ta

I already asked him pt a couple of weeks ago.

I'll start my own 2011 thread if one doesn't turn up.

Dilthere are ways to askPeter has never been blessed with charm!

hlyeoif you have timewould you please put a chart in the headermany thanks in anticipation

Dil - 29 Nov 2010 14:26 - 179 of 214
hyleo98 ... any chance you could put a chart in the opening post please ?

Cheers



I said please tabby what more do you want ?

ptholden - 09 Dec 2010 18:13 - 212 of 215
Hlyeo

Can you make yourself useful for a change and put a chart in the header?

Dil...I was referring to Peter

Contract Wins

TIDMAVN

RNS Number : 8771X

Avanti Communications Group Plc

14 December 2010


Date: 14 December 2010
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or
"the Company")
Embargoed for release 0700hrs


Avanti Communications Group plc

Contract Win

Avanti Communications (LSE: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, announces two contract wins.

Avanti has signed contracts with Access Intelligence PLC (AIM:ACC) and Fitzrovia IT Services for the sale of the Patented Business Internet Continuity range of products to be delivered from the newly launched HYLAS 1 satellite, Europe's first Ka Band satellite.

Avanti's Business Internet Continuity service (which has global patent protection) uses an enhanced version of its satellite broadband product to provide disaster recovery telecoms services to businesses telecom cable users. In the event that the primary cable connection is lost, the Avanti service instantly restores connectivity and IP addressing so that locally hosted or cloud applications continue to work seamlessly.

Avanti also announces the result of research into the reliance upon internet connectivity by UK and international enterprises and the costs being incurred by inadequate planning for connectivity failure.

The independent market research commissioned by Avanti Communications and carried out by Redshift Research shows that three quarters of business respondents rely on constant internet access but one in four businesses do not include internet connectivity in their disaster recovery plans, with one in three having no back-up connection in case of failure.

David Williams, Chief Executive of Avanti Communications, commented: "We have high hopes for our Business Internet Continuity product since, for the first time, a satellite broadband system is potentially of use to every business in the World regardless of geography. The research we have commissioned has highlighted the significant consequences that businesses face in the event of losing an internet connection. Avanti and its partners can protect companies against those risks."

Commenting upon the new contract, Charles Lass, Managing Director at Access Intelligence ControlPoint, comments, "This research reaffirmed our view that if your business relies upon Cloud Computing, Business Internet Continuity is a 'must-have' service. We anticipate strong demand for the service from our customers."

Daren Oliver, Managing Director of Fitzrovia IT Limited, said, "As a company that specialises in delivering advice and solutions for Cloud Computing, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Virtualisation, this new service from Avanti enables Fitzrovia to offer resilience and continuity around its internet connectivity and therefore helps Fitzrovia deliver a complete continuity of IT service around its product range."

--ENDS--

Santa had better start filling his sack with these. Christmas is nearly here! ;o)

I suspect the retracement is about complete, albeit something of a surprise the SP has fallen quite as much as it has, especially with the raft of contracts wins since the successful launch. I binned my two remaining SB positions at 728p, one flat and one in profit, not because I expected this fall, but to free up margin for some other positions.

Hopefully, I'll be back for more in the not to distant future. Good luck to current holders, although I don't think luck will need to play much part.

Oh and Dil

10 by Xmas my ar*e :-)

Still 3 days to go, anything is possible (10p?)!!

Kim

Normal order returned today!

Still a day to go for Dil's ramp to come true.

Talking of Dil, I guess he's under a big snow drift, haven't seen him around for a while!

Still a couple of hours to go pt , fill yer boots :-)

You got snow as well?

Dil

I'll be back, quite a fan of this company.

Got more than a boot full of it tabby and getting fed up of it now. Today is the first day it hasn't snowed since I can't remember.

pt , I've had a good few weeks trading these and have chucked a few more in my pension as well. News of a full listing after all testing is complete and whooooooosh.

Tenner by easter :-)

Keep up Dil !

Contract Wins

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce that it has won a two new contracts to further develop and demonstrate technology to deliver video to the edge of terrestrial networks using Avanti's HYLAS 1 satellite capacity.

Have faith mate :-)

TIDMAVN

RNS Number : 8251A

Avanti Communications Group Plc

08 February 2011


Date: 8 February 2011
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti"
or "the Company")
Embargoed for release: 0700hrs


Avanti Communications Group plc

Contract Win

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce a new contract win with TigrisNet Ltd, the international satellite service provider. TigrisNet previously bought capacity on both HYLAS 1 and HYLAS 2, but as a result of expanding demand has increased its commitment to the HYLAS 2 satellite with a further 5 year contract worth an additional $12.2 million. This, together with the first contract announced in December last year, brings the total value of commitments with TigrisNet to over $27 million.

This extended contract will enable TigrisNet to meet the expected growth in the Iraqi telecommunications market as greater competition is introduced and economic activity builds.

TigrisNet is the leading VSAT (Internet via Satellite) provider in Iraq providing a range of services that covers clients from every sector, including Government bodies to SMEs and local ISPs. TigrisNet is also the market leader in Video Conferencing and VoIP.

Commenting, David Williams, Avanti Chief Executive, said:

"I am delighted that HYLAS 2 together with TigrisNet will be playing such a crucial role in the growth of Iraq's telecommunications infrastructure, bringing new opportunities for the government, businesses and individuals to create exciting services that deliver value to the economy and enhance peoples' lives. We look forward to a long and rewarding relationship with TigrisNet."

Dr Raeid Nasser, CEO of TigrisNet , commented:

"I am convinced that the growth of Ka band based VSAT services will be strong and sustainable. It offers the opportunity to deliver significant improvements in high speed broadband connectivity to homes, businesses and institutions in Iraq and the wider region for years to come. This is why I am very pleased to be working with Avanti Communications whose delivery of the HYLAS 2 Ka band satellite in 2012 will ensure that TigrisNet will be able to continue to develop and deliver market beating services to its growing customer base."

---ENDS---

Dil will be pleasedIve just bought another 2000...just under 6-08

Five at a time nowcould be a blue day today?

RNS Number : 8963A

Avanti Communications Group Plc

09 February 2011


Date: 9 February 2011
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti"
or "the Company")
Embargoed for release: 0700hrs


Avanti Communications Group plc

Contract Wins

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce a group of five new contracts for the sale of HYLAS 1 services in Europe. New contracts have been signed by Buzz Networks and Rural Broadband UK of the UK, Broadband Algarve of Portugal and Globatel of Spain. Also Prime Satellite Broadband, an existing customer, has signed an extended contract for more capacity and extending the commitment from three years to five years.

Commenting, David Williams, Avanti Chief Executive, said:

"Since the successful launch of HYLAS 1, sales activity has increased notably. The flexible, efficient Avanti business model combined with attractive pricing and quality of service is clearly resonating with new potential customers around the World.

"As our current customers progress their own sales efforts they are likely to top up their commitments next year, so we expect to sell out HYLAS 1 capacity within the planned three years with the growth in demand from existing and new broadband customers. In addition we are experiencing significant bidding activity for large enterprise and cellular backhaul deals which could accelerate the rate of fill."

---ENDS---

RNS Number : 9777A

Avanti Communications Group Plc

10 February 2011


Date: 10 February 2011
On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ('Avanti' or
'the Company')
For Immediate Release


Avanti Communications Group plc

-- Notice of Interim Results

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, will announce its Interim Results for the six month period ended 31 December 2010 on Monday, 14 February 2011.

Taking a bit of a hammering today.

Kim.the recent news and the SP dont correlateI have weird adverse tendencies to smash into bets that are made to appear direend of the daythose bets make me lucky more times than not

I feel lucky here!

And jolly good luck to you Tabby!

I feel that there has been a lot of disappointment with regard to the size of the contracts the company has acquired to date. Frankly they haven't been outstanding. I know that it is still in the early stages and that more cash will flow in but it may be that some investors are having second thoughts. The upside for AVN will come mainly after the successful launch of Hylas 2, also on the positive side, there cannot be too much in the way of maintenance costs for the actual satellites, nobody is going to go up there to give them a polish are they?! Just my opinion, which could well be utter crap. :o)

Kim.they have a very lucrative B2B they are selling a service product that could make a vast difference to already affluent areas they call all the shots.I like that!
It was only December when we had the Preliminary Report. Daniel Stewart raised their target to 2519p from 1111p the very next daythey must have been impressed? The SP was 7 and risingsince that date we have had an additional 13 contract wins.We expect to sell out HYLAS 1 capacity within the planned three years The Chairman statedwe have a very strong balance sheet with no debt service payments or cash flow covenants falling due until December 2012, huge untapped markets and a quite thrilling opportunity to create a company of genuine scale."

KimI dont complicate things.that will do for me!


