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3/2/2009

Voyant Intl Corp. (VOYT) Brings in the Heavy Hitters

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 8:35 am

Often times, what seems like big news actually ends up being relatively unimportant. Other times, what seems like trivial news ends up being huge. I have to wonder if the latter is the case with the news today from Voyant Intl Corp. (VOYT). A newly-hired Vice President of sales may seem like a mundane announcement, but perhaps there’s more to the story than anybody realizes.

Long story made short, Randy Hagin has been named as RocketStream’s Senior Vice President of Sales. He’s certainly got the right experience, having done the same for Connectix/Microsoft and Aldus/Adobe. He’s been in the biz for 20 years, and the team he’s bringing with him is just as impressive… they’ve also represented Aldus and Apple.

All well and good, but just another employee, right? Maybe. Maybe not.

Voyant has sales employees on board, including some dedicated to RocketStream. However, to attract someone who’d been doing the same for Microsoft and Apple? Odds are these guys have a pretty nice network of industry insiders; they know the right people. So no, this really isn’t a case of “just another employee”.

That’s not what got me thinking though. There was something else.

To date, RocketStream (and RocketConnect) has been Voyant’s breadwinner. The aviation broadband business is still in the works, and we recently learned that some of the contracted whitespace radios were being manufactured and delivered. The RocketStream software, however, had generated the bulk of last year’s revenue growth.

And that is the key…. growth. The company did $15K in sales during Q1 of last year, $133K in Q2, and $178 in Q3. No word yet on Q4, but you can see the trend in place. Again, most of it was attributable to RocketStream. However, they were doing this without a sales hero like Hagin. What kind of growth could RocketStream achieve under Hagin’s guidance? That’s what’s got me curious.

The company expects Hagin to generate sales in the millions; I’d expect the same.

What wasn’t said in the press release, however, was that RocketStream (or any software, for that matter) is a very high-margin product. The bulk of the expense is in its creation; deployment of software is effectively free.

But can Voyant actually get sales of RocketStream up to the seven figure level? I think it was headed that direction anyway….. maybe not this year, but soon. The company had already pulled in $326K worth of sales last year even without fourth quarter’s numbers. When adding the ‘Hagin effect’ to the current momentum, I think seven figures - and some outstanding free cash flow - may be a reality before many people realize.

I don’t know if that will mean a net profit in 2009. If I had to guess, I’d say not. But, it certainly should get them much closer.

In the bigger picture, even as the other projects like whitespace radios and aviation broadband start to get traction, I can still see RocketStream’s revenue being a big - and critical - piece of the pie. Not only is it high-margin, it’s dependable. There’s a lot to be said for the reliable cash flow that stems from a product like RocketStream. It may well keep the company afloat while other projects are put into motion.

Point being, this news may be more important than a lot of Voyant investors are initially thinking. Hagin has a history of getting results, which is exactly what Voyant needs from RocketStream.

Here’s the official Hagin/RocketStream news release.

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2/23/2009

Voyant Intl Corp. (VOYT) Provides Progress Update for Investors

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 8:54 am

Voyant International Corp. (VOYT), which had been fairly quiet over the last few weeks, made up for lost time today. In a pretty long and detailed letter from CEO Dana Waldman, investors were updated on, well, pretty much everything the company had going on. We’ll post a link to the letter below, but we want to hit a few highlights to whet your appetite…

  • The white space radio contract we heard about last year? Those are now being delivered. Many (including us) were beginning to wonder if that deal would ever bear fruit, but as it turns out, it’s quietly been bearing fruit for a while.
  • Voyant Digital Media is being shelved for the time being. This is the movie, television, and entertainment arm of the company. Suspending the operation is no big deal, as it was not driving revenue at the moment anyway. These resources are better off being devoted to something else.
  • The potential acquisition we’ve only heard whispers about is not going to happen…. at least not right now anyway. I think this deal was pretty close to being done, but a few too many hurdles popped up. That’s not a bad thing though - it’s always a good decision to not enter a partnership that will cost more than it contributes. Voyant is moving on to the next potential deal (though we never actually knew what this potential acquisition was).

