• The B2 Fighting Series by B2Digital is quickly becoming a premier development league for MMA
• Its first fall season will feature 10 live MMA fights scheduled to take place before the end of the year
• B2Digital’s goal is to establish the popularity of the B2 Fighting Series within a rapidly expanding market; statistics show that MMA has become the fastest growing sport in the world, resulting in massive opportunities for revenue stream development

B2Digital Inc. (OTC: BTDG), an enterprise in the process of developing and acquiring MMA/sports-related businesses to become a vertically integrated live events sports company, recently announced the launch of its B2 Fighting Series fall schedule. The first fall season of the B2 Fighting Series will feature 10 live MMA fights before the end of the calendar year, the company announced (http://ibn.fm/XYonD).

B2 Fighting Series is quickly becoming a premier development league for MMA. As per an official announcement, it will be holding fall, spring and summer season series each year.

“B2Digital’s holdings continue to expand and we are pleased that our five fight groups companies have fights planned to create the first fall season of our rapidly developing B2 Fighting Series League. We expect the corresponding revenue created by the increased number of LIVE MMA events to increase corresponding to the number of fights we are holding,” B2Digital Chairman and CEO Greg P. Bell said in a news release. “We continue to be highly encouraged with our B2Digital management team’s accomplishments in delivering LIVE events for the B2 Fighting Series.”

The 2019 fall season commenced with Colosseum Combat Fight Group’s 50th event in Kokomo, Indiana. The event included four professional fights and eight amateur bouts (http://ibn.fm/b8Oqj). The main event was a standoff between local Indiana boxing and grappling practitioner Sean Fallon and Garrett Gross.

B2 Fighting Series will end its fall season on a high note – with the HRMMA 113 in Dayton, Ohio. The event is scheduled to take place on December 7. A complete schedule of the fall season events is available on B2Digital’s official website (http://ibn.fm/AnEff).

After the holiday break, B2Digital will launch the B2 Fighting Series spring season over the first weekend of February 2020. The season will kick off on Super Bowl weekend on February 2, in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, with HRMMA 114 and will continue until the beginning of June.

B2Digital’s initial goal is to establish an integrated premier development league for the mixed martial arts marketplace, a rapidly expanding industry. The global MMA market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 6.1 percent through 2026 (http://ibn.fm/klOhK). Statistics show that MMA has become the fastest growing sport in the world. The popularity of MMA is especially high in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, where the number of professional leagues and events is growing every year. The sport is growing in popularity in Russia and the UK, but also in China, Japan and Korea – countries with established martial arts traditions.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.B2DigitalOTC.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to BTDG are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/BTDG

• The company is prepping for high foot traffic when showing its Pure American Hemp cigarettes at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) exhibition
• SinglePoint’s tight focus on solar and CBD is promoting profits as both industries continue to perform well
• The company’s well-timed investment in Jacksam creates high expectations in the cannabis sector

SinglePoint Inc. (OTCQB: SING), a company that specializes in the acquisition of small to mid-sized businesses, is seeing significant gains across multiple assets.

SING CEO Greg Lambrecht joined Donald Baillargeon on MoneyTV to discuss the company’s latest product: Pure’s American Hemp cigarettes. Smoking hemp, a trend that began in the south, has been sweeping across the country. Providing the benefits of CBD along with a great taste, the hemp cigarette looks to bring high dividends to the company.

The product is federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill and is being used by consumers to substitute for or modify tobacco consumption. The company is planning to present its latest product at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) exhibition slated for October 1-4, where more than 22,000 attendees are expected (http://ibn.fm/WVR0R). SING leadership is optimistic about the exhibition’s impact potential, as a previous cigar product that Lambrecht took to NACS ended up in 30,000 accounts, and the firm he represented at the time later went public on the Nasdaq.

In an effort to ramp up the marketing and foot traffic at NACS, SING is sending over 5,000 direct mailers to various potential distributors and an email to the more than 22,000 attendees prior to the event. “We believe this is going to be a huge success for us, and we are excited to launch this product at the largest, most respected show in the industry,” Lambrecht stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/8BfKj). The company is taking significant strides in order to position itself as a leader in hemp cigarettes.

