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Net Element’s (NASDAQ: NETE) Electronic Payment Solutions Set to Pay Off on the Back of Global Growth in Digital Payments Market

  • Global digital payments market predicted to reach $5.41 million in 2022
  • Worldwide sales of point-of-sales devices will reach $116 billion by 2025
  • Net Element develops innovative solutions for mobile, ecommerce and point-of-sale payments

Statistics portal Statista forecasts the global digital payments market to grow at a CAGR of 13.5 percent from $3.26 trillion in 2018 to more than $5.41 trillion in 2022 (http://ibn.fm/hnIQW). This includes online processed payment transactions, mobile point-of-sale payments and digital consumer commercial transactions. The digital commerce segment is the largest of the three, with a total transaction value of more than $2.87 trillion in 2018. Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), a company focused on providing solutions and services for mobile payments and value-added digital transactions, is well positioned to capitalize on this projected growth.

Net Element develops its technology to provide solutions for global deployment in a multi-channel environment, which includes point-of-sale, ecommerce and mobile devices. Ranked by Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ as one of the fastest growing companies in 2017, Net Element operates through a number of subsidiaries, including:

  • Unified Payments – a payment acceptance platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
  • Aptito – a next generation cloud-based point-of-sale payments platform
  • Restoactive – providing seamless digital add-ons for legacy point-of-sale systems
  • Digital Provider – a provider of mobile billing solutions
  • PayOnline – an internet payment service provider

The company announced on May 1, 2018, that PayOnline had entered into a partnership with Bank Sputnik to offer a comprehensive multi-channel payment facilitator solution for SMBs in Russia (http://ibn.fm/M81w5). PayOnline’s unique solution provides clients with a set of payment mechanisms not available from any other transaction processing company in the region. This partnership also presents an opportunity for PayOnline to expand its offerings beyond ecommerce.

In mid-April 2018, JGR Capital, an equity research company, announced that it had initiated coverage on Net Element (http://ibn.fm/IGNue). Its initial report highlighted Net Element’s 28 percent year-over-year growth of its transactions segment in North America, attributed largely to the success of its Unified Payments subsidiary. JGR Capital also covered Net Elements’ membership in the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, the world’s largest open-source blockchain initiative; its recent launch of a proprietary multi-channel payments platform called Netevia; and the completion of its $7.55 million private placement for funding of the company’s ongoing blockchain initiatives.

The JGR Capital announcement came as, earlier in April 2018, Unified Payments launched a funding service through its Netevia platform, called Fast Pass Funding. This service enables qualified merchants to receive funding in as little as three hours, compared to the previous average funding times of between 12 and 24 hours during regular business days. Fast Pass Funding is also available to merchants through Aptito, Net Element’s cloud-based point-of-sale payments service.

In a recent report, Grand View Research projected that the global market for point-of-sale devices will realize a CAGR of 9.9 percent to reach $116 billion by 2025 (http://ibn.fm/RSLeB). This growth will be driven by consumers turning to mobile payment solutions instead of plastic bankcards for greater convenience and faster transactions. Net Element is focused on developing new payment solutions to extend its reach and growth in each of the market segments in which it operates.

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

EVIO Inc. (EVIO) Taps into Canadian Cannabis Testing Market Ahead of Full Legalization

  • Global cannabis testing industry expected to reach $1.42 billion by 2021
  • Leading provider of cannabis testing and scientific research for the regulated cannabis industry operating in North America
  • EVIO on track to double number of testing labs from nine to 18 in 2018, with 11 currently operating facilities
  • Canadian subsidiary EVIO Canada finalizes 50 percent acquisition of Keystone Labs, Inc., a Health Canada-licensed medical cannabis testing facility

EVIO Inc. (OTCQB: EVIO) reached a significant milestone in its expansion plans in early May when its new subsidiary, EVIO Canada, announced its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Keystone Labs, Inc., a licensed Canadian testing laboratory specializing in quality testing for regulated industries such as cannabis. In a May 3, 2018, news release announcing the deal (http://ibn.fm/Waq3E), William Waldrop, CEO and co-founder of EVIO, said Keystone Labs fits perfectly within the company’s expansion plans.

“As the country prepares for adult recreational sales in the coming months, the need for credible and comprehensive cannabis testing is greater than ever. Keystone Labs is one of 37 laboratories licensed by Health Canada and one of only three laboratories that hold both a Dealer’s License and a GMP Drug Establishment License for cannabis testing,” Waldrop said.