There’s more to the letter than that (with a lot more detail), but I wanted to make sure you knew it was important enough to invest a little time in. The update is exclusively available at the Voyant website.
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2/5/2009

Voyant International Corp (OTC:VOYT) Doesn’t Care About Delay of Conversion to Digital

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:16 am

With only twelve days left until the conversion from analog television broadcasts to digital television broadcasts was to take place, Congress elected to delay that previously-required conversion until June 12th. This is of interest to Voyant International Corp (OTC:VOYT) investors. See, the company has developed radio technologies that will capitalize on the accompanying “white space” spectrum that will also be opened up for use as a result of the conversion. Voyant’s response to the delay? How about a proverbial “Fine. We don’t care.” ?

OK, nobody at the company exactly said those words. However, the company did effectively say that in a press release posted yesterday after the delay was announced.

The bottom line is, according to Voyant, this is a non-issue for Voyant. Now. Later. It doesn’t matter - the company owns technology that will make them a player in the “white space” radio segment whenever the digital television conversion takes place (the two will happen simultaneously). When it happens … it doesn’t matter.

I see two angles here - a good one and a bad one. Neither are game-changers though.

The bad one is a delay in any potential revenue that could have started to be collected in February, thanks to the sale of “white space” radio equipment.  I don’t know if any hard revenue was actually lined up for that start-date though, so it may not even matter.

The good one is extra time for Voyant to cultivate other customers and partners in the meantime. The need is still there, and the state of “white space” radio technology won’t change in the meantime. That state is simple to grasp too … Voyant’s technology works, and most other companies are still trying to figure out how to make it work. That’s not going to change in four months. However, this does give Voyant an extra four months to sell the product or create beneficial relationships that will promote the technology.

Like I said though, I don’t know if either outcome means a great deal. They’re just my initial reactions.

For the full details on Voyant’s stance, take a look at their official statement in response to the delay of the conversion to digital broadcasts.

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2/4/2009

Voyant International Inc. (OTC:VOYT) Drops An Anchor in Saudi Arabia

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 9:02 am

The list of profit centers continues to grow for bulletin board company Voyant International Inc. (OTC:VOYT), with the latest seed planted in Saudi Arabia. FSOL Information Company, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent communications technology service providers, is now a Master Distributor of Voyant’s RocketStream and RocketConnect software. Some nice revenue should be on the way, according to some numbers about the region’s communication industry.

Did you know…

  • The information and communications industry in Saudi Arabia is worth $7.3 billion annually
  • Broadband subscriptions in Saudi Arabia multiplied by a factor of 10 between 2006 and 2007

The opportunity for Voyant is the same one we’ve been preaching since the very beginning … as digital file sizes continue to get bigger and bigger (which they are), and as more and more broadband subscribers wind up being disappointed with the speed at which they can use the Internet (which they are), the more they’ll seek out RocketStream. Why? Because RocketStream can transfer those files 200 times faster than their current method can.

That same frustration exists in Saudi Arabia as much as it does in San Antonio, South America, or anywhere else in the world. So, there’s a real - and growing - market for FSOL to tap into.

It doesn’t hurt that FSOL’s founders have quite the rolodex when it comes to business contacts in the region.

Here’s the actual Voyant/FSOL announcement.

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1/23/2009

Voyant International Inc. (OTC:VOYT) - RocketStream Goes Online … Literally

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:02 am

Bulletin board company Voyant International (OTC:VOYT) adopted a brand new marketing strategy this morning for their flagship software RocketStream. The web-accelerating software had thus far been sold by resellers, and usually in bundles with other, similar software products. Now, Voyant is aiming its marketing effort straight at the end consumer; all versions of RocketStream are now available to anyone via a web download.

This essentially cuts out the middleman as the sales force. Plus, ‘unbundling’ it may mean it has wider appeal to ordinary retail users like me and you; we won’t have to buy some tools we don’t need just to get the one we do need.

More than anything though, this puts the marketing effort - and the success of that effort - squarely in Voyant’s lap, which is where they wanted it. The company is confident they’ll be able to promote the software as well as anybody else has. Perhaps better.