SinglePoint’s tight focus on solar and CBD has proven to be successful, as both industries are flourishing. According to Lambrecht, SING’s solar subsidiary, Direct Solar, is continuing to earn $1 million a month in contracts.

As Donald Baillargeon stated toward the close of the interview, “Solar is hot, and CBD is smoking, so I guess you are in the right places.” During the interview, Lambrecht reiterated the current success of both industries and noted that he is looking forward to sharing the company’s third-quarter numbers (http://ibn.fm/Q5yGW).

Lambrecht isn’t the only SING executive making news. SING President and Director Wil Ralston recently made an appearance on the Investor Ideas Podcast (http://ibn.fm/IDbiz). SING was able to secure a sizeable interest in Jacksam (OTCQB: JKSM), a firm that has since gone public. Since going public, JKSM has released a newly engineered automation machine, Convectium, to fill and cap CCell compression cartridges.

“Convectium was founded on the basis that automation, speed, hardware and technology combined for the ancillary cannabis space can help these manufacturers and retailers make their whole filling and supply chain process much simpler and efficient,” Ralston noted on the podcast when asked about Convectium and JKSM.

“Typically what would happen is, people would hire a staff to fill 1,000 cartridges or whatever their need was for the week and have what the industry called ‘filling parties,’ and that’s sloppy, messy and slow,” he continued.

“So Convectium came in and found there was an opportunity there. They’ve built out a machine where you can put in all your oil, and in a single insert of the custom cartridge they give you, you can fill one hundred pens in less than 30 seconds, and there is no spillage or leakage. So not only is your efficiency better, but it’s an easier, cleaner, money-saving and time-saving process,” Ralston concluded.

Convectium is leading the way among competitors by focusing on automation systems and being a value addition to the companies that are already providing effective cartridges to the market. Its automation technology has the potential to disrupt in the industry. SING continues to invest in and acquire small to mid-sized companies, with an emphasis on new technologies, providing investors opportunities across a wide range of assets.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SinglePoint.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SING are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SING

• Petroteq’s field operations and engineering staff have initiated the commissioning process for its Asphalt Ridge facility
• The EIA warns that, even though production needs are met for the immediate future, more investment in new extraction technologies will be needed to meet rising demand
• Companies like Petroteq are leading the way; the Petroteq clean oil sand extraction technology is green, effective and cost-efficient
• Petroteq is already working on licensing agreements that will allow other entities to utilize CORT for effective oil sand extraction

Petroteq Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PQE) (OTC: PQEFF) has announced the initiation of commissioning processes and ‎sequences for its Asphalt Ridge facility in Utah, offering the company’s revolutionary technology for the environmentally safe and sustainable extraction of heavy oil and bitumen from oil sands, oil shale deposits and shallow oil deposits (http://ibn.fm/Cnp1m). The company will issue a ‎press release once commissioning has been completed and the facility starts processing oil sands ore to ‎achieve sales of oil production at the facility.‎

An innovator and proprietary technology developer, the Canadian-registered Petroteq is making surface tar oil sands extraction cleaner and more sustainable. The company’s Clean Oil Recovery Technology (CORT) is a proprietary, closed-loop oil recovery system that significantly lowers capital construction and production costs.

Through its process, Petroteq is removing bituminous oil from the sands that are abundant in Utah. The process is so sustainable and clean that the sands left behind after the completion of the oil recovery are suitable for growing produce.

The short-term U.S. oil production output forecast for the years to come suggests growth of 1.2 million bpd in 2019, followed by an increase of one million bpd in 2020, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported (http://ibn.fm/nCyUN). In 2020, the annual production average is on pace to hit 13.2 million bpd.

According to Reuters, the U.S. is already on track to meet the 13 million bpd milestone in the final quarter of 2019 (http://ibn.fm/9NCcm). The shale revolution has turned the U.S. into the world’s biggest oil producer, surpassing Russian and Saudi Arabian output. By 2023, the U.S. will be prepared to export approximately five million bpd of oil, the EIA estimates (http://ibn.fm/DJjq1).

