Axesstel Announces Management and Board Changes and Withdraws Financial Guidance; President, CFO and Director David Morash Resigns; ComVentures' Co-Founder Roland A. Van der Meer and Current Board Advisor Scott Fox Join Board of Directors.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Harry Casari Resigns and Scott Fox Scott Fox (born 28 June 1987 from Airdrie, Scotland) is a footballer who currently plays in the Celtic youth team. He has been a part of the Scottish under-19 national football team, in the U-19 European Championships. is Appointed New Chair of Audit Committee; 2005 Revenue Expected to Be below Previous Guidance Axesstel, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AFT), a leader in the design and development of fixed wireless voice and broadband data products, today announced changes in management and its board of directors. David Morash, president, chief financial officer and director, has resigned for personal reasons. Patrick Gray, vice president of finance and controller, will continue and supervise the financial and accounting processes while the company initiates a search for a new chief financial officer. In addition, the company has appointed Roland A. Van der Meer Van der Meer is a Dutch surname that simply means the phrase 'from the lake' in English. Many years ago, descendants would have lived from a lake in the Netherlands which is how the name first originated. , 45, and current board advisor Scott Fox, 49, to its board of directors. "Roland will make a strong contribution to the board of Axesstel," said Mike Kwon, chairman and chief executive officer of Axesstel. "ComVentures is a major investor in the company, and we look forward to a closer working role with Roland and his keen insights and depth of telecommunications and investment experience." "I am also pleased that our current board advisor Scott is joining the board in a formal capacity. With his 25 years of industry experience including his two-year role as chairman of the global GSM Association (GSM Association, Dublin, Ireland, www.gsmworld.com) A membership association founded in 1987 that promotes the development and evolution of the GSM communications standard worldwide. , which is the world's leading wireless-industry body, Scott is a strong voice in the wireless industry," added Kwon. In a separate and unrelated matter, the board reluctantly accepted the resignation of Harry Casari as a director, as the chair of the audit committee, and as a member of other board committees. Casari has resigned from the board to focus on other activities. Fox has been appointed as the new chair of the audit committee to replace Casari. "It has been a pleasure serving on the Axesstel board of directors and its committees and I wish the company well in its future endeavors," said Casari. There were no disagreements between Casari, Morash and Axesstel on any matter of accounting principles or practice, financial disclosure, or audit procedures. With Casari's resignation, there remains a total of nine board members. Financial Guidance As a result of a variety of factors, including delays relating to new product introduction with some of Axesstel's largest customers, revenues for the fourth quarter 2005 may fall below the low end of previous guidance of $17 million, and full year 2005 revenues are expected to be below its previous low end guidance of approximately $100 million. Management has determined that due to issues related to customer concentration, order size, customer acceptance testing of new products and the stage of the company's development, it cannot predict the timing of future revenues with adequate certainty to support reliable projections. Accordingly, it does not expect to provide additional financial guidance for the balance of 2005 and is suspending plans for issuing future guidance until further notice. The company will continue to report on significant customer developments as they occur. "While we are disappointed that we may not meet our previous guidance, we remain encouraged by our year-over-year revenue growth," said Kwon. "We think that the market for fixed wireless will continue to grow and remain very optimistic about Axesstel's prospects for sustained long-term growth." Cancels Plans for Presenting at First Albany Conference on December 7 As a result of today's management changes, the company has cancelled its previously announced plans to present at the First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY. Roland Van der Meer Roland Van der Meer has served since 1997 as a partner with ComVentures, which invests in technologies and early stage communications companies with the potential to redefine business and economic models, as well as the way in which whole segments of the communications industry operate. Listed 18th on the Forbes "Midas List of Top 100" technology dealmakers, he focuses his investments on systems, components and services. Van der Meer has more than 20 years of experience in the communications industry as an engineer, strategist and investor and before co-founding ComVentures, he served as a partner with Partech International, co-founded Communications Ventures, and spent several years with Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners. Early in his career, he held engineering positions with GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Labs and Sprint. He holds a BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. and a BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). from the Wharton School. About Axesstel, Inc. Axesstel (AMEX:AFT) is a leader in the design and development of fixed wireless voice and broadband data products. Axesstel's product portfolio includes fixed wireless desktop phones, payphones, voice/data terminals and broadband modems for access to voice calling and high-speed data services. Axesstel delivers innovative fixed wireless solutions, based on Global System for Mobile communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. (GSM) and 3G Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ) technology, to leading telecommunications operators and distributors worldwide. Axesstel is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. and has a research and development center and manufacturing facilities in Seoul, South Korea. For more information on Axesstel, visit www.axesstel.com. (C) 2005 Axesstel, Inc. All rights reserved. The Axesstel logo is a trademark of Axesstel, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements regarding financial guidance and company growth, which may affect future results and future viability. Axesstel wishes to caution readers that actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties and a number of important factors. Those factors include, but are not limited to, the risk of delays in the adoption of new technologies in developing markets or in new product introductions; the lack of continued acceptance or growth of CDMA technology in target markets; the possibility that networks that can support our CDMA EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. and EV-DV (EVolution-Data Voice) Part of the third generation of high-speed data enhancements to the CDMA cellphone technology. See CDMA2000 for more details. broadband modems will not be widely deployed; competition for contracts with our large telecommunication carrier customers; the risks of dependence on a limited number of those customers; the requirement for end users to accept our products and technologies; our dependence on limited or sole source suppliers; the possibility of unforeseen manufacturing difficulties including those associated with Axesstel manufacturing its own products; the risk that outsourced manufacturing to China will not provide cost reductions, improve efficiencies, or expedite product introductions; and other risk factors and information contained in Axesstel's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards, and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; the competitive nature of the markets for Axesstel's products; Axesstel's need to gain market acceptance for its products; Axesstel's need to attract and retain skilled personnel; potential intellectual property-related litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , and Axesstel's primary dependence on one large customer. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Axesstel undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this press release. |
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