I don’t know what the effective price for RocketStream was when sold as part of a software suite through resellers. I do know, however, that the starting point for the casual-use version is $100. Enterprise versions can run as much as $8000, though that version is designed for multiple users (and I assume includes a few more bells and whistles). That’s pretty affordable no matter which version is needed.

To my knowledge, the downloadable versions are the exact same programs already being used by thousands on a global basis. The only difference is the method of delivery.

The only question I had wasn’t addressed in the press release, but it was answered by a company representative… what about the perpetual revenue component that made RocketStream so attractive in the first place? A one-time sale is nice, but renewable revenue is even better.

As with the previous version, the online/download version is purchased with an upfront payment, and a nominal annual fee is collected to keep the software active. So, Voyant will still enjoy recurring sales.

The logical question investors are likely to ask - what does this ultimately mean in terms of company revenue?

It’s still difficult to get a grasp of that kind of information, as there’s nothing to really compare the product to. Plus, the software industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, but it’s also a little nebulous. I can, however, offer you some realistic scope about what this could mean for Voyant’s shareholders.

Not every one of the United States’ 300 million residents will need or want RocketStream for personal use. Some will though. Let’s just conservatively say that only 0.1% of them are going to purchase the program; that’s still 300,000 people. At $100 a pop (the lowest-end version), that still translates into sales of $30 million. Not bad at all. Even better though…. extrapolate that thumbnail math to the global population of 6 billion. Even if a tiny fraction of them become customers, it could be huge for Voyant.

It still remains to be seen how quickly the online version will start to get traction. Just making the software available online is one thing, but getting it sold is another. Though there’s no direct competition, there are certainly a lot of distractions on the Internet that could get in the way of the marketing effort.

I suspect we’ll see some fruits of the labor materialize within weeks, though I think it could take a few months for the payoff to get highly attractive.

Still, I think it’s a good move - one that will sooner than later benefit shareholders.

Here’s the press release.
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1/20/2009

Voyant International Corp. (VOYT) Close to Breaking Past Ceiling

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:22 am

Keep your eye on two trading levels for micro cap stock Voyant International Corp. (OTC:VOYT). The first line in the sand is moderate resistance line at 11.5 cents. The second one is the more-meaningful resistance line at the 12 cent mark, which also happens to be the highest level hit by this bulletin board stock within the last four months. A successful move above the 12 cent level by VOYT could jump-start a long-awaited rally for this up-and-coming small cap company.

As usual, the chart image tells the story pretty succintly, so I don’t have to. The lower of the two blue lines is plotted at 11.5 cents; the upper one lies at 12 cents. It’s actually pretty amazing when you think about it… how long Voyant shares have ’stayed in the hunt’ just by maintaining a persistent attack on resistance despite a crappy (i.e. bearish) environment.

I think the market generally realizes the stock is much like the company - right on the verge of considerable success. A move past 12 cents could jump-start this bulletin board stock, and bring its valuation in-line with the company’s current and potential operation. At the very least I think it could be a good trade up to the 17 cent area.

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1/8/2009

Bulletin Board Company Voyant (VOYT) Adds Another RocketStream Customer

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:11 am

RocketStream continues to spread its wings, this time reaching all the way out to a media group in the Basque country of northern Spain. Media company EiTB runs, which runs four TV stations and five radio stations in the Bilbao area (the biggest media organization in the region), has recently elected to use RocketStream to handle the digital transmission (i.e. via the Internet) of television coverage recorded outside of their studios.

Just as a quick reminder, RocketStream is one of the primary software products of bulletin board company Voyant International (VOYT). The technology can send and receive any type of content that is deliverable over the web (like television, film, music, files, you name it). However, RocketStream can do it about 200 times faster than the file transfer technology you and I presently use when we sit down at our computers.

For a small file, perhaps like an e-mail, that kind of speed doesn’t really matter. However, the file size for a television clip of even just decent quality is massive… much larger than something you could attach to an e-mail, or simply ‘FTP’. In other words, the RocketStream package allows EiTB’s field TV journalists to send in clips much sooner and much quicker than they have been. Thus, the speed and quality of news coverage will be greatly enhanced.