According to the EIA, strong economic growth will drive the demand for oil worldwide, leading to limited supply unless investment in new extraction technologies occurs. Companies like Petroteq are paving the way for cleaner, more efficient and sustainable oil production in the years to come.

CORT has the transformative power to change oil recovery from sand and revolutionize the process. The patented 14-stage process can extract up to 99 percent of crude oil and recycle more than 99 percent of the solvent being used in the process. The technology does not necessitate the use of water, and there are no greenhouse gas emissions. CORT also doesn’t depend on high temperatures, and, upon the completion of the extraction, virtually no waste is left behind.

An innovator and pioneer, Petroteq is also making its technology available to other entities. On July 2, 2019, the company announced its entry into a non-exclusive technology licensing agreement with Valkor LLC, a Texas energy service provider. The agreement grants Valkor non-exclusive usage rights of Petroteq’s oil recovery technology.

This is just the first agreement showing the versatility and attractiveness of CORT. According to an official Petroteq announcement, the technology could be licensed in over 20 countries known for their oil sand resources.

Currently, roll-out discussions for CORT utilization are ongoing in the Middle East, Canada, Africa and South America, Petroteq announced. All innovative CORT features give Petroteq significant growth potential that can be readily capitalized in the coming years.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Petroteq.energy

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PQEFF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/PQEFF

• CloudCommerce’s recently announced rollout of SWARM offers a proprietary, audience-driven business-intelligence solution
• The global business-intelligence market is projected to see 11 percent annual growth
• CloudCommerce subsidiaries provide branding, data analysis, digital marketing and web design services

For marketers, connecting with the consumers most likely to need their products is like finding that proverbial needle in a haystack. Consequently, a lot of digital marketing today operates on the timeworn spray-and-pray model or delivers “stalker ads” that surreptitiously pursue consumers from site to site, even though those consumers may have already purchased the product being advertised. Spray-and-pray is inefficient, since the model often serves up ads to the wrong markets. Stalker ads are equally ineffectual. In addition, they annoy viewers and are costly both in terms of dollars and distinctiveness for brands. Fortunately, solutions now being offered by CloudCommerce Inc. (OTCQB: CLWD) promise to provide a new promotional paradigm for marketers. The company’s flagship SWARM is an end-to-end audience intelligence solution that helps businesses identify which consumers to talk to, what to say to those consumers and how to motivate those consumers to take meaningful action.

SWARM combines a range of disciplines – advanced data science, behavioral science, artificial intelligence and marketing research – to discover, develop and create custom audiences for any business activity (http://ibn.fm/T7Am8). The intelligent audience-building tool analyzes markets using marketing personas, or archetypes of attributes and attitudes common to customers.

The use in marketing of these personas is well established, but, typically, personas are constructed using demographic data such as gender, race, age, income, etc. SWARM takes the analysis deeper by employing a behavioral-science approach to audience creation and communication. Using SWARM, marketers can examine consumer motivations and the factors that trigger consumers’ decisions to buy. Promoters then have the opportunity to communicate more effectively with their prospects, leading to greater brand acceptance and increased revenues.

CloudCommerce expects that SWARM will benefit from the rapidly growing market for business intelligence. According to Market Research Future, the global business-intelligence (BI) market will grow from $16.3 billion in 2016 to $34.3 billion by 2022, at an compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.03 percent (http://ibn.fm/NKj1t).

CloudCommerce also offers a range of complementary services through subsidiaries. DataPROPIA is the company’s data-analytics unit. This service collects, aggregates and analyzes data from a wide variety of sources. Data and behavioral scientists then segment and model that data to be deployed in targeted marketing campaigns. DataPROPIA has data-analytics expertise in retail, wholesale, distribution, logistics, manufacturing and other industries.

Parscale Digital is CloudCommerce’s digital-marketing division. The unit develops marketing plans for clients and assists in the execution of powerful call-to-action digital campaigns that boost exposure and widen national reach.

