Tipped by the independent 2/01/2004

........."And so to our traditional "wild card". Pipex Communications, formerly known as GX Networks, is a telecoms company created by one of the entrepreneurs behind Ukbetting, Peter Dubens. It has been assembled from six smaller players. The ambitious company is generating cash for the first time but is still not widely followed in the City. It could be an undiscovered gem".

Another 900k sells & 200k buys and guess what price ticks up...
sell:8.225

MMs are after stock.
L2 currently 4v1

Hope its cable & wireless :)

Hmmm
L2 1v4

Will be interesting to see what late trade go through after the bell, if any.

Was also thinking something would come up after the bell... however def think we can expect the same action tomo
They keep increasing sell price: 8.23, 8.31...now 8.38 (volume 4 million+, sells definately outweighing buys approx 3:1 and SP rises 8% HUH )
Have a feeling something big gonna go down soon, maybe some news on Tues?

Not Monday ... it's a bank hol....markets closed ! make it tomo or next Tues.

So it's going up because:-

A big buy order to fill?

Take-over (UBS accumulating; Cable and Wirless looking for an ISP)?

Technology stocks rallying in US?

PXC will be in the new AIM 50?

Or:

The MMs need to shift some stock, pump the price up for a few days and then drop back again.

Couldn't work out the MM activity this afternoon. Four on the bid, one on the offer and then switched around to 1v4 without any noticeable sales and then shoved the price up by another 3 or 4%. Any explanations?

Seem to have been holding these for ever and I am sure if just about any other company had had so much institutional buying and credible tips the SP would be flying. Baffles the life out of me! Let's hope this recent rise is not yet another false dawn.

PTH

Has been inexplicable for some time. LOL. Turnover of around 100 million, profit close on 6 million, massive institutional investment, good management, aquisitions and growth. Must be that naked shorting on the Berlin exchange LOL.

They can pump the price up but we will not sell cheap. Will we ????? Its far to early. LOL

Run out of steam so far this morning

MM's just f$%ing playing games now... feel like kicking the w%^$ers!!!
When is this share gonna hit 14p lol
Oh well gonna move this back to my BE PATIENT PORTFOLIO, it will come good soon :) ( MM's just want our stock, me thinks ;] )

Yes, agree... so many false dawns..just when you think something solid is going to start it pulls back... patience is a virtue... this is a quality stock and will come good as some stage.

Extract from Citywire

Published: 12:45 Thursday 26 May 2005
By Joanne Wallen, Associate Editor

…….but pre-tax profits before exceptional items were up to 377 million from 278 million and free cashflow was up 31%. Diluted earnings per share rose to 12.3p from 10.2p and the company has increased its dividend by 21% to 3.8p.

C&W is in the process of a 250 million of share buyback programme, and as of March had bought 60.5 million shares, at an average price of 124.4p. It also contributed 100 million to its pension fund. After this and the Bulldog rollout investment, it still had 1.3 billion of cash at year-end.

Caio was quizzed at length about the company’s plans for this cash, and he was reticent to put any flesh on the company’s plans for the money. He pointed to the 17% return on gross capital being achieved from its acquisition of the controlling interest in Monaco Telecom for 108 million, and said the company wanted the flexibility of having a strong balance sheet, and that it was ‘actively identifying opportunities to add value for shareholders’.


Wonder what Cable and Wireless might spend their money on? In any case, instis bought in at 10.5 and the company will grow via acquisition and in its own right without any ‘hot’ t/o talk.


Pipex AGM is on 7th June.

Pipex Communications PLC
31 May 2005



Embargoed for 7.00am Tuesday 31 May 2005



PIPEX Communications plc
PIPEX Announces Participation in exclusive Microsoft Early Adopter Programme for
hosting solutions



PIPEX Communications plc ('PIPEX'), the telecoms network operator and provider
of hosting and broadband solutions, announced that it is one of only four
companies worldwide taking part in Microsoft's global Early Adopter Programme
(EAP) for its Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 3.5 (announced 17 May
2005), enabling PIPEX's customers to be amongst the first in the world to use
the new products and services.



As an Early Adopter, PIPEX has been able to offer input throughout the
development process of the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version
3.5, which will drive the future of website/portal design, building and content
management and includes technologically advanced tools, such as portal builders,
forums, photo galleries and web logging.



Moving forward, PIPEX will have the ability to provide input into the
development of Microsoft shared hosting technologies. Participation in the
programme also provides PIPEX with the opportunity to preview upcoming releases
of Microsoft software and gain insight into Microsoft's technical roadmap.



As part of the programme, PIPEX has already launched a free Content Management
System ('DotNetNuke') in collaboration with Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems
for both new users building a hosted website for the first time and web
developers that want to design their own themes and create their own
customisable modules such as e-commerce applications. DotNetNuke is provided as
open-source software and has a growing community of over 125,000 users and a
dedicated base of programming professionals.



Mike Read, CEO of PIPEX, comments,


'Taking part in Microsoft's Early Adopter Programme is testament to our leading
position in the hosting market and a clear demonstration of our aim to be at the
forefront of hosting technology development. It also confirms our commitment to
providing our customers with the most up to date products and services. We are
seeing shared hosting continuing to grow strongly both for PIPEX and the market
in general, and this opportunity allows PIPEX to take advantage of the expected
high growth of the Windows segment of this market, which is anticipated to
develop at an even faster pace through the deployment of innovative and
compelling offerings, such as our new DotNetNuke solution.'



Micheline Germanos, Director of Web Services & Hosting, Communications Sector,
Microsoft EMEA, said, 'Microsoft is delighted to include PIPEX as part of our
Early Adopter Programme for Windows-based Hosting Version 3.5. It is a company
at the forefront of its industry and we have been impressed by its dedication
both to future technological developments and to its customers.'



-ends-


PIPEX Communications plc 020 7766 6909
Peter Dubens, Chairman
Mike Read, CEO


Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113
Juliet Clarke / Ben Way / Edward Bridges


About PIPEX
PIPEX is a leading provider of innovative, tailor-made hosting solutions, which
enable top UK companies to trade securely 24/7.


Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.






This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

An interesting link copied from another BB

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=16133

This seems like excellent news which could really make the company....so why only up 0.5p so far today?

Nothing moves this share queen 1

Well its not price moving info... just faith that the company is a strong contender and is pulling the right strings.
I reckon the price will only move up if it is targeted as a possible take over!

Anyways seems it's stable at 8.50p now, which is a good sign...

Courtesy of Croasdalelfc from the other side


UK market for Windows-based Hosting is about 12 million according to the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=16133

This is a PIPex case study and shows why MS chose Pipex as one of 4.''

PCHL launched its Windows-based shared hosting service in late September 2004, and within two weeks it was signing up 33 percent of its new shared hosting customers on the service. "We're very pleased with the uptake of this product," says Brown, "and, as we add more features, we see that uptake only increasing."

Could add 3 or 4% to turnover?, similar to Don Hosting.