As for Voyant’s investors, I’ll make the point I’ve been making for a while… the addition of all these new customers is coming on a “one at a time” basis, but they provide perpetual revenue once the customer is on board. That’s a smart business model in that it sets up a low-maintenance income stream from current licensees, and frees up Voyant’s team to go out and incrementally add other customers. The start may be slow, but there’s a snowball effect to it. (In fact, we’ve seen Voyant’s top line improve in just that manner over the last three quarters, after RocketStream’s launch.)

Voyant’s been one of the bear market’s better survivors too, largely uninjured by the problems so may other companies seem to be experiencing. Some of that has to do with their ability to acquire and service international customers, while some of it has to do with the perpetual-revenue model I described above. And, I think some of it may stem from the fact that Voyant’s best days are actually ahead rather than behind. Progress is being made every day towards Aviation Broadband, which could be the company’s ‘blockbuster” when finalized.

In any case, I continue to view VOYT as smart-but-stealthy growth stock. If you don’t own any yet, you could actually own a substantial part of this $13 million company for only a few bucks. It may not be bad idea to accumulate here while it’s still a little off the radar.

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12/18/2008

Harris and Voyant Agree on Aviation Broadband License

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:08 am

It may have only been a technical/legal hurdle to get over, but it’s still one that bulletin board company Voyant International (VOYT) is glad to have in writing rather than just in spirit. Harris Corporation - the creators and owners of the software that will make Voyant’s aviation broadband offer work - has officially inked a licensing deal with Voyant. Prior to the contract being finalized, there was only a letter of intent between the two companies.

I had little doubt it would happen, but now that it has we can all sleep a little easier.

As for what Harris “software-defined radio technology” actually does, well, you’ve got me… the connection technology is very advanced, and not really comparable to land-based broadband (nor even comparable to wireless connectivity commonly known as wi-fi). Aviation Broadband’s offer is truly high-speed broadband, delivering a fast digital connection through the air. Of course, the big difference is that the point of connection is always moving, and each connected device still needs to be handled by a router/modem-like device that can handle the geographical movement. Maybe that’s what Harris’ software does. Or, maybe what Harris is providing is the know-how for the entire technology, from start to finish. It doesn’t really matter - it’s a done deal.

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11/20/2008

Voyant (VOYT) CEO Sends a Letter….Fairly Predictable Stuff

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 8:53 am

Maybe you saw this morning’s letter from Voyant International’s (VOYT) CEO Dana Waldman? If you didn’t, I don’t know that you missed a whole lot - it was a brief update on some of the current projects….white space radio, RocketStream, and Aviation Broadband. There was one new item that came up though.

Remember the name ‘RocketConnect’ - I suspect we’ll be hearing it more in the near future. As near as I can tell, RocketConnect is RocketStream for consumers. RocketStream was targeting businesses and organizations with massive data transfer needs. RocketConnect is targeting end users - ordinary people at their desktops and laptops - to accelerate the speed at which they send and receive information over the web.

I couldn’t perfectly tell, but it appears as if this product is going to be piggy-backed somehow with Internet services already being provided to consumers. Maybe there’s some sort of revenue sharing arrangement being forged with ISPs. The reason I say that is simply because Waldman said to think about the potential sales volume on the same scale as cable/telco volume.

It’ll be interesting to see what it is and how it plays out.

Everything else in the letter was fairly predictable.

By the way, did everybody see Voyant’s most recent 10Q? It quietly came out Monday, and was essentially what we were looking for… a little more revenue, but nothing life-changing. They pulled in $177K. For comparison, they did $133K last quarter. So, the increases are coming. (Any increase last quarter is impressive.)

What’s been fascinating for the last two quarters now is the massive gross margins we’re seeing. Their cost of sales was $30K last quarter, and only $13.3K this quarter. That’s a gross margin of more than 90% … which is why software is such an attractive business to be in. I think margins will head lower as the other business ventures ramp up. But still, that’s impressive. RocketConnect will be the same way - once developed, it costs nothing to share it, yet it still bears revenue.