Date:1 December 2010

Avanti Communications Group plc
Preliminary Report for the Year ended 30 June 2010

Key points
Successful launch of HYLAS 1
High cost debt repaid in July 2010, balance sheet now very strong
HYLAS 2 fully financed and on schedule for launch in Spring 2012
Excellent progress with sales on both satellites

Financial highlights
Revenue of 5.82 million (2009: 8.04 million), falling as legacy businesses activity ceased in preparation for HYLAS 1 launch
Loss after tax 1.93 million, better than expectations (2009: profit after tax 1.05 million)
Closing cash 34.18 million (2009: 24.62 million)
Post balance sheet fund raising produced gross equity proceeds of 70m

Yes Tabby, the future is rosy, expect a few ups and downs until 2012 then it's lift off. Well, for Hylas 2 anyway!

Possibly a good price to buy at the moment.

KimAs you know the market never does what is expectedotherwise we would all get what we wantedequalling total demand and no supply.we call foul when the MMs deceivecall for a stewards inquirybut end of the day.they have to balance the booksbastards!

:o)

Needs to announce its transfering to main market that'll sort things.

It certainly should help Dil!

Trend line support around this level, if it doesn't hold 540/550 seems the next support level.

More good publicity.

HYLAS 1 is a hybrid Ka-band/Ku-band satellite, offering interactive broadband services to 23 countries across Europe. Built by British-based company Avanti

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/interview/satellite-broadband-bridging-the-digital-divide-20593


Peter.what a difference a day makes Interim Results for the six month period ended 31 December 2010 this Mondayimothe only way is up lol

Like I said..........trend line support.

Peter.thats why I dont take much notice of chartsfall or rise last Friday and you post would have read correct.it might rain today? If not.. it will stay dry

Tabasco, as an ex bookmaker you should recognise the probabilities of trading or investing, charts and even the simplest of trendlines can tip the probability in your favour.

Incidentally I am not a tipster and generally offer positives and negatives; on my own account I may take a position based on that info but not post the fact. If you want a buy or selll recommendation, follow the likes of Hyleo, although I suspect you will be potless in short order :)

What happened here.. ..?

Simon Cawkwell (aka Evil Knievel) shorting it apparently, thinks the revenue figures don't stack up.

this one stinks .... is there a way back?

Stop loss hit so out for time being but looking for a new entry point.

.... and sod all to do with EK as I've had my run ins with him in the past and he don't call everything right.

He was long mdx for one if memory serves right , ramping arse off them and relying on sheep to make himself money.

Its normally higher folksgood game.good game

Hi tabby , good luck mate but rules is rules for me .... go ask mdx holders if they wished they had stuck to theirs.

Dil me old mateMy only losing stock and you tipped me itI have to say that the attack has been relentlessbut it is just too good a companyI will hold for as long as it takesas always I have an easy touch and Im in know rush

regards the lucky thicko

RNS Number : 7400B

Avanti Communications Group Plc

23 February 2011

Avanti Communications Group plc

("the Company")

Directors Shareholdings

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was today notified by John Brackenbury, Chairman, that he had purchased 8,998 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 549.75 pence per ordinary share. John Brackenbury now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 321,889 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 0.38% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Company was also notified today by David Williams, CEO, that he had purchased 17,997 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 549.75 pence per ordinary share. David Williams now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 1,505,072 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 1.77% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Mr Williams has a further revocable and indirect interest in 522,233 ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to certain criteria.

DilI am just having a drink after a long days slogand I noticed your post 252 ....... had to give it a double takewas it an edit?....I cant believe Ive missed a Welshman coming up with the line relying on sheep to make himself money lol

at least he wasn't working the arse off the sheep

Have you ever owned a Public House in Wales - ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and seen the wellies, the vicar etc/glad I live where I live.

lol .... and I first told you about it at sub 3 quid tabby.

Dilmy purchases in AVN were down to meyou made me aware.. but there was no influence end ofmaybe should have come out when EK got involvedbut thats not me!...EK has more power than the Chairman and CEO Good luck allwe might need it!

Investec cuts Avanti Communications target price to 488P from 533P; rating sell ... now you know!

Has HYLAS 1 been turned off? bought @ 570 on the way up, thinking i was on to a winner.

don't know .... stupidly i also did not obey the discipline of selling when it started misbehaving badly ..... hmm; do so tomorrow, even if it hurts nastily?

AVN has been recommended and tipped by many recently surely an indication of the sp direction.

i.e. a case of "when my broker says buy, he means sell"?

I got half out this morning but have still taken a nasty hitif it opens higher tomorrow I will bite the bulletdont need to take a chance against the EK powerhe never losesand thats good enough for meDil you were rightand I had a gut feeling you would be

Its good this shorting game inithow to fcuk a good company in the blink of an eye.

Is this your mate Dil....

The Count - 24 Feb'11 - 16:54 - 3549 of 3560

--->ALL

I have tried holding on to all my shares for the long term as I was convinced of the long term investment potential here. I have not been able to keep up with all the posts of late, but given the recent disproportionate falls I decided to try to catch up and have read the last 100 posts or so.

From that I need to ask those of you that keep up with this story on a daily basis for some help.

It seems clear from the posts I have read that it is being claimed that a hedge fund is shorting shares and that a certain shorting fat twat (who has long needed a good glassing and a blade stuck deep in him to soak his gargantuan gut in loads of free flowing claret) has also been passing on false info posing as 'research' on the company that his mouthpiece at T1ps has seen fit to counter.

Has any of this been posted publicly and if so, can someone please direct me to the relevant posts?

I also think it is disgraceful (if indeed it is a true response) for the CEO of AVN to be gloating at how such market manipulations have helped him buy loads of shares at a false price, He should be thinking instead of the many long suffering shareholders who do not have the level of info at their possession that he has to make buying (or selling) decisions and who have instead, been seriously burned by such actions. The guy comes across as a bit of a tool in this case I'm sorry to say.

Regards,

THE COUNT!

Dils "rules are rules" statement should be applauded.
Whether its for a reduced profit, or for a loss, a stop is a stop is a stop!
I've traded these quite a few times, i wouldn't "invest" until they are profit making though.
Only way to go from here is to follow the trend.. and remember, dont just buy and sell maybe consider add or reduce or reverse to your long or short position!!!
d.

David Williams probably had no choice but to buy shares and tell Cawkwell to go fcuk himselfand of course if he fcuked himself with his two inch dickthat would be another successful short for fattyreading the Counts posthe speaks my language albeit a little more articulatelolhis post has persuaded me to hold onto the rest of minemaybe it is drink talking but if everyone made a stand things would be a little differentdidnt fatty get turned over trying to force down Sportingbet a good few years ago I read ASOS is also on his hit listannoying as it may be until we learn that backing losers should not make anyone a profitthis will never stopso in some ways I say let him keep fcuking up good companiesit might register one day to those that can do something about it rant over fill up the glass

For once I am in agreement with SC/EK. The potential being touted by certain 'advisers' just does not add up I'm afraid. They have been quoting millions of customers for Avanti but it would seem that the customers are not Avanti's but those of the companies who have just paid a relatively small amount for the company's capabilities. I could be wrong, I hope so for the sake of those still invested, but I cannot see a lot of value in the shares at present.

I do hope this problem has been designed to pull the cork from the well...and leave him empty...wishful thinking...

They are giving EK a serious fight...

RNS Number : 8936B
Avanti Communications Group Plc
25 February 2011




Avanti Communications Group plc

("the Company")



Directors Shareholdings





Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was today notified by David Bestwick, Director, that he had purchased 30,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 504 pence per ordinary share. David Bestwick now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 1,201,648 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 1.5% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Mr Bestwick has a further revocable and indirect interest in 430,202 shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to certain criteria.



The Company was also notified today by David Williams, Chief Executive, that he had purchased 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 504 pence per ordinary share. David Williams now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 1,525,072 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 1.9% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Mr Williams has a further revocable and indirect interest in 522,233 ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to certain criteria

More directors buying I make that over ml last week thats a serious amount of confidence with there own cashcould prove to be very good value at these levelI sold half my holdingcould buy back today without a lose..hmmmm?

RNS Number : 9467B
Avanti Communications Group Plc
28 February 2011
Avanti Communications Group plc
("the Company")
Directors Shareholdings
Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was notified on Friday 25(th) February by Alan Foster, Director, that he had purchased on that day 10,610 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 500 pence per ordinary share. Alan Foster now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 370,249 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 0.46% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
---ENDS---

Follow EK and you dont always have it off!

Simon Cawkwell - 25 Feb'11 - 16:15 - 3678 of 3779

Gentlemen,

I am sorry not to have submitted copy today but I am in the West Indies for a short break and about to go out to lunch. My view of AVN has not changed.

Simon Cawkwell - 07966 426 795

PS: I forgot to add that I have bet 20,000 at 11/10 on Newcastle in tomorrow'a match. Those who have lost on AVN (and will lose more if still invested) are advised to do the same.

Aw, shame! :o)

Have spoken to The Count on a couple of occassions tabby , probably at least five years ago being the last time ... he rang to tell me how wrong I was about MDX. We agreed to differ and that was that , nice guy.

Can't understand why avn still haven't announced a move to the main market.

What a guy!