Two other business units make up the CloudCommerce family. Giles Design Bureau is the group’s branding specialist subsidiary, while WebTEGRITY develops commerce-focused, user-friendly digital websites and apps for online marketers.

Earlier in September 2019, CloudCommerce announced the appointment of NetworkNewsWire (NNW), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, as its corporate communications agent (http://ibn.fm/AS4dY).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CloudCommerce.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CLWD are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/CLWD

• The company’s CEO says that its partnership with My Home Group Real Estate could boost solar sales to $2 million monthly by 2020
• SING’s president noted that both SING and the real-estate firm jointly benefit when agents refer Direct Solar installations to home buyers and sellers
• CFN Media Group released analysis of SING’s savvy investment in a cannabis automated-speed packager

SinglePoint Inc. (OTCQB: SING) CEO Greg Lambrecht said in an interview on MoneyTV with host Donald Baillargeon that a strong performance by subsidiary Direct Solar could drive company revenues in FY2020 to anywhere from $15 million to $25 million. Lambrecht noted that the solar division is already generating $1 million a month in solar contracts. By 2020, that monthly sales total could be dramatically higher (http://ibn.fm/65SFM).

“Solar is a monster right now,” Lambrecht stated in the interview. “It’s taken on a life of its own. Direct Solar could take contracts up to $2 million per month in 2020.” The company exec explained that great opportunities exist to sell solar to an audience of environmentally conscious millennials eager to find alternative energy made more affordable by the availability of government rebates and financing through SING’s new arm, Direct Solar Capital.

In the podcast ‘Clean Tech and Climate Change’ by InvestorIdeas.com (http://ibn.fm/Dqplr), SING President Wil Ralston reported that Direct Solar’s recent partnership with My Home Group Real Estate LLC will be mutually beneficial to both companies. While SING has seen an increase in referrals to home buyers/sellers for more solar installations, the real estate group – the second-fastest growing residential real-estate brokerage in the nation – can provide alternative energy options for homeowners who are eco-conscious, searching for cleaner alternative fuel systems and looking to reduce their reliance on the grid as well as reduce utility bills (http://ibn.fm/e3X0B). The real-estate firm has some 2,500 agents.

“We have already reached a level of nearly four contract closings per day nearly seven days a week,” Ralston noted on the podcast. Highlighting the company’s potential for growth, he added, “We have the scalability to go nationwide in the future. We are already in 11 cities.”

In addition, Lambrecht was optimistic about SING’s focus on the launch of Pure American hemp cigarettes. He said that SING would show the new line of hemp cigarettes at the National Association of Convenience Stores’ (NAC) convention, scheduled October 1-4 in Atlanta. Nationwide, there are some 340,000 convenience stores, and SING is distributing a sophisticated mailer to major buyers, Lambrecht said. He also noted that SING’s tagline – ‘Make the Switch’ – is aimed at encouraging smokers and vape consumers to convert to pure-hemp cigarettes instead.

CFN Media Group published an analysis article lauding SING’s investment in cannabis automated-speed packager Jacksam Corp. (OTCQB: JKSM), operator of the proprietary Convectium 710 Shark packaging system (http://ibn.fm/Ndawb). The article praised the system’s ability to “[run] circles around the competition,” as “none of the limited amount of competition even comes close to the speed or diversity of the 710 Shark.” SING now holds roughly six percent of the outstanding shares of Jacksam Corp., the article reported. In March 2017, SING made a $400,000 cash-and-stock investment into then privately-held Convectium, which has developed automation solutions for the cannabis industry that fill, cap and package THC and CBD concentrates some 60-times quicker than manual methods (http://ibn.fm/bQ0p3). In a news release describing the benefit of SING’s investment (http://ibn.fm/eArgl), CEO Greg Lambrecht concluded, “We were confident in the investment in Convectium 2-1/2 years ago and are greatly looking forward to the coming years under their new business model.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SinglePoint.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SING are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SING

• The direct-selling industry reached record numbers last year, continuing its consistent growth
• SHRG’s global expansion plan includes strategic steps to align with its mission
• The company has reported record-breaking growth in sales and Elepreneur numbers

In a global industry that reached $192.9 billion last year and saw a year-over-year increase of 1.5 percent from 2017 (http://ibn.fm/ypRTN), Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG) is ideally poised to benefit from a growing worldwide interest in direct sales.

