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CTI Group (Holdings) Inc.: CTI Group Reports First Quarter 2010 Results

^{Published on 2010-05-14 13:20:04 - Market Wire}
 

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwire - May 14, 2010) - CTI Group (Holdings) Inc. (OTCBB: [ CTIG ]), an international provider of electronic invoice processing and management (EIM), enterprise communications management software and services solutions, and carrier class voice over internet protocol (VoIP) management applications, reported first quarter 2010 results. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased to $3,940,057 as compared to revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2009 of $3,949,288. The Company reported a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of ($223,131) or ($0.01) per share as compared to a net loss of ($522,691) or ($0.02) per share for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The decrease in net loss was primarily attributable to reduction in patent license fee and enforcement costs in 2010.

Commenting on the results, John Birbeck, CTI Group's President and CEO, stated, "As a result of cost containment efforts, we have seen signs of improvement in the bottom line and cash flow in 2010. We remain optimistic that our increased cash flows will better position us to return to growth in 2010 as market conditions continue to improve."

The Company's hosted VoIP applications are expected to help eliminate customer resistance to conversion to next-generation platforms, while creating new revenue opportunities for service providers through the delivery of compelling value added services. CTI Group's new products include emPulse, a real-time web-based communications management and analysis solution, and the award-winning SmartRecord®, which enables service providers to record calls and provide analytics in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment for their hosted and managed service customers. SmartRecord® integrates with Broadsoft, Cisco and Avaya systems to enable recording across the complete spectrum of unified communications. Specifically engineered to seamlessly integrate with the customer's evolving online eBusiness strategy, these business applications provide enterprise customers and service providers with essential workflow and compliance systems.

The Proteus® suite of products is used by companies, institutions and government agencies to track communications activity and to control costs associated with operating communications networks. Proteus® performs functions of call accounting, cost allocation, client bill-back, analyses of trunk traffic and calling and usage patterns, toll fraud detection, directory services, integrates with SmartRecord® as well as with other private branch exchange peripheral products.

The EIM suite of products includes: Analysis 7, for complete on-line customer care of mobile, fixed line and data services and particularly where multi-national and multi-service business applications are involved; SplitBill to enable users to automate Business vs. Personal use; and Dynamic Reports, which is a "push" analysis, billing and advertising medium for mobile, data and fixed line, targeting the consumer and SMB markets.

About CTI Group -- CTI Group (Holdings) Inc. is an international provider of electronic invoice processing and management, enterprise communications management software and services solutions, and carrier class voice over internet protocol (VoIP) management applications. CTI Group's SmartBill®, SmartRecord® and Proteus® product suites offer a full array of solutions for traffic analysis, post-billing call analysis, customer care and call recording. CTI Group's products are used by some of the top service providers in North America and the United Kingdom, and play a trusted role in managing telephony costs at major corporations internationally. Headquartered in Indianapolis, CTI Group maintains overseas offices in London and Blackburn, UK. For more information, please visit CTI Group's website at [ www.ctigroup.com ].

Safe Harbor Statement -- This release may contain "forward-looking" statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (a) projections of revenue, capital expenditures, growth, prospects, dividends, capital structure and other financial matters; (b) statements of plans and objectives of CTI Group or its management or Board of Directors; (c) statements of future economic performance; (d) statements of assumptions underlying other statements and statements about CTI Group and its business relating to the future; and (e) any statements using the words "could," "should," "anticipate," "expect,", "may," "project," "intend," "will," "believe" or similar expressions. CTI Group's ability to predict projected results or the effect of events on CTI Group's operating results is inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this document. These factors include, but are not limited to: effects of current economic crisis, ability to attract and retain customers to purchase its products, ability to develop or launch new software products, technological advances by third parties and competition, ability to protect the Company's patented technology, ability to obtain settlements in connection with its patent enforcement activities and risks described in CTI Group's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. Readers are referred to documents filed by CTI Group with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-Q for its most recent quarter ended March 31, 2010.