EX-99 7 exhibit99.htm EXHIBIT 99

Exhibit 99

KonaTel Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results

Revenue Increased 63% Year-Over-Year to $5.9 Million as Mobile Services Continues to Scale

Company Expects Gross Profit to Improve in Fourth Quarter

 

DALLAS, November 14, 2022 -- KonaTel, Inc. (OTCQB: KTEL) (www.konatel.com), a voice/data communications holding company, today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Summary and Recent Business Highlights

·Revenues of $5.9 million, up 62.8% compared to the third quarter last year and up 14.8% compared to the second quarter of this year.
·Gross profit of $911,000, down 43.9% compared to the third quarter last year. Gross profit temporarily down due to increased customer acquisition costs (recognized at activation per U.S. accounting guidelines) during this period of planned rapid growth.
·GAAP net loss of $(1.3) million, or $(0.03) per share, compared to GAAP net income of $320,000, or $0.01 per share, in the third quarter last year.
·Non-GAAP net loss of $(995,000), or $(0.02) per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $599,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the third quarter last year.
·Cash and cash equivalents of $2.2 million as of September 30, 2022, compared with $933,000 as of December 31, 2021.

D. Sean McEwen, Chairman and CEO of KonaTel stated, “Third quarter revenue grew 63% year-over-year and 15% sequentially to nearly $6.0 million. We ignited our growth earlier this year with strategic investments in the acquisition of new Mobil Services customers. As one of only a limited number of FCC approved national wireless resellers under recently expanded government programs, we are uniquely positioned to capture additional market share and are seizing the opportunity to do so. Scaling our business requires an upfront investment to acquire customers, which is already creating increasing recurring streams of revenue and cash. As previously discussed, the investment in our accelerated growth plan put pressure on our margins over the last two quarters as costs to acquire new customers are generally expensed at the start of service; however, the initiatives we are taking today are setting ourselves up for sustained profitable growth.”

McEwen continued, “Looking ahead and because of the way we implement our growth strategy, we anticipate gross profit and cash flow to accelerate as we begin to recover customer acquisition costs. We are fortunate to have a business model that provides the flexibility to take a measured and stepped approached to growth.”

McEwen concluded, “We also continue to develop our Hosted Services market segment and are experiencing an increase in overall SMS & MMS messaging, voice usage and LTE data volume across our national CPaaS cloud network. We recently executed a new three-year extension with one of our largest cloud services customers that doubles their monthly minimum revenue commitment. Under the terms of the new contract, which has a minimum value of $7.2 million over the term, we will continue to provide our national cloud communications platform to support their network, which provides inmate communications services to prisons across the United States.”

 
 

Quarterly Financial Summary (Q3 2022 vs. Q3 2021)

Revenue of $5.9 million, an increase of 62.8% compared to $3.6 million. This continued increase was directly related to growth in our Mobile Services segment through the delivery of mobile voice and high-speed mobile data service to low-income consumers under the Lifeline and ACP programs.

Gross profit was $911,000, or 15.5% gross profit margin, compared to $1.6 million, or 45.0% gross profit margin. The decline in gross profit was directly related to up-front costs booked as direct costs and incurred by accelerating growth to acquire new customers within our Mobile Services segment. Mobile customer acquisition costs are not amortized over the average life of the customer, but are generally recognized at the start of service and typically recovered within 120 days after activation. Mobile customer acquisition costs for the third quarter 2022 were $2.9 million compared to $283,000 for the third quarter of 2021.

Total operating expenses were $2.1 million, up 64.0%, compared to $1.3 million. This increase was primarily due to additions in payroll and related expenses resulting from the hiring of operations management and customer support positions in each of the Company’s subsidiaries, Apeiron Systems and IM Telecom d/b/a “Infiniti Mobile.”

GAAP net loss was $(1.3) million, or $(0.03) per diluted share (based on 41.9 million weighted average shares), compared to net income of $320,000, or $0.01 per diluted share (based on 43.6 million weighted average shares). The loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022, was impacted by an acceleration of growth in the Mobile Services segment that increased customer acquisition costs.

Non-GAAP net loss was $(995,000), or $(0.02) per diluted share, compared to Non-GAAP net income of $599,000, or $0.01 per diluted share.

Year-to-Date Financial Detail (First Nine Months of 2022 vs. First Nine Months of 2021)

Revenues increased 70.8% to $15.2 million, compared to $8.9 million, reflecting a 143.0% increase in Mobile Services revenues, which was partially offset by a 4.1% decline in Hosted Services.

Gross profit was $3.0 million, or 19.7% gross profit margin, compared to gross profit of $4.0 million, or 44.5% gross profit margin. The decline in gross profit directly related to up-front costs incurred by accelerating growth to acquire new customers within the Mobile Services segment. Mobile customer acquisition costs for the first nine months of 2022 were $6.6 million compared to $549,000 for the first nine months of 2021.

Total operating expenses were $5.5 million, up 61.9% compared to $3.4 million. This increase was due primarily to additions in payroll and related expenses resulting from the hiring of operations management and customer support positions in each of the company’s subsidiaries, Apeiron Systems and Infiniti Mobile.