The stock is perking up today, but I don’t think the letter is the reason.

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11/7/2008

FCC Officially Opens “White Space” Spectrum For Business

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 8:27 am

Some of you will know exactly what the FCC’s ‘white space spectrum’ headline means; most of you will probably have no idea what it means. All of you, however, should be interested in what it means. Why? Tuesday’s decision from the FCC is a proverbial green light to cultivate a whole new means of digital information delivery, like television, radio, and Internet connectivity.

If you happen to own Voyant (VOYT) shares, this is compelling news. However, it’s equally compelling if you also happen to own Google, Motorola, Dell, or Hewlett-Packard….all of those have an interest in advancing white space technology as well.

Here’s the deal - for those of you 40 years old or older, you’ll remember there was a point in time when there was no ‘cable’ television. You got true ‘channels’, where the number of the station was also the radio frequency of the broadcast. The channel numbers ran from 2 all the way up to 51. Well, channels 2 through 20 are still reserved for broadcast, even though using air waves is almost a thing of the past. Channels 20 through 51 though, they’re no longer used by anybody….but the FCC still regulates them.

Since radio frequency ‘real estate’ isn’t infinite, some new players recognized that UHF channels 20 through 52 are the only opportunity to establish new communication lines. The cool part is, modern technology can use these channels not just for television broadcasts, but for any digital message. THIS INCLUDES INTERNET, RADIO, SOME TELEPHONY, and of course, DIGITAL TV.

See the reason for the interest? This is a whole new playground that virtually anybody can enter; there won’t be conflicting or overlapping channels to limit competition.

Better still, it’s not like there are merely 32 channels up for grabs here. Digital equipment can be tuned to receive and transmit at fractional frequencies….like 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, and so on. I don’t know how many actual ‘channels’ can be set up, but I think it numbers in the thousands. In short, there’s really no limit now to what can be done, if it’s digital.

Now, I said all that to reiterate something we haven’t mentioned in a while - Voyant is jockeying to establish a major presence in the white space spectrum. They’re already building $2 million worth of white space frequency radios, but their technology could be adapted to use for WiFi purposes, or wireless communications. 

They’ve also been quietly developing Voyant Productions - the entertainment arm of the company. If you can control the delivery method, why not generate revenue by offering what’s delivered? This may eventually mean movie/television production and distribution.

Anyway, the FCC has officially opened up those white space channels for this kind of use. I thought it was a ‘done deal’ in the summer, but a few groups balked at the decision, and managed to get it delayed. The opponents were just groups that had something to lose though, like market share. The FCC is pro-competition though (usually), so this outcome was inevitable.

It’s good news for Voyant International and any VOYT shareholders. It won’t put money in the bank immediately, but this is a big victory that could open the door to literally millions of dollars.

I’ll let you know more when I know more.

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9/17/2008

Highlights From Voyant Conference Call, AirCell Question Answered

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 1:35 pm

I just got off the Voyant International (VOYT) conference call. I hope you had a chance to listen in, but if you didn’t, there’s a replay available. I would summarize it here, but I didn’t get a chance to take notes. So, I encourage you to listen to the call. However, for those of you who are as busy as I am, there are a few highlights I think are worth knowing if you can’t do the replay. 

RocketStream is going well, and a fourth customer group is starting to solidify. They’d been focused on direct sales, sales through embedding, and sales through bundling. However, the fourth venue now coming into play is telecommunication carriers like Korea Telecom (KT). Basically, it’s a referral resource. KT’s customers who are dissatisfied with their Internet speeds are being told to purchase RocketStream.

If it were just one telco company in support of RocketStream, I might think little of it. However, a U.S.-based telco has also asked Voyant to possibly help them speed up their broadband connection. The deal, if it went through, would mean installing Voyant’s technology on 6 million modems (for starters). The sweetest part about the deal? Recurring revenue, and I guess a lot of it.

They didn’t say who the telco was, or where the technology trials were. Interesting, though, that they were approached.

Nevertheless, Voyant still feels embedding and bundling is the big-time venue for RocketStream.

