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Urban Communications Inc (2)
Symbol UBN
Shares Issued 77,560,215
Close 2016-05-02 C$ 0.08
Market Cap C$ 6,204,817
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Urban Communications revenue grows 30% in April

2016-05-05 09:29 ET - News Release

Mr. John Farlinger reports

URBAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. REPORTS RECORD MONTH FOR RECURRING REVENUE

Urban Communications Inc. had record levels in key performance indicators to start the second quarter including building acquisition, revenue growth and customer acquisition rate.

  • Building acquisition -- ahead of schedule with 76 buildings connected to the network to date, seven currently under construction and plans to reach 183 residential and commercial buildings by the end of 2016. Adding new buildings increases both the potential enterprise and residential customer reach, increases revenue and adds fibre to the network, increasing overall enterprise value.
  • Revenue growth -- monthly recurring revenue reached a new record in April surpassing $100,000 with 30-per-cent month-over-month growth in Urban's enterprise segment. The increase reflects building acquisition growth and the company's focused effort to grow its business and enterprise verticals.
  • Customer acquisition rate -- exceeding expectations of almost 20-per-cent customer acquisition rate in buildings that have been connected to the network for more than 12 months. Newly connected buildings in downtown Vancouver are performing particularly well, with customer acquisition rates approaching 10 per cent in first month.

"We are very pleased with performance so far this quarter with strong gains across high-value enterprise and residential verticals. Our team executed well and is working hard to see the trend continue," said John Farlinger, Urban's chief executive officer. "Early 2016 has demonstrated the impact of transitioning the company from a fibre construction business to a high-margin, recurring revenue, residential and commercial services business, and we are strongly positioned to be a dominant provider of ultrahigh-speed Internet service in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia."

Urbanfibre residential Internet at 1,000 megabits per second and unlimited data transfer is the fastest residential Internet available in Canada and more than 50 times faster than the average. Priced at $79/month, it is the overall best value price and performance offering available anywhere. Urbanfibre is unique in delivering symmetrical residential speeds -- 1,000 Mbps download and upload -- which allows customers to get more out of the Internet: stream more video, upload and share more photos faster, play more on-line games, all worry free and at the same or lower cost than slower, non-ultrahigh-speed services currently offered by other providers.

"B.C. residents deserve ultrahigh-speed Internet at an affordable price and are telling us they want faster speeds at lower prices than existing providers can deliver," said Jon Paul Janze, Urban's vice-president of product. "Across the company we strive to deliver to our customers a superior Internet experience and our ultrahigh-speed service is quite simply the best by a very large margin. It is exciting and gratifying to deliver the next-generation Internet service that customers are clamoring for and have been unable to get until now."

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