Simon Cawkwell - 2 Mar'11 - 08:11 - 3959 of 3965

Hello everybody,

I just got back from Barbados half an hour ago only to see that another director seeks to do his dough. Gluttons for punishment, the lot of them.

It is true that whilst away I sploshed 60,000 on footie BUT I made more than that shorting AVN.

So it's not all bad.

Simon Cawkwell

and i'm very glad that i swallowed a very bitter pill this morning

Not many take him on and winbut it would take just one carefully planned operation to skin him!
Hopefully those parties can get together.

Simon Cawkwell - 2 Mar'11 - 09:13 - 3968 of 3972

One Giant Leap (of Faith Required)

Our (i.e. Investec dated 24th February 2011) view

With one satellite in the sky, no active commercial service (pre-revenue), much
bigger competitors attacking the same markets (and more competition to
come), we are not convinced Avanti is yet deserving of its 0.5bn market cap.
Management's decision not to answer our key questions and concerns on the
investment case does not inspire confidence. A 15-year leap of faith is
required to create a value story here. We model peer-level mature profitability,
and risk to its achievement, to derive a DCF-based 488p TP. SELL.

Key points

The current share price reflects a belief by the market in the full achievement of
peer-beating profits and cash flows. The market expects sales to reach full
capacity within 3 years on HYLAS 1, and 5 years for HYLAS 2 & 3 post launch.
Execution to this plan is now crucial to merely justify the current valuation.
n Any potential value story for Avanti, however, remains one of long-term
performance, and here we have some concerns. At the interims announcement
we moved our recommendation from Sell to Under Review to reflect an apparent
strength in the headline order book and pipeline of business, and in order to
pursue answers to several material questions with management which might help
us revisit the investment case.
n With a major "option" in the order book and few recent contract announcements
the future may not be as rosy as the market believes.
n Avanti's decision not to answer our questions doesn't help. We highlight our
questions herein, and with the risks and uncertainties still lingering we reinstate
our Sell recommendation and our new DCF-based 488p price target.

24 February 2011
Avanti Communications
Mobile Telecommunications
Analyst(s) Morten Singleton
+44 (0) 20 7597 4254
morten.singleton@investec.co.uk
James Goodman
+44 (0) 20 7597 4529
james.goodman@investec.co.uk
Sell (No Change) 597p
Target Price (Prev. 533p) 488p
Forecast Total Return (18.2)%
Impact on estimates
0.0
-50.0
-100.0
-150.0
-200.0
-250.0
2011 2012 2013
Change in EPS (norm, cont) - FD (%)
EPS (norm, cont) - FD (p) 2011E 2012E 2013E
Old (9.3) (13.5) (3.2)
New (15.6) (35.9) (10.3)
Source: Investec Securities estimates
Market Cap 507m
Enterprise value 602m
Average daily volume (000s) 318
Index FTSE AIM
RIC / Bloomberg AVN.L / AVN LN
Share price performance
Feb-10 May-10 Aug-10 Nov-10 Feb-11
800
700
600
500
400
300
1m 3m 12m
Price (6.80) (9.62) 24.27
Rel. FTSE All
Share
(7.14) (14.71) 7.37
Source: FactSet
Readers in all geographies please refer to important disclosures and disclaimers starting on page 19
In the United Kingdom this document is a MARKETING COMMUNICATION. It has not been prepared in
accordance with the rules in the FSA Conduct of Business Sourcebook designed to promote the independence of
research and is also not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of research.


Questions for investors to ask management

In the course of our research into the investment case for Avanti we posed
several questions to management which we believe are crucial to valuing the
company. Avanti management has declined to answer these questions.

We would prefer to be in a position of possessing all the material facts, but we
are not, and we believe there are many risks and uncertainties regarding this
investment that deserve closer attention. We are not dismissive of the
potential value story that Avanti could represent, if all goes to plan but many
others have posited this story and we believe the risks have not achieved a
suitable airing. We are therefore publishing this note to highlight the
questions we think investors should ask when considering any current, or
future, holding.

Exactly what is Avantis definition of backlog?

At the recent interims, Avanti moved from a publication of the proportion of next 12
months of capacity sold on its satellites, to a reflection of the contract order book, or
backlog. We were surprised at the scale of the backlog in the interims and thus
undertook a full and detailed analysis of all the contract announcements made by
Avanti since April 2007. This is illustrated in Table 1.
It is difficult to simply add up the backlog due to a number of factors: the lack of
complete information; the fact that several contracts span both HYLAS 1 and 2;
many contracts span several years, some of which are coming to the end of their
original contract length (with no sign yet of renewal); and the fact that some of these
contracts relate to projects, rather than satellite capacity.
Is not almost half the contract backlog merely an option?
It is notable, however, that the largest item in the backlog to date - a 113.4m threeyear
deal with a Western European Government for the 900MHz steerable beam on
HYLAS 2 - constitutes nearly half this backlog, and yet is no more than a Call option.
This is not therefore an irrevocable commitment to take up Avantis service. We do
not believe this should be presented as part of the backlog, but rather it should be
mentioned as a potential additional element, conditional upon the customer taking
up the option. Are there any other options in the contract backlog, and if so, how
much?
What happened to the pre-sold capacity metric?
It is also unclear exactly what progress has been made on sales more recently. We
understand that Avanti had effectively pre-sold 25% of its HYLAS 1 capacity since
the start of last summer (we assume this metric is measured by Avanti on a 12-
month prospective basis, rather than for the satellite life). Where is this metric now?
We suspect it may not have budged much, if at all. The initial flurry of contract
announcements immediately post the HYLAS 1 launch looks to us more like
confirmations of previously uncommitted pre-sold capacity rather than any new
deals.
24 February 2011

Gentlemen,

I stress that all the above is written and issued by Investec. Please also note that the 488p target price has been achieved (this morning). I have not yet received a TP update. However, I am not buying to close since momentum is now with the bears. Besides, I think the economic outlook for AVN is not good.

Simon Cawkwell

"Yesterday was also a fun day for Avanti Communications AVN). Evil Knievil went publicly short posting comments on ADVFN (I refused to run them on t1ps as they contained just too many factual errors). What I had not realised was that his calculations, such as they were, had a decimal point in the wrong place. His informant was clearly illiterate (the note EK posted was strewn with errors) and also (see below) technically clueless. I had not realised at the time that he was innumerate as well. An interesting combination for someone purporting to be an investment analyst. What with also confusing MegaHertz and MegaBits the sums were not to put too fine a point on it all wrong. But once the old boy has an idea in his head there is no stopping him so off he went. Call me cynical but there was only one way to react we bought a stack more Avanti for the SF t1ps Growth Fund.

Now some CEOs huff and puff and threaten lawyers when Evil goes off shorting and publishes factually incorrect material in support of his claims. But David Williams of Avanti has more style than that. A Welshie with style and flair, whatever next. Williams responded by buying 100,000 of Avanti shares in the market (his chairman also bought 50,000) which is a material sum for him. But as a coup de grace he asked me to pass on a note to Evil:

Dear Tom

Please extend an invitation to lunch in Shoreditch on my behalf to Mr Cawkwell. His informant, whom I presume is not an astrophysicist, got his decimal point in the wrong place and as a result I was able to buy 100,000 of shares at the wrong price so it seems polite to thank him.

David

That is pretty cool as you would expect from a CEO based in Rivington Street (Avantis offices are in the street after which RSH is named). A few more shorts on the basis of maths with decimal points in the wrong place plus a stream of factual errors and Evil will start to need free food if he is not to waste away.

On a wider level, when a CEO invests 1000 or even 5,000 in buying shares in his company I regard that as window dressing. But when he or she writes out a cheque which is a very material part of his annual salary that can ONLY mean he ( or she) thinks the shares have real value. The Rivington Street CEOs have made their intentions clear."

http://sharecrazy.com/beta/daily/4885/rivington-street-avanti-communications-odd-day

The last Cenkos report was this:

Decimal point in the wrong place

Avantis share price has fallen to a seven month low on the back of the aggressive
promotion of ideas based on misunderstandings of HYLAS 1 and HYLAS 2 and
Avantis competitive positioning. These concerns rest on a number of inaccuracies
regarding the satellites specifications and the premise that Avanti will compete headto-
head with Eutelsats Ka-Sat. This provides an excellent buying opportunity for
investors as both these positions are wrong and we are confident the shares will rally
strongly on the back of inaugural HYLAS 1 sales next month and on-going contract
wins. We are confident that investors will quadruple their investment over the next
two years. BUY
Capacity comparisons unfounded
Commentators have suggested that Eutelsats Ka-Sat has 70 GB of capacity versus HYLAS
1s 3 GB. Comparing GBs with GHz is not a straightforward comparison. HYLAS 1 & 2 will
have 11.25 GHz of capacity compared with Ka-Sats 40 GHz, implying that Ka-Sat is 3.6x
bigger. However, comparisons should be made strictly on the basis of a satellites forward
path capacity. In this respect, Ka-Sat is a symmetrical satellite with 20 GHz of upward path
and 20 GHz of forward path. However, HYLAS 1 & 2 will be asymmetrical with 8 GHz of
forward path versus 3.25 GHz of upward path. This simply reflects the fact that consumers
download far more than they upload from the internet. As a result Ka-Sat will only be 2.5x
that of HYLAS 1 & 2. Furthermore, the differential between the two will be less than the
nameplate capacity and HYLAS 1 is a flexible payload covering a greater geographic area
that includes North Africa and the Middle East. This should enable Avanti to achieve
superior utilisation rates.
Revenue assumptions are therefore wrong
Following on from this, the bears have then claimed that given the discrepancy in capacity,
HYLAS1 will be unable to meet our annualised revenue run rate of 45m as Eutelsats
previous CEO guided that Ka-Sat will deliver 100m of sales in 2013. Hughes, which was
recently purchased by EchoStar, has delivered $183m of consumer broadband sales from a
satellite just twice as big as HYLAS 1. Avanti still need to sign-up new contracts to achieve
our FY12 forecasts, however due to the strength of their offering we have a high degree of
confidence that they will outperform.
Pricing pressure unlikely given market potential
Numerous independent studies have highlighted strong demand for broadband in rural
areas across the Middle East, N Africa and Europe. The European Commission estimates
that 30m homes cannot receive effective broadband through existing terrestrial
infrastructure. Given that HYLAS 1 & 2 and Ka-Sat will only be able to serve approximately
2.5m homes between them, it is unlikely that either operator will incur pricing pressure due
to direct competition. Furthermore, Eutelsat is largely focused on France whereas Avanti is selling capacity to the wider European market.

with the markets now looking much chirpier, i tried to buy back this afternoon but could not get in at the price i wanted .... my logic was the recovering markets + shorters likley to start closing out soon ..... may well buy in the morning

RHPS have stated that 6 different directors have bought a total of 104,385 shares committing over 530,000 of their own money. Good luck to all that enters planet AVN. I will not be boarding the ship so you are safe.

Rumor isEvil is out? No proof.. so Dyor Cyniclooks like EK has come out of this as a bit of a dick....I bought just short of my other half back yesterday

3 Monkiesyou could do worse..

I still don't get this. This is from the AVN website:-

"Do you live in a broadband notspot? Are you so far away from your local exchange that your DSL access speeds are low? If so, Avanti satellite broadband can help you.

Avanti satellite broadband is sold and delivered through our pan-European partner network. But you can register your interest in receiving Avanti satellite broadband products with us. Once HYLAS 1 completes its testing phase, we will get your local partner to contact you to discuss how they can help you. It's that simple.

There is no obligation to buy, and you can also enter our competition to win a year's free broadband."


To me, the important thing here is :- "Avanti satellite broadband is sold and delivered through our pan-European partner network."

How much is AVN going to get out of their technology? I appreciate what Tabby has posted and I don't intend to talk this share down but unless AVN sell to individuals rather than 'partners' I cannot see how they can maximise their potential. It maybe of course, that they have a different selling strategy for Hylas 2.

Whatever, I am baffled and am torn between re-investing or leaving well alone. My heart says the former, my head the latter.

Uncorked my favourite red to do a bit of musing. :o)

Those directors should have waited a bit longer before they bought

Jeff.That chart will be looking slightly different in a couple of hourslol

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RNS Number : 9311C

Avanti Communications Group Plc

15 March 2011

Date: 15 March 2011

On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Avanti Communications Group plc

-- Completion of In Orbit Testing and Service Launch

-- Contract Win

Avanti Communications Group plc (LSE: AIM), the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to report that it formally completed in orbit testing of the HYLAS 1 satellite yesterday.

The testing process confirmed that HYLAS 1 is working in conformance with specification and, in some areas, delivering higher performance than originally specified. The satellite lifetime is expected to be at least six months greater than planned and the available power is several percentage points better than specification. This will translate into improved service quality, flexibility and usable capacity.

The provision of services on HYLAS 1 will now commence. The first live customer service in the UK will be installed next week. Avanti has a test customer base of 5,000 end users whose service is delivered with leased Ku band capacity. The migration of these customers to HYLAS 1 will begin on April 4(th) . Avanti has over 60 Virtual Network Operator customers in 16 countries in Europe who have bought capacity. Many of them are also migrating existing end user customers from leased Ku band capacity on other satellites and this migration also begins on April 4(th) .

Commenting, David Williams, Chief Executive of Avanti Communications, said:

"The in orbit testing phase of HYLAS 1 has been a complete success and puts us in a strong position for future growth.

"With Europe's first fully operational broadband satellite, Avanti will now provide a range of satellite data communications services to consumers, enterprise and governmental organisations across the UK and Europe. In such a vast market with so much growth in data demand, and a strong customer base already committed, we are highly confident of achieving rapid commercial success for this powerful and flexible satellite."

Contract Win

Avanti is also pleased to announce that yesterday it signed a seven year contract with a new Virtual Network Operator Customer for the sale of 80 Mb of capacity (with volume beginning at a lower level in year one and rising to 80Mb to match the Customer's expansion in end users). The contract, which commands pricing which exceeds market expectations, is worth EUR7.1m over the seven year term. The customer has approximately 3,000 satellite broadband end user installations in Europe which currently use Ku band capacity on a competitors' satellite. The Customer will migrate that existing client base to HYLAS 1 and then grow its business further with Avanti. For reasons of commercial sensitivity during this migration period the Customer is not named.

Commenting on the contract win, David Williams, Chief Executive of Avanti Communications, said:

"The signing of this contract is significant since it further demonstrates that expert customers in Europe choose to work with Avanti. We offer a flexible, service oriented approach and reliable and well regarded technology. Avanti has announced a steady flow of contract wins in the last two years which underpins our confidence in fully utilising our satellites at attractive prices."

--ENDS--

I just put some money in my pocket and got my kicks for free...this went down to 4-10 on the mornings fantastic RNS...a bright light on a dark day...the MMs have chalked some mad prices in their time...this ranks with the very best of the boopers... like shopping at Harrods and paying Aldi prices...

16 March 2011

Avanti Communications Group plc

("the Company")

Directors Shareholdings

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was informed last night, 15 March 2011, by David Williams, Chief Executive, that he had purchased 11,895 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 416 pence per ordinary share. David Williams now holds a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 1,536,967 ordinary shares in the Company, being approximately 1.9% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Mr Williams has a further revocable and indirect interest in 522,233 ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan which are subject to certain criteria.

--ENDS---

what a very strange stock ..... i got in and out this morning, selling at 475.75 .... the odd thing is that, even on L2, there were no bids showing higher that about 467.5 at the time

Just gone long. Talk of Evil K ditching his short on clarification of charging policy.....

as per broker note below just out.


http://www.equitydevelopment.com/downloader/816

Buyers coming in now on the back of the broker note.

Broker coverage from hemscott premium

Avanti Communications Group PLC

FORECASTS WIRES 2011 2012
Date Rec Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Daniel Stewart
21-03-11 BUY -12.60 -12.50 3.30 3.70
Investec Securities
16-03-11 SELL -13.64 -15.60 -31.95 -35.92
Cenkos Securities
15-03-11 BUY -12.70 6.80 8.00
Eden Group
04-03-11 BUY
Growth Equity & Co Research
02-02-11 SBUY -12.70 -15.75 3.30 3.35
Equity Development
10-01-11 None -12.60 -15.10 6.30 7.50

2011 2012
Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus -12.87 -14.66 -3.40 -3.75
1 Month Change -0.22 -0.33 -8.26 -9.31
3 Month Change -8.03 -18.46 -8.72 -10.02


GROWTH
2010 (A) 2011 (E) 2012 (E)
Norm. EPS % % %
DPS % % %

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2010 (A) 2011 (E) 2012 (E)

EBITDA -1.65m -8.38m 9.93m
EBIT -2.42m m m
Dividend Yield 0.00% % %
Dividend Cover x x x
PER -124.31x -30.62x -119.67x
PEG f f f
Net Asset Value PS 216.93p p p

not much biz at all in this stock, let alone buying .... however, when it moves it often does so in a rush

Yep noticed that myself, and U can bet your bottom dollar winnie is writing out a note now with the broker note attached showing how is side kick Evil is wrong. I think of everything cyners LOL. (winnies fund is long and as been buying on the fall)

thought about buying these (again) but decided too greedy on margin as i am pretty much as fully invested as i would like at the moment ..... bought a few more BLNX however

Yes looked at them this weekend.

Tabby does Tom Winnifrith ever invest any of his own money in "his" portfolio as he never used to ?

And call me cynical but didn't EK write for T!ps ..... hmmmmmmmm !!!!

Winnifrith (imo) don't know his arse from his elbow and his "tips"(again imo) that his mates are involved with (wasn't Colin (Blackbourne?) his best mate when he was ramping MMD) should be treated with extreme caution.

He does these days Dil, yes.

Told you cyners...........

Here's Tom Winnifriths latest thoughts on Avanti....