As the established national leader in providing accredited testing services to the cannabis industry, EVIO Inc. provides state-of-the-art analytical testing and advisory services through its EVIO Labs division in accredited laboratory testing facilities in North America (http://ibn.fm/BIPnJ). EVIO has grown from its original lab location in Oregon to 10 laboratories in five states and one in Canada. The other recent acquisition announcement (http://ibn.fm/ivFYQ) with Leaf Detective now puts two locations in California. The company plans on expanding its line of accredited cannabis laboratory testing facilities to 18 by the end of 2018.

The global cannabis testing market is expected to reach $1.42 billion by 2021, up from the $822 million it recorded in 2016, according to analysts at MarketsandMarkets (http://ibn.fm/iPXSW). Regulators in each of the 30 U.S. states and the District of Columbia where cannabis is legal in some form are grappling with formulating testing standards to ensure consumer safety. EVIO Labs operates under rigorous quality management systems to ensure results are accurate and reliable, with each of its labs either holding or in the process of attaining the ISO 17025 international accreditation and the specific accreditation in its respective state.

“This acquisition is a significant milestone for EVIO as it will mark our first foray into an international market,” Waldrop noted. “Our goal is to increase consumer safety and confidence, while further pursuing our aggressive expansion plans for 2018.”

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

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (CIIX) Enters Letter of Intent to Acquire XBTeller.com Assets

  • ChineseInvestors.com provides real-time, online financial information in the Chinese language
  • It is also capitalizing on the increasing demand for cryptocurrency-related products
  • The company has entered into a letter of intent to acquire the assets of XBTeller.com

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is a fintech company with a first-class financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors. The company provides online financial information in the Chinese language for the Chinese population in the U.S. and globally. Established in 1999, ChineseInvestors.com is headquartered in San Gabriel, California.

ChineseInvestors.com’s focus is on providing real-time market commentary, analysis and education-related services in Chinese language character sets, including both traditional and simplified.  Additionally, the company offers associated public relations support services.

ChineseInvestors.com has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire the assets of XBTeller.com in an effort to further its goal of expanding its blockchain and cryptocurrency business to include a dedicated ATM/OTC operation. XBTeller.com is a foremost Colorado cryptocurrency ATM and Over-the-Counter operation.

Furthermore, ChineseInvestors.com is exploring investments into cryptocurrency mining. It is doing so with its recent purchase of ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) machines. These machines are used to run SHA-256 or Scrypt mining algorithms to earn cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and Litecoin.

ChineseInvestors.com is positioning itself for growth by leveraging the many potential benefits of blockchain. Mobidea Academy notes, “Blockchain will become the default technology wherever there is a need to ensure the integrity of transactions or data” (http://ibn.fm/PyjjB).

ChineseInvestors.com launched Bitcoin Millionaire in 2017. This is a daily cryptocurrency video newscast broadcast from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange covering all facets of the developing digital currency world. The company subsequently launched www.NewCoins168.com, its free cryptocurrency and blockchain website providing the latest news and investment education in the Chinese language.

Regarding the proposed acquisition of XBTeller.com assets, Paul Dickman, chief financial officer of Chineseinvestors.com, said, “The acquisition of XBTeller.com provides ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. the opportunity to expand its current cryptocurrency and blockchain business to include a retail facing service.”

The LOI considers a total investment by ChineseInvestors.com of roughly $2.5 million. At present, XBTeller.com has nine ATM locations throughout Colorado.

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

Hammer Fiber Optics Holdings Corp. (HMMR) – Changing the Future of Wireless Technology

  • Recognizing and addressing a need for change in the way television, internet and phone services are delivered
  • Two phases currently in the works to strategically launch the company
  • Building market visibility and greater brand awareness as a leader in unifying communications technologies

Hammer Fiber Optics Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: HMMR) is a telecommunications company investing in the future of wireless technology. Recognizing a need for change in the way television, internet and phone services are delivered, HMMR has aligned with companies who also recognize this need. Through diversified holdings, a broad outlook and varied partnerships, the company has created a unique opportunity in the telecommunications marketplace. HMMR offers innovative alternatives to markets where a single cable provider or satellite may be the only available option.