Aviation Broadband - the much-awaited passenger-jet broadband service - is still in the works. They just completed their second test flight, topping the results from the first test, and exceeding their own expectations for this test. This 2nd test showed high capacity at an even greater distance from ground.

The concerns about existing competition came up (inevitably), and here’s what Voyant had to say…

Aviation Broadband will be better than current satellite services. Satellite connections are very expensive, costing about 100 x the cost of Voyant’s cost to deliver the same amount of data. As for current ground-based versions, those can’t scale up because they still have to share bandwidth. The more users they add to current ground-based services, the slower it gets. Voyant’s ‘pipe’ is bigger (and has higher capacity).

What about AirCell (Aviation Broadband’s big competition already taking on market share)? AirCell is priming the pump, but Voyant can steal the market once cultivated.

Voyant provides 10x more bandwidth than Aircell, and AirCell can only provide service in North America. Voyant is focused beyond the United States, and said Europe may be the first Aviation Broadband market. Plus, Aircell’s limited bandwidth is shared among all the planes in the sky. [It became clear the competition they were panning earlier in the call was AirCell.] Voyant plans to transmit at 35 Mbps to each plane, no matter how many planes are in the air.

Voyant also added they used RocketStream to deliver movie content from Voyant Productions via Aviation Broadband, integrating all their technology. We hadn’t heard much about Voyant Productions (TV and movie content) until now, but their interest in the business is becoming a little more clear - it fits well with the jet/broadband technology. Voyant Productions is still in formation, but there is some clear monetization potential here.

Harris Corporation is the partner they’ve got to help with testing and implementation. They now have a formal collaboration agreement in place, which wasn’t in place when the trials began.

Oh, and the wireless Internet radio deal - the $2 million contract from this summer - is ahead of schedule. They didn’t say what ‘ahead’ meant, so I still don’t know when they’ll be booking revenue from that.

All in all I learned a little. There wasn’t much discussion about numbers, but now we have some more framework in place to hang the dollars on when that data starts to flow in. 

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9/9/2008

Voyant (VOYT) to Host Investor Conference Call

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 6:45 am

Looking to get up close and personal with a budding bulletin board company? Here’s your chance. It’s not like you’re going to be a fly on the wall of the boardroom, but Voyant International’s (VOYT) upcoming investor conference call may shed some light on things we didn’t know about.

The call is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17th, at 2:00 PM EST.

To listen in, dial 877-741-4248 five to ten minutes prior to start time for registration if you’re in the U.S. or Canada. International callers should dial 719-325-4763. Either way, the event passcode is 5794266.

I don’t know if there will be an opportunity to ask questions or not, though based on the information in the press release it seems to be a ‘listen only’ call. I’ll let you know if I see something to the contrary between now and then.

There will be a replay available if you can’t make the call.

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9/2/2008

Voyant To Present Aviation Broadband to the Market

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 12:43 pm

I don’t think we should read too much into this, but then again, I don’t think we should overlook this and what it means either. What I’m talking about is Voyant International’s (VOYT) presence at this year’s World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) Conference and Exhibition. It’s taking place this weekend, and Voyant will be featuring Aviation Broadband at the show.

This is ‘the show’ when it comes to add-on services and ancillary products airlines could add/outsource to their current revenue-bearing offers. Most of the major airlines - and their decision makers - will be there, so this is a great opportunity for the company to start penetrating the market. In the meantime, the finishing touches are being added to the actual link-up technology.

Obviously Voyant won’t be walking away from the show with a check in their hand. They will, however, be planting a lot of seeds.

Philosophically, I have to think this is a sign of comfort with what Voyant has to offer. I can’t imagine these guys going to a major show and presenting something they didn’t feel would be deliverable. And don’t forget, the most recent test of the system was successful.

Anyway, just wanted to keep you filled in on the latest. Not a big deal for right now, but I do see the contacts being made at the conference turning into customers down the road.

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8/18/2008

Small Cap Voyant (VOYT) Looking Good - Not Great, But Good

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 9:57 am

If the rest of the market were up for the day I’m sure I wouldn’t even mention it. But, when one of our bulletin board stocks is making a gain in this environment, I think it deserves at least a mention….particularly when it looks like it’s trying to stage a breakout.