SHRG has seen consistent record-breaking success as it has engineered a strategic paradigm shift in home-based entrepreneurship. With global expansion in mind, the company officially changed its name earlier this year from Sharing Services Inc. to Sharing Services Global Corporation (http://ibn.fm/Rzzx5), a move that was closely followed by a ticker symbol change as well.

“We are pleased to have our trading symbol changed to better reflect our new name, which more closely aligns with our mission to expand globally,” Sharing Services CEO John “JT” Thatch stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/8mb8U). At the time, company leaders shared a strategic plan to grow the business both organically and through acquisitions inside or outside the United States, noting that they saw excellent growth opportunities in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.

Shortly afterward, the company, through wholly owned subsidiary Elepreneur LLC, announced plans to hold its first event in Canada since detailing its global expansion strategy (http://ibn.fm/Umyzy). The meeting was held in Ottawa, Ontario, May 3-4. “We are pleased to enter the Canadian market and share our great products while continuing to create our ’Blue Ocean Strategy’ in other countries outside the U.S.,” added Thatch. “This is a very exciting time for our company and its great team of Elepreneurs.”

As apparent proof that the company is on the right road, SHRG has consistently reported increasing sales numbers since its wholly owned subsidiary, Elevacity Global LLC, released a line of health and wellness products in December 2017. Sales for its most recent fiscal year totaled $85.9 million, marking a nine-fold increase from its $8.4 million total from the year before (http://ibn.fm/50ess).

In addition to the new product line, Thatch credits the financial success of the company in large part to its independent representatives, or Elepreneurs. Following a modern direct-selling model that focuses on achieving healthy minds and bodies, happiness in quality of life and wealth accumulation, SHRG’s Elepreneurs are enthusiastically sharing the company’s mission, opportunity and products. Tens of thousands of Elepreneurs have elected to join the company, and that number continues to increase each month.

Sharing Services Global Corporation owns, operates or controls an interest in a variety of companies specializing in the strong direct-sales space and is focused on reshaping how entrepreneurs build their businesses in today’s modern world. SHRG leverages the capabilities and expertise of companies that sell products direct to the consumer through independent representatives, called Elepreneurs.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SHRGInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SHRG are available in the company’s newsroom at  http://ibn.fm/SHRG

• Developer of state-of-the-art custom farm containers for farmers, growers, restaurants, hotels, casinos, entrepreneurs, and investors throughout North America
• Featured in MarketWatch, Business Insider and Bloomberg, recognized for its innovation and contributions to end world hunger
• Modular, stackable and mobile GrowPod systems address the issues of providing a clean and safe food supply, reducing world hunger, maximizing crop yields, and offering a rapid and inexpensive pathway for entrepreneurs and businesses to enter multiple agricultural sectors
• GrowPods allow cultivation to take place year-round, which maximizes customers’ ROI

GP Solutions (OTC: GWPD) is developing scalable farming systems for soil-less indoor organic farming. The company’s GrowPods are automated micro-farms that use hydroponic technology and unique soil systems to cultivate the highest-quality specialty leaf crops. The system is designed and engineered for ease of use, allowing users to farm year-round in any location of the world, supporting the company’s mission to provide customers with the ability to cultivate their own organic “superfoods.”

GrowPod Design & Function

GrowPod is a modular, stackable and mobile vertical growing environment specifically engineered to maximize yield and automation. GrowPods are available as a vertical pod, stacker pod or custom-built pod.

The Stacker Pod is a certified organic soil system that offers growers multiple levels of planting in order to maximize space and produce options with different fruits and vegetables. The Vertical Pod utilizes a vertical hydroponic system. It is affordable, scalable, efficient, automated and sustainable. The output provides customers with fresh and clean produce year-round in any climate. The Custom Pod is built to suit the farmer’s specific crop and grow goals.