There are two phases to the company’s launch. Phase one relates to the recent launch in New Jersey.  New Jersey is dense in population but considered a broadband desert. HMMR seeks to change the landscape of wireless technology in this area by providing residents and businesses a new alternative where fiber optics are not available. The company provides high-capacity broadband, voice and video through direct fiber, as well as its wireless fiber platform – Hammer Wireless® AIR technology.

Phase two will be to move the company nationally by strategically partnering with wireless internet service providers or small cable operators who already have wireless in place. “This is the most efficient use of spectrum that has ever been witnessed in a point to multi-point product,” President and CEO Mark Stogdill stated in reference to the patented AIR technology. “There is no product in the world today that can deliver this type of performance” (http://ibn.fm/OHt3g).

The company’s holdings include Hammer Fiber Optic Investments, Ltd. D/B/A Hammer Fiber, but the primary business of HMMR is the wholly owned subsidiary Hammer Communications, which is proving itself a leader in unifying the way that television, internet and phone services are delivered (www.HammerComm.com). In a strategic move to increase market visibility and drive greater brand awareness, HMMR has engaged the communication expertise of NetworkNewsWire (http://ibn.fm/f1HKB).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.HammerCorp.info

Sharing Services, Inc. (SHRV) is Revolutionizing the Direct Sale Industry

  • Elevating the home-based entrepreneur through support of direct-selling programs
  • Taking the Elepreneur Happiness Convention to multiple U.S. cities and expanding the network internationally
  • Revolutionizing the direct sale industry through relationship marketing, products and training

Sharing Services, Inc. (OTC: SHRV) is a diversified holding company headquartered in Plano, Texas, that owns, operates or controls an interest in a variety of companies specializing in the direct selling industry. The company works to elevate home-based entrepreneurs through support of direct-selling (word-of-mouth) programs. The paradigm shift begins with the company’s renaming of its individual representatives as Elepreneurs, a mash up of the words elevate and entrepreneur. The companies supported by SHRV sell either products or services through Elepreneurs directly to consumers.

In March 2018, SHRV hosted an event in Dallas, Texas, attended by almost 1,000 people from around the world. The messages presented at the Elepreneur Happiness Convention will be shared throughout the U.S. at several mini conferences that are currently in the planning stages. The ‘Elepreneurs’ platform provides a growing international network for home-based entrepreneurs to elevate their pursuit of health, wealth and happiness.  Through new opportunities, training events and seminars, the company teaches positive thinking, motivation, goal setting and purpose, by first starting with happiness. The company has flipped the traditional message of “get a good education, then a good job, and then happiness will follow” on its head. Instead, it suggests starting with happiness, and success will follow.

The company is focused on relationship marketing, which, coupled with powerful life changing products and accessible training, is revolutionizing the direct sale industry. SHRV’s Blue Ocean Strategy builds a community with room for all, moving away from the cutthroat competitiveness of previous models where only those on the top succeed. Relying on an abundance philosophy of wealth and true positive motivational thinking, the company is elevating the home-based entrepreneur, transforming how consumers and marketers use travel and social networks and aggressively pursuing global expansion.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SharingServicesInc.com, or contact Investor Relations directly at 714-203-6717

Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) Stock Upgraded to ‘Buy’ Rating by ValuEngine

  • NETE sales are projected to reach $65 million in 2018, an eight percent jump, per Zacks Small-Cap Research; Zacks cites 10.6 percent sales increase in 2017 to $60.1 million, sees growth in 2019 to $70.8 million
  • SeeThruEquity, LLC analysis reported that NETE’s North America Transactions Solutions business segment grew by 21.3 percent YOY in 2017
  • Zacks notes that NETE launched Fast Pass Funding, a same-day funding service through its proprietary next generation Netevia multi-channel payments processing platform

Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) has received an upgrade of its stock rating to ‘Buy’ from ValuEngine, a stock valuation and forecasting service (http://ibn.fm/uA2wb). A Zacks Small-Cap Research report projects that NETE sales will reach $65 million in 2018, then $70.8 million by 2019 (http://ibn.fm/9rtQT).

A SeeThruEquity update found that the company’s balance sheet in full year 2017 was “significantly improved.” It reported that the $7.55 million raised during 4Q2017 was characterized by management as a “growth fund” to support NETE’s organic growth programs and its new blockchain initiatives (http://ibn.fm/livgP).