GAAP net loss was $(2.9) million, or $(0.07) per diluted share (based on 41.7 million weighted average shares), compared to net income of $428,000, or $0.01 per diluted share (based on 43.4 million weighted average shares).

Non-GAAP net loss was $(2.1) million, or $(0.05) per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $1,223,000, or $0.03 per diluted share.

About KonaTel

KonaTel provides a variety of retail and wholesale telecommunications services including mobile voice/text/data service supported by national U.S. mobile networks, mobile numbers, SMS/MMS services, IoT mobile data service, and a range of hosted cloud services. KonaTel’s subsidiary, Apeiron Systems (www.apeiron.io), is a global cloud communications service provider employing a dynamic “as a service” (CPaaS/UCaaS/CCaaS/PaaS) platform. Apeiron provides voice, messaging, SD-WAN, and platform services using its national cloud network. All Apeiron’s services can be accessed through legacy

 
 

interfaces and rich communications APIs. KonaTel’s other subsidiary, Infiniti Mobile (www.infinitimobile.com), is an FCC authorized wireless Lifeline carrier with an FCC approved wireless Lifeline Compliance Plan, authorized to provide government subsidized cellular service to low-income American families. KonaTel is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. This press release should be considered in light of the disclosures contained in the filings of KonaTel and its “forward-looking statements” in such filings that are contained in the EDGAR Archives of the SEC at www.sec.gov.

Contacts

D. Sean McEwen

(214) 323-8410

inquiries@konatel.com

 

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KonaTel, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   September 30, 2022   December 31, 2021 
Assets          
Current Assets          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $2,243,195   $932,785 
Accounts Receivable, net   1,503,055    1,274,687 
Inventory, Net   297,393    566,839 
Prepaid Expenses   7,443    79,467 
Other Current Asset   164    164 
Total Current Assets   4,051,250    2,853,942 
           
Property and Equipment, Net   39,624    48,887 
           
Other Assets          
Intangible Assets, Net   1,224,790    807,775 
Other Assets   127,864    154,297 
Investments   10,000    10,000 
Total Other Assets   1,362,654    972,072 
Total Assets  $5,453,528   $3,874,901 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity          
Current Liabilities          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  $1,445,975   $930,449 
Loans Payable, net of origination fees   3,027,564    —   
Right of Use Operating Lease Obligation - current   115,653    50,672 
Total Current Liabilities   4,589,192    981,121 
           
Long Term Liabilities          
Right of Use Operating Lease Obligation - long term   495,385    136,445 
Note Payable - long term   —      150,000 
Total Long Term Liabilities   495,385    286,445 
Total Liabilities   5,084,577    1,267,566 
Commitments and contingencies          
Stockholders’ Equity          
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 42,215,406 outstanding and issued at September 30, 2022 and 41,615,406 outstanding and issued at December 31, 2021   42,215    41,615 
Additional Paid In Capital   8,540,557    7,911,224 
Accumulated Deficit   (8,213,821)   (5,345,504)
Total Stockholders’ Equity   368,951    2,607,335 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  $5,453,528   $3,874,901 

 

 
 

 

KonaTel, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

  2022   2021   2022   2021
Revenue $ 5,880,333    $ 3,612,861    $ 15,231,288    $ 8,919,573 
Cost of Revenue   4,969,251      1,988,624      12,230,378      4,946,786 
Gross Profit   911,082      1,624,237      3,000,910      3,972,787 
                       
Operating Expenses                      
Payroll and Related Expenses   1,348,152      636,329      3,719,446      1,817,200 
Operating and Maintenance   5,321      461      6,681      1,211 
Bad Debt           29,133      427 
Professional Services   381,340      77,335      675,987      206,671 
Utilities and Facilities   60,083      39,726      135,118      110,523 
Depreciation and Amortization   3,088      213,552      9,264      640,657 
General and Administrative   71,545      32,668      251,778      93,994 
Marketing and Advertising   15,542      37,350      100,570      50,073 
Application Development Costs   142,237      179,427      391,930      396,715 
Taxes and Insurance   26,729      35,784      150,389      60,479 
Total Operating Expenses   2,054,037      1,252,632      5,470,296      3,377,950 
                       
Operating Income/(Loss)   (1,142,955)     371,605      (2,469,386)     594,837 
                       
Other Income and Expense                      
Interest Expense   (161,977)     (2,573)     (233,153)     (12,328)
Other Expenses   (40,582)     (49,197)     (165,778)     (154,310)
Total Other Income and Expenses   (202,559)     (51,770)     (398,931)     (166,638)
                       
Net Income (Loss) $ (1,345,514)   $ 319,836    $ (2,868,317)   $ 428,199 
                       
Earnings (Loss) per Share                      
Basic $ (0.03)   $ 0.01    $ (0.07)   $ 0.01 
Diluted $ (0.03)   $ 0.01    $ (0.07)   $ 0.01 
Weighted Average Outstanding Shares                      
Basic   41,912,145      40,899,569      41,715,406      40,758,495 
Diluted   41,912,145      43,565,835      41,715,406      43,434,761