I’m talking about our small cap pick Voyant International (VOYT). It’s up 11% for the day, which isn’t huge, but we’re also seeing this stock finally get past a fairly significant ceiling at 14 cents. Better still, it looks like the buying volume is growing again.

Nothing earth-shattering, but this move is going to put VOYT back onto my short list of stocks worth watching. It also makes me wonder if there’s some yet-to-be-released news some traders are trying to get a jump on.

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8/8/2008

Reader Question About Voyant’s Aviation Broadband - Competition Already In Place?

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 5:16 am

Wednesday’s discussion of Voyant International (VOYT) - and Aviation Broadband - prompted an interesting question from one of our readers. Gary accurately pointed out there’s somebody else already doing what Voyant plans to do with the Internet on passenger jets…

Check out this page on MSN:

http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=579884&page=2

No mention of VOYT.
>From your previous pumping of VOYT, airlines were supposed to be the most promising entry for this technology.
Looks like someone else will get the business.

Thanks Gary. Though nobody is effectively delivering this higher-quality broadband service on airplanes yet, I hope we didn’t imply that Voyant was the only company working on it. (We’re specifically referring to ground-based service. There’s a satellite-based broadband service available, but it’s expensive and ineffective….and probably has no future.)

Here’s some even more concerning news if the article above (about GoGo and Delta) worried you though - there’s more competition than just GoGo.

That said, AirCell (the operator and designer of the GoGo service) seems to be closest to delivery….according to the article anyway. However, don’t forget Voyant successfully tested their technology (which I assume is the same basic technology as GoGo’s) just a few weeks ago, and it worked. I can’t imagine AirCell’s product being significantly more ready than Voyant’s. I expect to see a similar article about Aviation Broadband pretty soon.

Somewhat-related…the passenger jet broadband industry is expected to be worth $1 billion annually in the foreseeable future. If Voyant can even capture a piece of that (and we think they can), it will still be a windfall. Would I like it of GoGo/AirCell fell off the face of the earth? Yep. But, even if Voyant was the only player now, competition at some point would be inevitable.

Point being, we don’t expect GoGo to get 100% of the business.

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Reader Question About Voyant - No Cash On Hand?

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 4:52 am

We got a handful of good questions regarding Voyant International’s (VOYT) unheralded quarterly results from Wednesday; a few of them even made the ‘need to answer publicly‘ list. Here’s the first…

I’m excited by your assessment of the company’s future, but they don’t have enough money to keep going. The press release today says they have to raise more capital and if they don’t succeed they won’t be able to stay in business for more than a few months.

Excitement versus fear: can they survive long enough to start benefitting from their exciting product developments? They can hardly dilute a stock that currently priced at 12 cents!

Any insights would be welcome.

Thanks for the question. The bad news is, that warning appeared on the latest 10-Q. The good news is, that warning has pretty much appeared on every 10-Q since Voyant’s onset. It hasn’t been a problem yet.

Truth be told, that’s mostly boiler-plate stuff, and on there as an accounting requirement. It’s not unusual at all for most bulletin board companies….none of them really have ‘enough’ money to stay afloat. Yet, many of them do stay afloat for quite some time.

In Voyant’s case, most - if not all - of their people are being paid in stock rather than cash. And, the staff is lean to say the least. They have basically no costs either, and RocketStream (as we now know) is high-margin.

Point being, the warning doesn’t particularly worry me any more than I’d be concerned even if they had a a big stash of cash. If they’re going to fold, any cash they had on hand really couldn’t prevent it. They don’t need it to stay afloat - they haven’t had much cash in a long time. (There are much bigger things to worry about.)

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8/4/2008

Voyant (VOYT) Adds Another RocketStream Customer

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 6:37 am

Score another one for Voyant International’s (VOYT) RocketStream - another customer has been added, further cementing the technology’s demand. Once again, it’s incremental revenue….I’m not sure how much, but any amount is going to be a significant amount for this new company.