NETE is a global financial technology and value-added solutions group that accepts electronic payments in an omni-channel environment that spans across point-of-sale terminals, e-commerce and mobile devices. It has launched Fast Pass Funding, a same-day funding service, through Netevia, its next generation payments platform. Fast Pass Funding enables merchants to receive funding in as little as three hours on business days, NETE said.

The company’s 21.3 percent growth in its North America Transaction Solutions segment, reaching $51.1 million in revenues in 2017, was driven by organic sales to small and medium-sized business merchants and value-added offerings, SeeThruEquity added.

The report said that NETE is integrating new technology into Netevia to make it a decentralized blockchain technology solution. “Blockchain and cryptocurrency should be a natural extension of the company’s strategy,” SeeThruEquity reported. NETE “may be positioned” to capture share from other payment processing vendors with the disruptive impact of cryptocurrency, it said.

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

Aftermaster, Inc. (AFTM) Subsidiary Forges Partnership with Advantego to Introduce Aftermaster Pro to Audiological Market

  • Company recently announced strategic partnership with Advantego Corporation
  • Advantego to receive rights to promote and distribute Aftermaster Pro within North American audiological market
  • Definitive agreement and initial program rollout expected within 100 days

Industry-leading audio technology company Aftermaster Audio Labs, Inc., a subsidiary of Aftermaster, Inc. (OTCQB: AFTM), recently announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Advantego Corporation (OTC: ADGO), a company engaged in designing, developing and implementing digital communications and intelligent software solutions as a specialized business process as a service (BPaaS). As part of the agreement, Advantego will receive the rights to promote and distribute Aftermaster Pro to professional clinics that serve the hearing impaired, catering to the audiological market in North America.

Aftermaster Pro is Aftermaster’s proprietary consumer TV audio product, for which patents have been issued and are pending. The pioneering product is smaller than an iPhone and is designed to work with televisions, sound bars and add-on audio systems in order to provide a solution to today’s biggest TV audio issues: namely, special effects that are overly loud and the inability to clearly hear dialog.

Aftermaster Pro is a personal audio remastering device designed to improve the TV audio from virtually all audio/visual sources. The device improves dialog and vocal levels and also significantly clears and levels all surrounding audio sound. Aftermaster Pro is particularly effective for hearing impaired persons, enhancing spoken dialog on television and delivering unmatched, uncompromising clarity, fullness, depth and volume across the entire frequency range.

Standing out from other audio post-production processes, the Aftermaster Pro process preserves an audio event’s original intention and provides greater clarity, depth and amplitude to all of the audio elements without compromising the underlying production’s integrity.

Advantego is in the process of conducting a marketing campaign with some of its other strategic partners to promote public awareness regarding hearing loss and to also provide support products for the patients and family members who visit the more than 15,000 audiological hearing clinics across the continent. The company anticipates that its partnership with Aftermaster will fit in perfectly with these efforts.

It is expected that the strategic partnership forged between Aftermaster and Advantego will be closely followed by a definitive agreement and initial program rollout, commencing within the next 100 days. During this period, each company has agreed not to solicit or entertain competing offers for similar products and/or services that are targeted at the audiological business sector.

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

Maxtech Ventures Inc. (CSE: MVT) (OTC: MTEHF) (FRA: M1N) Subsidiary Files For Manganese Exploration Licenses in Zambia, Eyes Global Markets

  • Europe, North America and Asia represent worldwide markets for manganese in batteries, agriculture and steel production
  • MTEHF moving to build an international industrial minerals company to address those markets

Maxtech Ventures Inc. (OTC: MTEHF) (CSE: MVT) (FRANKFURT: M1N), through its Maxtech Mining Zambia Limited subsidiary (“MMZL”), is eyeing global markets following its filing for two large scale exploration licenses for manganese in Zambia (http://ibn.fm/JdFZ7).

MTEHF is viewing growing global markets for high grade manganese ore and processed manganese in Europe, North America and Asia. Manganese is a diverse mineral, in demand for use in rechargeable power storage such as batteries, and for fertilizer in worldwide agriculture markets, as well as being key to steel production and a factor in aluminum manufacturing. Long term, the company is planning to build an international industrial minerals enterprise to sell into those markets.

Final documentation is being prepared for the filing of licenses in the Central Province of Zambia, which indicates the potential for high-grade manganese mineralization. The company is teaming up with GeoQuest, geological and exploration consultants, which will manage all MMZL ground operations in Zambia.