Over the past couple of weeks the market valuation of Avanti Communication - a stock which we still believe to be worth 20 - has taken a material knock following some derisory commentary from some well known Shorters. Without doubt the persons in question have made a number of good calls in the past but this truly is a blunder. His argument (supplied by what we reckon is the Analyst who recently put out a Sell recommendation on the stock) is based upon numerous factual errors and poorly researched content. Mr Knievil also appears to have a few problems with decimal points.It has been posted around on a number of Bulletin Boards and has meant that the company's market cap has tumbled from roughly 514.2 million, to 405 million in a matter of days.

We however read the above's comments with amazement and the fact that we actually do our own research meant we were happy to take advantage of the opportunity that was given to us and added to our holdings. We were not the only ones. On 23 February 2011 in accordance with listed companies's continuing obligations it was announced that the company Chairman and CEO had between them hovered up 150,000 worth of shares at a price of roughly 550p. On 25th February directors moved in again with six figure purchases.

The bear argument was based around the fact that Avanti will missed its earnings forecasts and will not be able to compete with the what the above believed to be greater capacity offered by a competitor, EUTELSAT. It seems the Analyst behind this poorly constructed argument got his decimal point in the wrong place stating the EUT's capacity was 23 times that of Avanti's instead of actually roughly 2.3 times taking into account both HYLAS 1 and 2 (the above failed to recognised this). Regardless of this however more is not always better in regards to broadband capacity, and a comparable example in the US shows that Avanti's increased flexibility of application and broader coverage will materially pay off in the long run. Raw capacity lost out to product innovation in the US when Hughes Communications was sold for a markedly higher price than that of its competitor Wild Blue. In actual fact Wild Blue's product offering is pretty similar to that of EUT.

It is however disappointing that poorly constructed arguments can have such an influence on market valuations. This however is an example of the short term and volatile aspects of investment, and is exactly why we do not focus on the short term price movements of our portfolio. What we do is identify value, buy at sensible prices and then hold. As we have said numerous times before on a very simple DCF basis we reckon that Avanti is worth 20 per share. We are not alone in this belief and although we pay little attention to outside analyst coverage all bar one of the current notes rate Avanti as a strong buy operating within in a rapidly developing sector. Interims for the 6 months ended 31 December 2010 were not indicative of the company's progression but they did report that the current order book stands at 229 million and that currently the pipeline of HYLAS 1 and 2 transactions is valued at 389 million.

Increasingly once Avanti moves into full commercial service operations, which is expected shortly, we are expecting an influx of more news detailing further big name sign ups to the service. The company is operating within a niche market with extremely high barriers to entry and limited price competitiveness and has already won serious institutional backing. We expect that demand for the company's service will be consistently increased due to the flexible applications of the product offering which differentiates the company from its competitors. It is admittedly disappointing that such poorly backed arguments can have this sort of impact on the share price, but what we do believe is that the value here will even
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It seems the Analyst behind this poorly constructed argument got his decimal point in the wrong place stating the EUT's capacity was 23 times that of Avanti's instead of actually roughly 2.3 times

Dil...all your assumptions are of course perfectly true...EK does have a lot of clout and influence...another little piece of evidence how short selling is extremely harmful to many good companies and investors... whilst rewarding the cunning villain!...
Dil...I have traded a few times with AVN but I am still a good few quid down...these shares are now locked away to avoid temptation...
EK based a lot of his play on information from an informant...here are some answer from a respected guy....

Your informants information on Hotbird 6 is seriously flawed. He may know less about Hotbird 6 than you think, very few customers of Tooway are currently being served by Ka Band, which is causing an issue for Eutelsat in the change over from Ku to Ka, as your informant will know these customers have to now duplicate their costs incurred in making the switch. This is not in anyway being subsidised by Eutelsat, which of course is causing issues for customers, but I am sure your informant knows this.

I have no issues with anyone short, best of luck to you. As I said earlier, the issue here is not whether Avanti can charge premium prices, it is whether at those prices it can fill its satellites. I am confident it will, but the coming weeks will determine this issue.

To be fair to him and his analyst friend, the points raised were valid, if you did not understand the Market . In my humble opinion, the analysis SC is relying on is fundamentally flawed in the following ways:

1) the " premium" pricing Avanti are charging. It is easy to compare a package offering a 4gb per month download allowance with Avanti's package with unlimited download and say Avanti are more expensive. But it is also quite stupid, different value proposition, there will be those that find 4gb enough so will choose Tooway, others will choose Avanti.

2) Market size is the dominant factor here, Michel de Rosen has stated continuously that Market demand far exceeds current capacity and is likely to
beyond 2020, continually stating that as the mobile, home entertainment and computing markets converge, so greater pressure is applied to existing resources.
The basic theory of supply and demand states that where supply exceeds demand,
prices fall to find an equilibrium, when demand exceeds supply, prices rise to
find an equilibrium. Competitive pricing is not necessary in this Market and is
destructive to all companies, and leads to value erosion and wealth taking.

3) SC'S analyst stated that currently Eutelsat is providing ka band to it's UK
customers through hotbird6. Maybe this analyst should have spoken to Eutelsat
(Tobias Martinez is decent and an ex alumni) regarding the services offered by Hotbird 6. Here is a link which might help
http://www.lyngsat.com/hb6.html

All in all, the analyst that SC Is depending on changed from being very technical to pointing out a flaw being Ku instead of Ka on a table in the Cenkos note. Never a good sign to be picking up on such hugely minor points.

Dil...Avanti offer rural broadband which at worst is comparative... military.. and contracts with Hughes largest provider of enterprise services in the World... Avanti offer a price plan with no limit on data used. Eutelstat adjust their pricing based on data used. I think this could take time against EK...but add all the valuations up...the average still looks very tasty!!! true value will return...

Excelent post tobasco. Helps very much with the technical points.

Cheers gf was not aware that Tom now bought shares as well as tipping them and I agree thats an excellent post by tabby and I still believe these will prove to be a winner. A move to the main market would help.

Moving up nicely today, some big buys........... or are they shorters getting out?.

whooping is premature and great care needs to be taken with this stock as trading is pathetically thin as always ...... currently just 55,000 traded

Expect this to fly today!!... 389m to 427m backlog in 2 months!


RNS Number : 0594F

Avanti Communications Group Plc

18 April 2011

Date: 18 April 2011

On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Avanti Communications Group plc

-- Litigation Award and Trading Update

Avanti Communications Group plc (LSE: AVN), the satellite operator announces a Litigation Award and makes a Trading Update.

Litigation Award

Avanti Communications Group plc (LSE: AVN), the satellite operator, announces that it has been successful in its claim against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ruled upon under binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association in New York. Avanti was awarded the full amount of refund it claimed under the contract, being $7,566,013 and was also awarded interest from the date of the claim.

Trading Update

Full Commercial Service on HYLAS 1 successfully commenced on April 4th. The process of migrating the base of approximately 5,000 Avanti end users currently using leased Ku band capacity onto HYLAS 1 has proceeded to plan, with 10% already migrated.

Several of our Service Providers also have similar bases of end user customers who are currently using interim leased Ku band capacity. Avanti is also assisting these service providers in the migration of their end users to HYLAS 1, which amounts in aggregate to over 20,000 end users.

Finally, we confirmed that successful service launch has met contractual service parameters with all of our customers, confirmed their requirements for modem deliveries from the supplier and updated bandwidth demand.

Based on these results, it is an appropriate time to update the market on sales progress. In 2010, Avanti specified that it was confident of exceeding a target for pre-sales signed by service launch of 25%. This target metric was useful in demonstrating confidence in the ability to pre-sell meaningful amounts of capacity before launch.

Avanti is pleased to confirm that at service launch, having confirmed contracts and orders, the peak utilisation rate under HYLAS 1 aggregate contracts is 35.1% which comfortably exceeding the 25% target set pre-launch. Henceforth, Avanti will regularly report the industry standard backlog metric.

The backlog statistics are now GBP139.0m for HYLAS 1, GBP28.4m for HYLAS 2. Avanti also notes a GBP113.4m option for HYLAS 2 capacity which is subject to a significant option fee.

Approximately 52% of backlog revenues relates to Enterprise and Military applications and customers (not including the HYLAS 2 option), with the balance relating to SME and Consumer broadband. Avanti expects backhaul business to soon become a significant percentage of backlog.

Avanti is also pleased to report that the increased credibility generated from successful service launch has resulted in an increase to the pipeline. The pipeline now stands at GBP427.2m.

--ENDS--

assuredly premature to start even chilling the champagne, but at least sp has broken back above 25 dma

Where to if 4 doesn't hold - directors buys (again) today - potential schedule slippage!

RNS Number : 3568O

Avanti Communications Group Plc

16 September 2011

Date: 16 September 2011

On behalf of: Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Company")

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Avanti Communications Group plc

Contract Win

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the satellite operator, is pleased to announce that, following a competitive tender, it has been awarded a place on the Kent County Council Rural Broadband framework, which will access funds of at least GBP1.5m to set up pilot projects to address the rural not spots of Kent using a range of technologies, including satellite.

Avanti is the only satellite broadband provider selected.

Owned this share in the past never seemed to rise.