Each 320-square-foot GrowPod container will have an annual production capability of up to four times that of outdoor growing methods, dramatically increasing profitability to the grower. The controlled environment of the GrowPod ensures efficient power and water usage in growing a wide range of horticultural and agricultural products in all environments and climates.

Thanks to a combination of hydroponic and certified organic soil systems, crop yields are higher, faster, and more consistent that conventional means. Customers can enjoy an average of eight higher yield crop cycles anywhere in the world.

GrowPod Features:

• Modular, stackable and mobile
• Fully insulated, food-grade shipping container
• Engineered for automation
• Efficient LED lighting
• Hydroponic or soil-based platforms
• Proprietary air and water filtration
• Climate-controlled
• Remote monitoring

GP Solutions also offers many services to its customers, including:

• Shipment and installation service of its shipping container farms
• On-site training
• Provision of custom planting and harvesting schedule
• Provision of growing supplies, seeds, nutrients, packaging, branding and repair materials
• On-site visits, on-call and scheduled maintenance, and re-supply
• Remote monitoring and automated control of environmental nutrients, environmental growth factors (PH, temperature, light) and circulation
• Technical assistance
• Consulting and custom facility systems design

Competitive Advantage

GrowPods allow cultivation to take place year-round, which maximizes ROI. The systems are sealed from outside pathogens, contaminants, pesticides, and the result is clean and robust crop production.

GP Solutions also has a line of remarkable new proprietary soil mixtures and nutrient lines which contain no animal products. These products are vital, as many other soils and additives can contain harmful pathogens and contaminants that can cause crops to become tainted or fail rigorous testing.

Global Solution

GP Solutions has partnered with the world’s leading food nonprofit companies, including Feeding America, Seeds of Hope, Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels America, L.A. Kitchen, and Farm Bread, to help insecure communities take control of their own food dependence using container farms.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.GrowPodSolutions.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to GWPD are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/GWPD

• IONIC Brands has developed its sense of where the company belongs within the adult-use cannabis industry by finding where the market is and anticipating where it’s going, technologically
• The company’s West Coast locations are centered in the world’s largest legal recreational cannabis market, and its product line has been developed to specifically cater to consumers’ interests
• IONIC Brands is also preparing to launch its Slim-line Vape pen with Bluetooth technology in the coming weeks – a new development that builds on medical dosing trends to safely and conveniently dose cannabis to recreational users
• The company’s most recent quarterly financial report revealed record revenues that made a 377 percent leap over the prior year’s period

In order to achieve market success, it’s imperative for a company to have a sense of place, both within the terms of the marketplace in which it’s competing and within the geocultural climate where its customers live and breathe every day.

IONIC Brands Corp. (CSE: IONC) (OTC: IONKF) (FRA: IB3) growing a complement of products as a national cannabis holdings company within the recreational adult-use space shows that it knows where it stands and also that it has a prescient idea of where the industry’s road to success is leading.

IONIC Brands is developing a premium and luxury consumer portfolio led by a multi-state consumer-focused cannabis concentrate brand. Its base is on the West Coast, where the adult recreational use market for cannabis is booming with the largest volume of business in the world.

The company’s product line includes six cannabis formulations presented in three distinctive mood offerings designed to appeal to recreational users according to the consumers’ preferences for rich sociability, serene relaxation or enlightened creativity (http://ibn.fm/lRDWW).

The company has also recently closed a successful financing drive to fund various strategic business acquisitions – another part of IONIC Brands’ model for building revenue. In particular, the company’s completion of an exclusive Heads of Agreement with Lifespot Health Limited (ASX: LSH) further demonstrates IONIC’s understanding of how location plays into the success of a cannabis enterprise; the agreement will provide the company with the ability to assimilate short-range Bluetooth technology into its vaporizer hardware.

The connectivity and control that Bluetooth provides within a specific geographic field without inconvenient electronic apparatus additions mean that IONIC Brands can adapt science already successfully used in medicinal applications to manage the dosing aspects of its vaporizer products.