The licenses cover cobalt, vanadium, nickel and copper mining rights in the areas. Initially, the company plans to focus on the search for commercially viable quantities and grades of manganese ore. If warranted, the firm can then apply for mining licenses.

Maxtech is a Canadian junior exploration company that assembles and acquires mineral assets worldwide. It is seeking to be a pure play, low cost supplier of manganese.

In a news release, Peter Wilson, CEO of Maxtech, commented, “Zambia is a world class mining jurisdiction. Applying for our first wholly owned license areas is in step with creating a larger manganese footprint utilizing our global strategic relationships and potential offtake partners in foreign markets.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Maxtech-Ventures.com

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: FRSX) (TASE: FRSX) is “One to Watch”

  • Developer of advanced accident prevention systems based on stereoscopic vision and V2X-technologies for the automotive industry
  • Global collision avoidance sensors market expected to reach $50.38 billion by 2020
  • Real-time demo systems for Eyes-On™ and Eye-Net™ operational and available for demonstration and data collection purposes
  • QuadSight™ system is based on visible-light and infra-red cameras that detects objects under all weather and lighting conditions with near 100% detection and near zero false alerts

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: FRSX) (TASE: FRSX), founded in 2015 and headquartered in Israel, is a technological innovator in automotive vision systems and driver assistance technology. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Foresight Automotive Ltd., Foresight is engaged in the design, development and commercialization of stereo/quad-camera vision systems and V2X cellular-based solutions for the automotive industry based on 3D video analysis, advanced algorithms for image processing and sensor fusion. The company’s powerful and patented stereoscopic technology is derived from field-proven technology that has been deployed throughout the world for almost two decades.

Foresight’s innovative autonomous driving solutions are based on mature, proprietary stereoscopic image technology that uses two synchronized cameras to mimic human depth perception and produce a three-dimensional image. This 3D image can anticipate possible collisions with other vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and other obstacles. The technology provides highly accurate real-time alerts about the vehicle’s surroundings while in motion. The systems are designed to improve driving safety by enabling highly accurate and reliable threat detection while ensuring the lowest rates of false alerts.

The company’s patents provide IP protection for its robust and proven proprietary stereoscopic technology, which was developed using the security technology of Foresight’s major shareholder, Magna B.S.P.

Foresight has developed three main products:

  • QuadSight™. This breakthrough detection system sets the bar for autonomous vehicle vision. It features nearly 100 percent obstacle detection with almost zero false alerts and operates optimally under all weather and lighting conditions, including darkness, rain, fog, haze and glare. QuadSight™ is the first quad-camera multi-spectral vision solution of its kind, driven by advanced and proven image processing algorithms. The system consists of two sets of stereoscopic infra-red and visible-light cameras that enable highly accurate and reliable obstacle detection for seamless 24/7 vision.
  • Eyes-On™. This solution uses advanced algorithms for accurate depth analysis and obstacle detection to provide a unique stereo vision Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). It can detect all potential obstacles regardless of shape, form or material, including other vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and animals. It has an accuracy and reliability of almost 100 percent and near zero false alerts.
  • Eye-Net™. This is a cellular-based accident prevention solution that is designed to provide real-time pre-collision alerts to vehicles and pedestrians. This proprietary system is deployed on smartphones and cloud-based servers operating on existing cellular networks, and it eliminates the need for additional designated hardware. Eye-Net™ is designed to provide a complementary layer of protection to advanced driver assistance systems and extends this protection to road users who are not in direct line of sight. It is optimally designed for both urban environments and high-speed scenarios to provide protection for the most vulnerable road users. On March 28, 2018, Foresight announced that it had completed a successful feasibility study of its Eye-Net™ accident prevention solution involving 120 users of Android and iOS cell phones located across Israel.

In 2017, Foresight sought more opportunities within the international market. The Company signed pilot agreements with three leading car manufacturers in China and completed pilot projects meeting all pre-defined requirements and criteria. In addition, FRSX completed a pilot project with Uniti Sweden.

Studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety continue to emphasize the dramatic reduction in accidents and injury-related crashes reported when vehicles are equipped with collision avoidance systems. A recent study by the Institute states that the rate of single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes was 11 percent lower in vehicles with the warning systems. More importantly, the study shows collision avoidance technology cut the rates of injury crashes of the same type by 21 percent.