Where's Dil :-)

AVN AVANTI COMMUNICATIONS

Chart looks
to be forming a basing pattern, directors have bought big in past few days and Brokers are positively behind the stock.

AVN AVANTI COMMUNICATIONS

Brokers like the stock.......

Avanti Communications Group PLC

FORECASTS 2012 2013
Date Rec Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Daniel Stewart
12-03-12 BUY -12.20 -10.30 6.20 5.80
Cenkos Securities
08-03-12 BUY -7.91 -7.90 3.82 0.80
Investec Securities [R]
23-11-11 HOLD -31.95 -35.92 -9.20 -10.34
Growth Equity & Co Research
05-10-11 SBUY 3.30 4.00

2012 2013
Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus -11.90 -11.56 3.22 1.57
1 Month Change -0.19 -0.37 -4.38 -5.35
3 Month Change -6.91 -6.15 -11.35 -13.45


GROWTH
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)

Norm. EPS % % %
DPS % % %

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)

EBITDA £-11.64m £1.11m £34.81m
EBIT £-12.45m £-7.30m £16.40m
Dividend Yield % % %
Dividend Cover x x x
PER -20.28x -20.87x 154.06x
PEG f f f
Net Asset Value PS 244.09p p p

AVN Avanti Communications

Certainly looks to have been a turn
around in sentiment here.

last week was well off 100% long.

IG INDEX client sentiment rating
updated every 15 minutes and used
as a proxy for shorting. (NIL)

Client Sentiment

LONG 100% of IG clients with open positions in this market expect the price to rise

0% of IG clients with open positions in this market expect the price to fall

looks like institutional buy of £300k

I'm also on this, think theres major upside potential once the move to main markets occurs. Running a small future spread on rollover. Fingers crossed 250 suppot holds

Revenue is forecast to rocket (get it.. lol)
next year.

AVN Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS

30-Jun-12 17.07 (8.47) (7.97)p

30-Jun-13 58.37 5.67 4.30p


as is EPS.

Very good goldfinger ...lol

Charles Stanley did some research predicting PBT £000 (3750) 2012 & 19997 2013 with positive EPS in 2013 also.

Those latest Director Buys....

Avanti Communications Group Plc
08 March 2012

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was notified on 7th March 2012 by David Williams, Chief Executive, that he had purchased 10,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 250 pence per ordinary share.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203080700169252Y

Avanti Communications Group Plc
07 March 2012

Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, was today by Paul Walsh, Non-executive Director, that he had purchased 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 253 pence per ordinary share.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203071622249100Y

Avanti Communications AVN.

Well the Broker SP targets are
very bullish indeed. I take it the
two larger Targets are for long term
forecasts and Investec (correction) is for short
term forecast.

Never the less 333p short term looks
impressive.

I wonder what time frame Daniel Stewart
and Jefferies have set for their targets??.

Date Broker name New Price Old price target New price target Broker change

06-Mar-12 Jefferies Buy 257.25p 1,340.00p - Reiteration
05-Dec-11 Daniel Stewart Buy 316.50p 2,525.00p - Reiteration
03-Oct-11 Investec Securities Hold 263.50p 333.00p - Reiteration

Where's Dil :-)

Booking his seat in the pub for the Rugby tomorrow!

Correction to above re- Investec....sorry.

Oi ... I might not post so much recently but I can still bloody read skinny :)

FWIW , got out and did well out of them but that was a year last November after first satellite launch and due to stop losses being hit.

GF ... without me checking I think a £25k buy by that director is peanuts compared to what he already holds so irrelevant.

Quoting broker forecasts is also irrevelant , go look at the forecasts by brokers 18 months ago !!!

I dont like the guy because of the way he tries manipulating small time private investors but so far EK has made a fortune shorting this after his mate Tom Winnifrith (wot a useless tw*t) kept tipping it .

Those two and the "Black Prince" (another mate of TW's) who made a fortune out of shorting TW's previous tips that he was up to neck in should be investigated , imo , for stock manipulation.

Regardless of fundies I wouldn't be a buyer til a break and pull back to 345-350p.



Stick yer mortgage on Wales .... 50% return 80 minutes.

DYOR blah blah blah ..... :)

Avanti contract Win
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4334615

AVN Avanti Communications

Think some have missed this....

AVN


Avanti launched HYLAS 1 in November 2010, it will launch HYLAS 2 in July, and it recently
announced that HYLAS 3 would be launched in 2015. The valuation of Avanti’s shares depends upon
a number of things: the cost of building, launching and running these satellites; the revenues that
each satellite can deliver through sales of transmission capacity; the timing of costs and revenues; the
method and terms of financing; and finally, the value that is placed today upon future profits.
Let me review the progress of the three satellites.
HYLAS 1 was launched in November 2010 and covers Europe. The launch was a success, HYLAS 1
has been performing well and Avanti is on track to sell out the 3GHz of capacity by April 2014, defying
some critics who argued that it would not be able to compete effectively with the big incumbent
satellite operator Eutelsat.
Eutelsat’s Chief Executive believes that the European market is at least six times as large as the
current combined capacity of both itself and Avanti. Eutelsat has the advantage of greater capacity,
though Avanti’s more advanced Ka-Band technology compensates somewhat for this. While attention
has been focussed upon the delivery of broadband services to customers in remote locations, Avanti has
also been developing other markets, for instance for corporate data, as an emergency backup to existing
broadband networks, the mobile backhaul market and satellite distribution of films to cinemas.
New contracts and better contracts
The attractions of Avanti’s services have been the subject of much debate, but we now have firm
evidence. Avanti says that a full HYLAS 1 should generate approximately £50m in annual revenue
when it reaches ‘full saturation’ at the end of the third year in service (i.e. by April 2014). This is in
line with original budgets (when I first tipped Avanti in March 2008, I suggested that annual revenues
would be £34m, based on prices being achieved at the time).
Thanks to contracts already in the bag, Avanti expects to achieve sales of £17m in its first full year
of sales, to June 2012, with the possibility that this could be exceeded if other significant contracts are
signed in time.
With £23m of new contract wins announced in the last two months for HYLAS 1 and HYLAS 2, sales
momentum has been increasing and Avanti has reduced the length of time within which it expects to
achieve full capacity utilization for HYLAS 2 from five years to four. Although the original five-year
figure included some contingency, this is an expression of confidence.
With capacity of 8.3GHz, compared to the 3GHz of HYLAS 1, HYLAS 2 covers the Middle East
and North Africa although it could also be used as an overflow capacity for HYLAS 1. Its steerable
antenna is attracting attention from the military while HYLAS 2’s qualities of resilience, encryption,
security and quality are enabling it to sell on the basis of quality and technology fe atures and benefits
rather than just merely on price. Accordingly, Avanti is ‘confident that our capacity can be filled at the
expected prices’.
Avanti’s cracking deal on its next satellite
Clearly, the forthcoming July launch of HYLAS 2 carries some level of risk, but all being well Avanti
should soon have two operating satellites. A third, HYLAS 3, is now scheduled for launch in 2015.
Originally Avanti had planned to launch a third large satellite financed by bank borrowings secured
against advance sales. However, the tightening of lending criteria by the banks has made this option
increasingly unattractive and so Avanti has jumped at the chance to pursue an alternative.
At the end of 2011, however, the opportunity arose for it to launch HYLAS 3 on board a new
European Space Agency (ESA) satellite scheduled for 2015. The 4GHz capacity of this third satellite is
less than the capacity that Avanti had originally envisaged for HYLAS 3, the launch will be later, and to
secure this arrangement Avanti has had to raise £75m of cash through a share issue.
The deal is nonetheless very attractive to Avanti though. The sharing of costs with the ESA means
that for each additional GHz of capacity Avanti will pay just £18.8m on HYLAS 3, compared to £41.1m
for HYLAS 1 and £33.7m for HYLAS2. Besides that, the ESA is responsible for any cost overruns. As with HYLAS 2, HYLAS 3 will be aimed at emerging markets with a fully steerable cluster of beams that can be deployed anywhere in Africa or the Middle East.
How to price a space-age company
Assuming they all go successfully into operation, how much money might Avanti make from these three satellites?
At full capacity, which should be achieved by mid-2014, HYLAS 1 should be producing annual revenues of c.£50m. After deducting the operating and other costs, and the depreciation charge of c.£7.5m, HYLAS 1 should be generating a profit before interest and tax of c.£30m. This level of profitability is expected to stay fairly constant over HYLAS 1’s expected life of 15 years and, discounting these future cash flows at a rate of 8.5% broker Daniel Stewart calculates a value today of £310m, which is worth c.278p per share.
On the same basis, Daniel Stewart values the larger HYLAS 2 at £684m, equivalent to 612p per share and HYLAS 3 at £551m, or 493p per share. That makes a total of £13.83p per share to which Daniel Stewart adds the discounted value of Avanti’s projected 2031 cash balance of £784m – to arrive at a total of £20.17 per share.
Another calculation that we can make is of Avanti’s net asset value, a figure that simply looks at Avanti’s assets less liabilities today and ignores any future profits. At 30 September Avanti had net assets (excluding intangibles) of £195.2m, to which we can add the £75m raised in the recent share issue. Dividing the total of £270m by the 111.7m issued shares gives a number of c.242p per share, to which we can add the value of Avanti’s orbital slots. That this space real estate has a value was demonstrated last October when Brazil held an auction of orbital slots and reportedly received a bid of $88.3m for a single slot.
So the share price looks very well supported by net assets while the future profit projections are, in my view, not especially risky. Satellites are built and launched under fixed price contracts, and operating costs thereafter are low and unlikely to be subject to significant change.
So the big swing factor is revenues. There is little risk that the sky will become oversupplied with satellites and despite some fantasies about other, wireless, means of transmitting data to remote locations there is unlikely to be a genuinely competing technology at least within the 15-year life of Avanti’s satellites.
We also have some circumstantial evidence. HYLAS 2 was funded by the USA Export-Import Bank and the French agency Coface, two government bodies that are notoriously rigorous and cautious. Avanti’s directors have been regular buyers of the shares and would hardly have done so if they had any serious doubts about the business. Paul Walsh, the Chief Executive of Diageo, has joined the Avanti Board. Avanti has stated its intention of moving from AIM to the Main List of the Stock Exchange. And in October Avanti’s Chairman John Brackenbury, alluding to ‘some short-term speculators who have attacked the share price’ said:
“It is clear that Avanti owns scarce and valuable resources in one of the few lightly competed sub-sectors of the global telecoms industry which should see us create very significant value. I see great opportunity in emerging markets telecoms and our advantages in these markets are significant. I am grateful for the resolute support of our core long-term investors. Patience and confidence in the quite exceptional and unique advantages Avanti has will be rewarded. Our pipeline of new business gives us confidence in our ability to meet expectations.”