The customer is OraMetrix, and the need is for a specific product called ‘SureSmile’. OraMetrix provides an orthodontic treatment process - dentists do the hand-work in their office, but OraMetrix remotely creates the solution using detailed CT scans of an individual patient. Of course, those data files can be huge. Hence, the need for a high-speed data transfer service like RocketStream.

Dentists previously sent a patient’s CT scans via snail mail, on CD-ROM. That’s anything but fast. Now they can transmit the CT data via the web, in a matter of seconds. OraMetrix can immediately begin creating archwires for individual patients.

The ‘impact’, as we said above, is more revenue; I’m guessing an up-front fee plus ongoing royalties of some sort. The bigger message is more credibility. Every new RocketStream customer makes it easier to sell it to a new another new customer….a snowball effect, if you will. And, there are thousands if not millions more potential customers out there.

Even bigger than that, I think quarterly earnings are due any day now for Voyant. I’ll be excited to see what kind of dollars they’ve already done with RocketStream. Remember, CEO Dana Waldman has already mentioned growth has been strong during the company’s initial launch. Stay tuned for those details.

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6/16/2008

Bulletin Board Pick Voyant (VOYT) Makes Good on Reversal Effort

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 10:54 am

After the market closed last Thursday I mentioned how the Voyant International’s (VOYT) stock looked prime to reverse higher after retesting a key 61.8% retracement line (at 15 cents). Well, we did indeed see this small cap stock move higher on Friday. Today we’re seeing even more upside, this time with higher volume. That accumulation is still on the low side overall, but it’s enough to get the stock moving.

I’m not overly surprised either. As you can see for yourself, the degree of bearish volume was shrinking as the stock peeled back from the peak of 32 cents. I have to think that was profit-taking from those folks who don’t see the longer-term picture here (which is fine). Now with all the big swings out of the way, we can really start to hone in on a valuation. (For more on the volatility-versus-valuation theme, be sure to review Thursday’s blog.)

Anyway, just wanted to point out this small cap name may be gearing up for the second round - and maybe a breakout move.

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5/21/2008

Voyant (VOYT) Has a Smooth Take-Off En Route to 36 Cents

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 6:45 am

Excellent. I was worried that we’d see this small cap stock surge out of reach right out of the gate, but Voyant (VOYT) opened where it closed on Tuesday…at 12 cents. We are seeing a good deal of buying here, but I’ve yet to see a trade over 14 cents. In other words, this stock looks safe to venture into if you were worried about a lot of news-based volatility.

It looks like it’s going to be a high volume day as well. 244,000 shares have already traded hands, and we’re just nine minutes into the trading day. I expect today to be one of the biggest days ever for the stock in terms of volume, which should get the attention of anybody who may have missed the news (maybe some institutions too).

More importantly, I think this is going to jump-start the stock. I’m glad all of you were able to get in under 14 cents. Let’s just sit back and enjoy the ride.

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5/13/2008

Bulletin Board Stock Voyant (VOYT) Off to a Good Start, Close to Breakout

Filed under: — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7:00 am

Though we’ve only got a couple of trading days under our belt since we mentioned bulletin board stock Voyant International (VOYT), they’ve been a good two days. Shares closed at 10 cents on Thursday - the day we issued our company profile in the newsletter. As of right now, they’re at 12.5 cents…up 25% since our first look.

Even more compelling is the volume. We’re seeing a significant amount of buying now.

The short-term line in the sand seems to be 13.5 cents. We saw VOYT peak there yesterday, not to mention peaking at that line a couple other times earlier in the year. If the stock can break past that resistance, I really like the odds of a rally. I’d be accumulating on that breakout.

On the chart below you see a peak around 38 cents. What you don’t see is the peak of 76 cents from the middle of last year. Those are my short-term and longer-term mental goals.

Are they acheivable? I think so, though we’re not going to put VOYT in a full-blown ‘trade’ framework just yet. All I know is this company’s market cap is a mere $14 million, and they’re looking at a handful of multi-million dollar deals.

In the meantime, I think this bulletin board pick is starting to get traction, reflecting the underlying company’s potential.  

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