Foresight Autonomous Holdings, Inc. also holds a 32 percent interest in RailVision, a company that develops advanced systems for railway safety and maintenance. RailVision has successfully completed 13 tests in Israel, Germany, Italy and Switzerland in addition to a real-time system test with a European railway operator. Over the course of 2017, RailVision successfully completed rounds of financing totaling $5.8 million and started the process of licensing the system according to European standards.

Haim Siboni is the founder of Foresight and has served as the company’s chief executive officer and director since 2015. Siboni, a passionate entrepreneur, has an extensive background in the marketing and business management sectors in the fields of electronics, video, TV, multimedia, computerized systems, line and wireless telecommunication, design and development of systems and devices, including electro-optic radar systems. He is the founder and CEO of Magna B.S.P., Foresight’s major shareholder and a leading innovator in the field of homeland security surveillance solutions.

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

Hammer Fiber Optics Holdings Corp. (HMMR) Advances Bid to Take Wireless Fiber Services Nationwide

  • New Jersey-based communications company announces LOI marking “ideal combination of intellectual property”
  • Company’s new IaaS cloud service plans support blockchain and cryptocurrency mining enterprises
  • Hammer aims to position itself as a leader in future 5G technology

An agreement announced on May 8 by Hammer Fiber Optics Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: HMMR) to acquire the stock of 1stPoint Communications, LLC and its subsidiaries represents Hammer’s first acquisition, and furthers Hammer Fiber Optics’ plans to expand its wireless Internet, television, voice and fiber optic carrier services as it considers growing from its New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania base of operations toward a national network (http://ibn.fm/nkUai). The acquisition brings important revenue and EBITDA into the model.

Hammer Fiber Optics Holdings’ mission is to spearhead a change in the way television, Internet and phone services are delivered to entertainment-hungry consumers, and the company, doing business as Hammer Communications, is aligning itself with other businesses that embrace the same ideals as their core strengths.

Business models within the wireless, cable TV and media industries are changing as rapid technological advancement drives a convergence of the industries and redefines their parameters, joining their services together in one platform. Wireless networks are a primary catalyst of the overall industry transition (http://ibn.fm/Omm44).

The letter of intent for acquisition of 1stPoint Communications, LLC and subsidiaries Open Data Centers, LLC and Endstream Communications, LLC is “an ideal combination of intellectual property,” 1stPoint Communications CEO Erik Levitt stated in a news release. “Hammer will not only have the benefit of the exclusive rights to the patented AIR wireless technology but also to 1stPoint’s switching technology, its underlying CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers) and its Commercial Mobile Radio Services operator.”

In addition, the Open Data Centers facility in New Jersey, which includes its server and switching platforms, is “a significant addition to our core infrastructure to support major growth in the cloud and hosting markets,” Hammer’s founder, Mark Stogdill, stated in the news release.

The company recently revealed plans to launch a cloud hosting and infrastructure-as-a-service platform (IaaS) that offers hosting, cloud and colocation services for blockchain-interested enterprises. Data centers and the energy necessary to use them for cryptocurrency mining can require enormous overhead expenses of businesses, but Hammer’s best-in-class computer servers are prepared to deliver a cloud-based system to those small crypto businesses and free them from the constraints of building and maintaining their own corporate data centers.

Hammer currently serves residential and small businesses in its core market region by supplying high-capacity broadband, voice and video through cabled fiber as well as through its wireless fiber platform. As Hammer adds wholesale services such as backhaul support for cellular network operators, the company expects to position itself as a leader in future 5G technology.

Hammer is leveraging its systems to deliver high-capacity broadband to markets across the country at much lower cost than traditional methods. Live field testing of the new system begins this year with commercial service to follow in the coming months.

In January, the company also announced the launch of a virtual private network service (VPN) to accommodate clients’ concerns about privacy in their Internet usage, one of several ways Hammer is building its infrastructure and carrier grade services.

“We wanted to make sure that our customers had a way to connect and surf the internet away from the scrutiny of internet service providers, even ourselves,” Daniel Corbe, the director of Network Operations, stated in a news release. “Recently, the monitoring of internet usage and potential restriction on that usage have created a demand for customers to maintain their freedom.”

For more information, visit Hammer’s website at www.HammerCorp.info

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