Medical device maker Orthogonal reports that more than 75 percent of its clients use Bluetooth Classic or Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) technologies to ensure connectivity in their wearable, implantable and portable medical devices. Those medical devices comprise a market that Orthogonal expects to exceed $180 billion by next year, even as Bluetooth-equipped smartphones are expected to approach six billion users across the world (http://ibn.fm/OZvFK).

Under the agreement with Lifespot, IONIC Brands expects to upgrade its cannabis vaporizers and develop new vaporizer technologies to better ensure a safe, desirable experience for recreational users.

“Smartphone Bluetooth technology is the future of cannabis delivery and dosing,” Chairman and CEO John Gorst stated in a July news release (http://ibn.fm/omm1l). “The company is ecstatic to offer consumers advanced delivery technology that, before this agreement, was only available to medical patients.”

The company expects to launch the first Bluetooth-enabled vaporizer and platform specifically designed for cannabis use as the Slim-line Vape within the next few weeks.

The company’s visionary approach to its sense of place helped it achieve record revenues for the second quarter reporting period. IONIC ended June with a year-over-year increase of 377 percent in sales, amounting to a $3.86 million increase for the three-month period.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.IONIC.social

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to IONKF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/IONKF

• The telecommunications industry is preparing for its next evolutionary stage as carriers and their customers begin anticipating 5G data speed enhancements for mobile technology
• Spectrum Global Solutions is an end-to-end provider of telecommunications infrastructure solutions helping to position businesses for the 5G network revolution
• The company recently announced that it has renewed a key three-year contract with a tier 1 carrier for outside plant labor, construction and maintenance services
• Spectrum Global also noted in August that it had been awarded $3.6 million in new contracts with new and existing clients, dealing primarily with 5G network establishment

Telecommunications network service provider Spectrum Global Solutions Inc. (OTCQB: SGSI) announced recently that it has succeeded in renewing a key contract with a U.S.-based tier 1 carrier to which it has previously provided outside plant labor, construction and maintenance services.

The three-year contract with the large-scale telecommunications firm is confidential under the terms of the agreement and based on demand, but Spectrum Global’s announcement notes that a comparable contract with the same company during the prior three-year period generated more than $17.5 million in revenue (http://ibn.fm/dJnz3).

“We believe that these types of contracts will grow to become particularly valuable as the vast investments that carriers are making into their communications infrastructure come to fruition,” CEO Roger Ponder stated in a news release. “It is estimated that the infrastructure cost for 5G alone will exceed $1 trillion, creating an immense opportunity for us to enable carriers to provide improved data connectivity to increasingly data-hungry consumers nationwide.”

5G network rollouts began earlier this year, promising an exponential increase in data transmission speed for the customers of mobile carriers. The technology will be based initially on ‘5G NR’ (5G New Radio) software that relies on existing 4G LTE networks until the carriers evolve with an entirely new infrastructure that will support a more efficient operation (http://ibn.fm/Xakkr).

Spectrum Global is a holding company that serves the needs of the communications technology industry from end to end, with engineering and infrastructure services across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Caribbean delivered through its subsidiaries, AW Solutions, ADEX Corp. and TNS Inc.

ADEX won the most recent contract renewal, and Ponder notes that the agreement creates “exciting ancillary opportunities for (SGSI) to win new business for (its) AW Solutions and TNS subsidiaries as well.”

In August, SGSI announced that it had been awarded $3.6 million in new contracts across all of its subsidiaries and that the majority of the contracts involve setting up 5G network infrastructure for new and previously existing clients (http://ibn.fm/YfGC7).