RHPS Verdict: None of these statements and actions are consistent with a business that is failing to deliver. In my view, the case for Avanti is as strong as ever. I am looking forward to the launch of HYLAS 2 in July and to this time next year when Avanti should be earning good money from two operating satellites. My share price target remains £15, so BUY UP TO 750p.

Contract win......

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203230700219252Z

I can't see much happening before there move to the official register, so no hurry to add to what I already have. All the same the news flow is very positive and Avanti is definatly moving in the right direction even if its sp isn't following suit.

Got a banger up its ass this morning, make that a missile.

On its way up to resistance at 287p



At this rate it should get through that easy.

just wondering if its been tipped somewhere.

From T1ps:-

Why we are buying more Avanti Communications*
31 Days ago (2012-02-24 13:33:02)
I met up with Avanti (AVN) the other day and have been pondering this for a while but our SF t1ps Smaller Companies Growth Fund has been nibbling away at the shares and here is why.

I can understand why Evil shorted it. On a current year PE of a zillion or whatever he was able to make a compelling case. It was all the more compelling given that he blinded us with science – a raft of factual inaccuracies. So I just stick to facts.

HYLAS 1 is now in orbit. Capacity is filling up gently and is now, I reckon, at c.40% (of capacity sold). It should be at 50% during this year and will be fully sold out 3 years after launch.

HYLAS 2 launches in June/July. After 3 months of testing it goes operational and is already 10% sold out. Again it will be fully sold out by September 2015.

HYLAS 3 is now fully funded to launch in a couple of years. It should thus be fully sold out by late 2017.

Avanti has fairly fixed PLC costs and so will – by my sums – be at cash breakeven within a couple of months. Thereafter as each month goes by and more capacity is sold on Hylas 1 & 2 (and eventually 3) it just generates more cash. I do not really care what EBITDA is this year to June 30th (I think it will be a tiny positive) or indeed next year or the year after (c.£30 million and c.£80 million is my private forecast). The point is what it should be by, say 2018, when HYLAS 3 is fully operational. I estimate the number then will be c£200 million (earnings per share of c130p!).

At 263p Avanti is capitalised at c£290 million. It has debt (when fully drawn) of c£200 million. So the Enterprise Value is £490 million. By 2018 the company will have chucked off a couple of hundred million pounds of free cashflow and so – were that to be used to repay debt - it would be trading on an EV/EBITDA multiple of 1.5. Now to put that in perspective, Inmarsat, which is today where Avanti will be in five years time, is on a multiple of around 8. That implies a share price in a few years of at least £15 for Avanti.

There are other ways of looking at Avanti which might lead you to expect a £20 share price. I am not sure. But what I do expect is that:

a) Over the next few months there will be a constant diet of announcements on contract wins. The key point is that we are now at inflexion point so that every new contract drops through to the bottom line.

b) We will see some excitement when HYLAS 2 launches in June. This time the directors will not feed the bears by selling shares thereafter.

c) The maths are just compelling and so I really do not give a jot what the share price is next week or next month. We currently have 3% of the growth fund in Avanti and we are increasing that holding with a stream of buys. We are happy to wait.

Brokers seem to be very positive with AVN.

Didnt realise Cenkos had a Buy rating on it.

Avanti Communications Group PLC

FORECASTS 2012 2013

Date Rec Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Daniel Stewart
19-03-12 BUY -12.20 -10.30 6.20 5.80
Cenkos Securities
08-03-12 BUY -7.91 -7.90 3.82 0.80
Investec Securities [R]
23-11-11 HOLD -31.95 -35.92 -9.20 -10.34
Growth Equity & Co Research
05-10-11 SBUY 3.30 4.00

2012 2013
Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus -11.91 -11.55 3.25 1.60

1 Month Change 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.05
3 Month Change -6.94 -6.18 -11.34 -13.45


GROWTH
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)

Norm. EPS % % %
DPS % % %

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)

EBITDA £-11.64m £1.11m £34.81m
EBIT £-12.45m £-7.30m £16.40m
Dividend Yield % % %
Dividend Cover x x x
PER -23.08x -23.77x 171.03x
PEG f f f
Net Asset Value PS 244.09p p p

AVN

But what I do expect is that:

a) Over the next few months therTom Winnifrith of T1ps.cpom writes: At 275p Avanti is capitalised at c£307 million. It has debt (when fully drawn) of c£200 million. So the Enterprise Value is £507 million. By 2018 the company will have chucked off a couple of hundred million pounds of free cashflow and so – were that to be used to repay debt - it would be trading on an EV/EBITDA multiple of 1.5. Now to put that in perspective, Inmarsat, which is today where Avanti will be in five years time, is on a multiple of around 8. That implies a share price in a few years of at least £15 for Avanti.

There are other ways of looking at Avanti which might lead you to expect a £20 share price. I am not suree will be a constant diet of announcements on contract wins. The key point is that we are now at inflexion point so that every new contract drops through to the bottom line.

b) We will see some excitement when HYLAS 2 launches in June. This time the directors will not feed the bears by selling shares thereafter.

c) The maths are just compelling. I really do not give a jot what the share price is next week or next month. We currently have 3% of the growth fund in Avanti and we are increasing that holding with a stream of buys. We are happy to wait.



Zak writes: It would appear that while the technicals of Avanti in recent weeks have been pointing to the shares hammering out a floor, the end of what has been a relatively cruel pullback for the stock remains a difficult one to call / trade. What helps at the moment is that in addition to the tentative rebound off a falling August support line, there is also clear bullish divergence in the RSI window. On this basis one would suggest that while there is no end of day close back below 240p we can finally look for an initial test of former early December support at 280p.

Appearing now on IG Index broker list

note went out today.......

Avanti Communications Group
ALL-AIM
Communications
Buy
600
257.5
133.0%
Jefferies


600p SP target 133% upside.

Seeing some upside today, about time I must say.

On the run.

Up 11% as I post. Nice....very nice.

AVN Avanti Screen Media

Brokers Mostly onside

Avanti Communications Group PLC

FORECASTS 2012 2013
Date Rec Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Daniel Stewart
23-04-12 BUY -12.20 -10.30 6.20 5.80
Equity Development
27-03-12 None -5.30 -5.70 7.00 6.30
Cenkos Securities
08-03-12 BUY -7.91 -7.90 3.82 0.80
Investec Securities [R]
23-11-11 HOLD -31.95 -35.92 -9.20 -10.34
Growth Equity & Co Research
05-10-11 SBUY 3.30 4.00

2012 2013
Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus -10.00 -9.82 4.46 3.13
1 Month Change -0.05 -0.01 0.04 0.06
3 Month Change -5.21 -4.65 -10.23 -12.10


GROWTH
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)
Norm. EPS % % %
DPS % % %

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2011 (A) 2012 (E) 2013 (E)

EBITDA £-12.06m £1.09m £34.82m
EBIT £-12.88m £-7.30m £16.40m
Dividend Yield % % %
Dividend Cover x x x
PER -21.86x -26.49x 83.01x
PEG f f f
Net Asset Value PS 244.09p p p

AVN Avanti Screen Media

Technicals point of view now.

It has broken out above prior resistance.

Onwards and upwards.

