Freedom4 Comm. Share Discussion Threads

[troys] 10/9/2008 06:45

I think we are due a review LOL

[troys] 10/9/2008 06:44

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT (CONTINUED)

SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK


The Group continues to believe that the UK wireless broadband market represents a major long-term growth opportunity, and that WiMAX technology delivers an attractive combination of range and access speed and bandwidth that can enable it to capture a material part of the growing market for wireless broadband services.


Through its ownership of 52% of the JV with Intel FREEDOM4 is strongly positioned to benefit from the growth of the wireless broadband market. The JV owns the largest block of licensed wireless broadband spectrum in the UK, a national wireless backhaul capability, an operational WiMAX network and systems infrastructure, and the capability to deliver multi-technology access for customers.


On the basis of its re-focused strategy the Group is now putting in place a sound platform for future growth, as the market develops over the next two ye

[troys] 13/8/2008 06:30

You cleaning up spights? :-)

[spights] 12/8/2008 19:21

I am here;o)

[troys] 12/8/2008 19:10

Turn the lights off when you leave. See you all on the other side :-)

[newmoody] 12/8/2008 19:03

It's a good job that the room is empty as I'm no good at public speaking. Seems everybody has rushed off to FFG . Now all on FFC know - even me! New.

[failedqs] 08/8/2008 07:00

"Shares" Mag has recommended FFC as a BUY this week.......

[failedqs] 06/8/2008 15:00

What has happened to FFC?.... Has the price really stayed unchanged for about a month now, with absolutely no movement either way ?

[gerri-c] 10/7/2008 08:26

VOB,

Thank you!

[veryoldbob] 10/7/2008 07:39

New thread as the charts on this one will no longer update thanks to the name and subsequent ticker code change:

[ps0u3165] 10/7/2008 07:36

FFC has disappeared off my monitor after showing no trades or info yesterday, is this down to the name change? I have tried a search with the new name however this comes up as unknown. Any suggestions, TIA.

[troys] 09/7/2008 14:06

More WiMax network rollouts in UK

David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 09 Jul 2008 13:33 BST

The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week.

On Thursday, On-Communications said it had decided WiMax was the best technology for providing wireless connectivity to business customers. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to customers in London, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Oxford, and claimed this rollout would make it the biggest WiMax provider in the UK.

Like the company Freedom4 - a spin-off from the former Pipex Wireless - On-Communications is offering fixed WiMax as a cheaper, wireless alternative to symmetrical DSL. The company says all its new base stations will be WiMax-compatible. It will be using Airspan's MicroMax technology for this.


"For some time now, WiMax has threatened to come of age as a stable technology platform for Fixed Wireless Access to business customers," said Ian Roberts, On-Communications's chief executive, on Thursday. "We are delighted to say that after detailed lab and field evaluations, we feel it is now truly ready for prime-time deployment. WiMax really is 'the intelligent pipe' right into the enterprise, which will be a real boon to UK plc's need for high speed symmetrical internet connectivity."

On 23 July another WiMax provider, OrbitalNet, will also be extending its coverage to businesses in Folkestone, Kent. According to the company, the service will offer businesses symmetrical speeds of up to 45Mbps, although personal user connections are likely to be slightly slower than this.

These services and others like them are based on fixed WiMax technology. Rollouts of the mobile variant of WiMax are dependent on the results of an Ofcom spectrum auction due later this year.

[growthhunter] 09/7/2008 11:17

The RNS - so what!

[veryoldbob] 08/7/2008 21:12

Hard to tell - the name change seems a bit pointless and there's been no real news on the important stuff: prices and customer numbers for Manchester and MK and the result of the license variation request to OFCOM. Until we see hard news on those, I wouldn't expect too much of a movement from current prices.

Looks like Gartmore are increasing though:

"The Company was also notified on 7 July 2008 by Gartmore Investment Limited, that as at close of business on 2nd July 2008, they held 172,687,854 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company with indirect voting rights, representing 16.131% of the total issued share capital and voting rights of the Company."

[micky468] 08/7/2008 20:02

wt do or would you make of this VeryOldBob.if you were to read more in to this.?

[veryoldbob] 08/7/2008 18:41

Another change of ticker, but same old faces minus Laurence Blackall...

Freedom4 changes name to 'Freedom4 Group'; names Peter Dubens non-exec chairman

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Freedom4 Communications Plc. said it has
changed its name to 'Freedom4 Group Plc.' and its shares will trade under ticker
code 'FFG' effective July 9, while its ISIN Code will remain the same, being
GB0005846018.
The wireless communications services provider said it named Peter Dubens as
its non-executive chairman from Aug. 1, and Laurence Blackall retired as the
company's director, following the annual general meeting held today.

[veryoldbob] 08/7/2008 13:34

Gartmore already hold 12%, so that would take them to 21%. Expect an RNS to confirm in a day or so...

[gerri-c] 08/7/2008 13:12

..."FINANCIAL TIMES Gartmore rumoured to have bought 9% holding in Freedom4 (FFC) from M&G"........

[ps0u3165] 08/7/2008 11:42

Thanks spights.

[spights] 08/7/2008 07:05

https://www.euroclear.com/site/public/CRE

[ps0u3165] 08/7/2008 06:23

Hi spights

Where did you get the loan data?

[spights] 07/7/2008 21:47

Monthly Stock Loan Data


Data available for dates between September-2003 and June-2008

Select date for displaying data

January February March April May June July August September October November December 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Monthly Data for June-2008

ISIN Abbreviation Average No. on
Loan Average No in
CREST Percentage
GB0003473104 FORTH PORTS 50P 3348815.28 42667761.04 7.84
GB0001022960 FORTUNE OIL ORD 1P 4974161.66 601304614.52 0.82
GB0008906322 FRAM'ON INNOV 25P 85880.00 24557380.42 0.34
GB0005846018 FREEDOM4 COMS 0.1P --16839436.33 ---1022394660.04- 1.64%

[spights] 07/7/2008 18:54

;o))))))))))))))))

[troys] 07/7/2008 18:50

When the share price is below 1p we will have an RNS informing us who the seller is. LOL