“As we continue to expand our service offering to support the rollout of 5G, which requires a large number of small cell deployments rather than a fewer number of larger towers as was traditionally seen, our opportunity pipeline continues to grow at a rapid rate,” Ponder stated at the time. “I look forward to continued operational execution on this front and long-term shareholder value creation.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SpectrumGlobalSolutions.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGSI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGSI

• Supreme Cannabis subsidiary 7ACRES recently released its first sativa-dominant strain, with rare sensory characteristics differentiating the high-end flower offering
• Supreme Cannabis is positioned to develop value-add new cannabis products with its acquisition of Truverra
• The company’s collaboration with PAX Labs Inc. creates inroads into the lucrative Canadian vaporizer segment

The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1), a diversified portfolio of cannabis brands that deliver positive experiences, continues to expand through several brand offerings designated for its discerning customer base. Through its various brands, SPRWF continues to synthesize its consumer-driven approach with a strong foundation of business fundamentals to realize promising revenue goals.

Recently, SPRWF announced the initial market entry of Jack Haze, a proprietary strain from its 7ACRES subsidiary. The unique 7ACRES Jack Haze strain is the first of a series designed to differentiate the high-end flower offering of 7ACRES from that of its competitors. That superior quality, the company says, will enable it to maintain premium pricing across Canada. Jack Haze is the company’s first sativa-dominant strain, offering rare sensory characteristics and a crisp and zesty evergreen flavor with visual appeal. The Jack Haze strain will be available in September in select Canadian provinces supplied by 7ACRES (http://ibn.fm/5LWXI).

“This cultivar’s expression possesses a unique haze profile with a classic, sweet sativa smell and strong visual appeal,” Chief Advocacy Officer and Founder John Fowler stated in a news release. “As we develop and introduce unique strains, we further differentiate 7ACRES’ high end flower offering and continue to achieve premium pricing across Canada.”

As the company enhances and expands its flower offering under its 7ACRES brand, it is also taking steps to prepare for ‘Cannabis 2.0’ products in Canada. SPRWF recently acquired Toronto-based and privately held Truverra. This move intensifies Supreme Cannabis’ focus on expanding its cannabis presence in Canada (http://ibn.fm/K9vAr).

Through the acquisition of Truverra, Supreme Cannabis gained a 5,000-square-foot Health Canada licensed facility in Scarborough, Ontario. Truverra’s wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Clinical Cannabinoids Inc. operates this strategically located and licensed facility. From this operating asset, Supreme Cannabis is preparing to produce high-quality cannabis extracts, including concentrates and vaping liquids.

“The recent introduction of Health Canada’s amended cannabis regulations creates a distinct opportunity for Supreme Cannabis to establish a leading position in the cannabis extracts markets,” SPRWF CEO Navdeep Dhaliwal stated in a news release. “With the acquisition of Truverra, we secure a Toronto-based facility equipped to extract our high-quality inputs for concentrates and vaping liquids in the near-term.”

Deepening its Canadian market presence, Supreme Cannabis has also partnered with PAX Labs Inc. (http://ibn.fm/Akxxr), a market leader with over 1.5 million devices sold worldwide and a “reputation as the best pen-and-pod system in the U.S.” This move allowed Supreme Cannabis to become a foundational brand partner and supplier for the PAX Era in Canada. Supreme Cannabis’ subsidiary, 7ACRES, was one of only four licensed producers chosen to be an initial partner in creating cannabis oil pods for the PAX Era.

Analysts from CFN Media Group (http://ibn.fm/Plad0) noted in a recent report that “nothing speaks more clearly to the ability to scale than Supreme this month providing revenue guidance for the next year in the range of $150 million to $180 million.” The article adds that “the robust growth is owed to management’s ability to make prescient moves to stay in front of regulation changes in addition to operational excellence.”

The Supreme Cannabis portfolio includes 7ACRES, its wholly owned subsidiary and multi-award-winning brand; Blissco Cannabis Corp., a wellness cannabis brand and a multi-licensed processor and distributor based in British Columbia; Truverra Inc., a global medicinal cannabis brand and licensed cultivator; Cambium Plant Sciences, a cultivation IP and plant genetics firm; Medigrow Lesotho, a cannabis oil producer located in southern Africa; Supreme Heights, an investment platform focused on CBD brands in the UK and Europe; and a brand partnership and licensing deal with Khalifa Kush Enterprises Canada.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Supreme.ca

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