Noticed this one after GF flagged the rise on the 27th. Thought i would post my thoughts on here as its one i will now watch myself. I don't know the first thing about the company so this is purely a charting perspective, but it looks like having completed an impulsive move. I would expect a bit of chop for a few days, while it pulls back correctively in 3 waves where i hope it will form a flagline, look for a minor 'i'&'ii' to confirm the drop has finished and/or a break of the flagline for a big move up to follow.

As i said, purely speculative according to how i see the chart;

My long spread off 263 now looking rather nice. 250 support did hold as suspected. I'd add another line to the above chart, 27th March, 27th April joined and through to cross roughly in where (ii)? cross sits. I see this as being the start of the new trend line higher.

Are they going to launch another satellite?

ahoj - DYOR, easily answered question

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4303813

I wish I held my shares. Sold 6K at 314 last week!!!

Share price continues to advance ahead of second satallite launch 30th. of june.

Sold at 346, nice profit made.

..Questor share tip: Avanti orbit looks inviting as satellite launch approaches

By Garry White | Telegraph – 14 hours ago
Shares in satellite group Avanti Communications have plunged over the past year and many investors are sitting on losses. What should Questor readers do next?

Avanti Communications 313¾p -14 ¼p Questor says BUY

Avanti sells satellite broadband services to telecoms providers, which then resells the service to households and businesses.

The company's first satellite, HYLAS 1, launched in November (Stuttgart: A0Z24E - news) 2010, is the first superfast broadband satellite launched in Europe (Chicago Options: ^REURUSD - news) .

Avanti's second satellite, called HYLAS 2, is fully funded and is scheduled for launch in the next few months. This satellite will extend Avanti's coverage to Africa and the Middle East.

The third satellite, HYLAS 3, is currently in the design phase, but this is also fully funded to launch.

Things have been going reasonably well at the group as a trading update released yesterday showed but the shares took a bath last year on negative sentiment.

The company was subject to what is known as a "bear raid". A high profile City player took a significant short position in the shares and then proceeded to make this fact known to the market.

Also last year, broker Numis had to issue an apology after publishing misleading statements about the group relating to contracts signed with clients.

"Numis has raised doubts about the contract Avanti Communications has signed with TigrisNet in widely distributed emails and conversations. Numis apologises if the previous communication led to a misunderstanding," the City broker said.

Unfortunately, mud sticks. This sort of thing can become a self-fulfilling prophecy and the share price has sunk. However, what is more important now is the future.

The company has undertaken a fund-raising and needs to raise no more cash to complete its launch plans. Indeed, at the interim stage Avanti had £26m of cash on its balance sheet. The launch of HYLAS 2, which will happen in a 30-day window from June 30, should be the next positive catalyst going forward. The group also plans to move from Aim to a full listing next year.

Avanti confirmed that in the four-month period to April 30 it had added £42.3m of backlog. These are contracts signed for bandwidth on both HYLAS 1 and 2. This brought the total backlog to £213m and Avanti said its pipeline of potential sales stood at £529m.

The company needs to make about £11m of sales each month to meet its target of filling capacity on HYLAS 1 by 2014 and HYLAS 2 by 2016. The figures indicate it is on track to do just that.

The company is currently loss-making, but it is expected to move into profit next year, with earnings rising quickly thereafter. The 2013 multiple is a very heady 163 times, but this falls to 9.3 in 2014 and just 4.4 in 2015.

The shares were first recommended on January 8, 2010, at 467½p and they are now down 33pc compared with a market up 1pc. The shares have drifted from a high of 735p. Questor noted that the investment could be very volatile and it was "not one on which to bet the farm" and that view still stands. The shares are now looking pretty cheap, should the group manage to fill all of its satellites. City analysts have some pretty punchy targets, with the average of the three analysts monitored by Bloomberg being £16.50, a staggering 430pc above the current levels.

Questor maintains a buy stance and looks forward to the launch of HYLAS 2 as the next major catalyst.

..

These have been a load of crap since BMD recommeded them or was it RHPS would not go down that road. If BT or Virgin cannot sort me out what chance has anyone else got with wratallites in the air.

Get onboard for 30th. June launch. Will go into orbit [satallite and price] unless the rocket,s a dud [insured]. watch the spreads, changes hour to hour,from 20p.+ to 1p. 5000 shares usual max. to buy.

Launch date 2nd. august.

On the move.

Liftoff. Successful launch.

Moving back to the lower end of its range, worth another punt I reckon.

Cue Dil - stage left.

Notice of full year results and HYLAS2 update

London - 5 October 2012. Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN, "Avanti"), the satellite operator, will announce its full year results for the year ended 30 June 2012 on Wednesday 10 October 2012.

Avanti will also update the market on the launch of service of HYLAS2.

Avanti Communications Group plc

Preliminary Results Announcement

London - 10 October 2012. Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN, "Avanti" or "the Company"), the satellite operator, has published today its unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2012.

Operational Highlights

· Announcement today that HYLAS 2 has entered service, open for business on all beams

· 22% more capacity available for sale than originally expected due to technical successes (11GHz versus 9GHz)

· HYLAS 3 fully financed and under construction for launch in 2015

Financial Highlights

· Revenues and Other Operating Income increased by 246% to £15.0 million (2011: £6.1 million)

· Cash at year end of £76.7 million

· Backlog increased by 57% to £268 million

· Strong sales momentum - the average monthly target of £11m new Backlog continues to be achieved

· Although the phasing of Backlog is more back-ended than expected, existing satellites are expected to be full at current run rate in 2016

Commenting, John Brackenbury, CBE, Avanti Chairman said:

"This has been a year of very strong growth for Avanti. The momentum of launching our second satellite in as many years to expand coverage to a total of 53 countries has created very significant demand. This is now evidenced in our contract backlog which grew by 57% in the year. Within the emerging markets that Avanti serves our flexible and resilient technology is winning business from customers who urgently need reliable, high quality communications.

"The formal launch of service today on HYLAS 2 over Africa and the Middle East gives us access to markets showing high economic and structural growth in demand for telecoms services. We look forward to the continued development of Avanti with growing confidence."

Why has it been falling recently?

Increased backlog plus reduced cash (preliminary results show pre-tax loss growing), theres only so much premium investors will pay over net worth. Once the backlog is reduced and AVN moves to the main market it'll generate interest inline with its peers. Its a volitile waiting game though at the moment, buy on the dips and sell on the ups is what most investors including myself are currently doing 260 buy, 300 sell unless momentum is strong.

What to do? hold? and wait a year or so to even out or sell and move on?

What would you buy if you sold out.

AMER

MAGP, SOU, NEW, GKP.......XEL

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Wow

No Barry Muncaster ?

RNS falling star sp down 33%,poor old tom!

sp currently 164p makes a mockery of brokers recommendations and target prices.

Nice bounce this morning.

StockMarketWire.com
(Dated 10th July 2013)
Satellite operator Avanti Communications has warned that revenues for the year to the end of June will be below market consensus as a result of timing movements of certain contracts.

It said that revenue guidance for the period included the value of several major contracts in Africa that were expected to close before 30 June 2013 but which are now expected to be completed in the next financial year.

At the same time, since the period end, the revenue due from a contract which was signed during the financial year is no longer assured.

As a result, revenues for the financial year ended 30 June 2013 are likely to be up to £10m below previous market consensus.

The group says: "Sales progress was otherwise encouraging, with particular success in signing contracts with major telecoms and media companies including Vodafone, Technicolor and CNN.

"We are also pleased that the highest quality specialist VSAT service companies are also choosing Avanti, with major new contracts in the year with Speedcast, TTcomm and Bentley Walker amongst others."

Good rally under way.

I think Dil used to follow these.

Been in and out of these quite a bit anyway, I'm long at the moment and think I'll stay long for now.

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StockMarketWire.com
Avanti confirms that revenue for the financial year ended 30 June is expected to be approximately $83m. This represents growth in core revenues year-on-year (excluding the spectrum sale in the prior year) of over 35%. EBITDA is expected to be approximately $8m.

But the group is reducing the recurring revenue growth target for FY17 due to the challenging economic backdrop.

Avanti's commercial reputation for high service quality and product innovation is strong, enabling it to win high value contracts with prestigious telecoms companies. In particular, the Group is leading the market in winning cellular backhaul business, and many opportunities are opening up around the EMEA region.

Contract wins in the fourth quarter were over $70m showing commercial traction is building. Cash at year end was $57m.

The economic backdrop is nonetheless challenging. In Africa, ongoing currency depreciation has resulted in the need for the Company to help some smaller broadband service providers with exchange rate adjustments and rework some of their long term commitments. Elsewhere, larger high credit quality telecoms and government customers are demanding longer credit terms, impacting working capital. Given these challenges, the previously guided 50% recurring revenue growth target will be reduced for FY2017 impacting EBITDA. At 2:34pm: (LON:AVN) Avanti Communications Group PLC share price was -33.25p at 26.75p

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It would have been very busy in the skies over sub-saharan Africa if facebook satellite had'nt been lunched on the pad. Avanti are putting two Sats up next year', lol and as far as i understand it Avianti find it hard getting payments from the users of their Hylas 2 Satellite covering this area. Face book would give internet connection for free, things do not look good