Explosive Communications Pioneer

Micah Networks founder has been developing, manufacturing and patenting video communication technologies for use by corporations, universities and government agencies since 1983. 
Micah  is now delivering its first generation Tiphone, TV-quality broadband videophone, to consumers and businesses directly and through relationships with broadband providers. Micah currently owns U.S. patent numbers The first generation Tiphone is the world´s first low-cost broadband videophone. It is a self-contained system that does not require a PC or any external equipment. The Tiphone operates on any broadband connection and home or office network, including high-speed Internet connections via DSL or cable modem. The Tiphone SIP compliant and delivers up to 30 frames-per-second video and crisp audio quality utilizing 128k to 512k of bandwidth. It is compatible with virtually all corporate video conferencing systems.

Market Size

Hardware Revenue Opportunity

•          Worldwide IP phone shipments will grow from 10 million units in 2006 to 164 million units in 2010

•          Conservatively assuming [1]% market share of Micah videophones distributed through powerful channels of fixed-line operators implies potential market of x million units

–        1.6 million units sold at a price of $175 implies annual revenues to Micah of approximately $287 million dollars2

VoIP Service Revenue Opportunity for Fixed-Line Operators

•          24 million US VoIP subscribers by 2010

•          Assuming a fixed-line operator ultimately takes a [10%] market share and charges consumers a monthly fixed cost of $[25] for unlimited voice service (unbundled)

–        $720 million revenue opportunity for a fixed-line operator

–        Micah’s negotiated percentage share?

What about China?

•          Fixed line sub(370M) is a little less that mobile subscriber(480M)

•          Broadband user is 56M , about 15% of total fixed line subscriber

•          There is 28% increase rate month-by-month

•          UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) which makes the cell phone dual mode is in early stage.

•          56M broadband user + 15% increase rate

•          10% of penetration will generate about same size of market like US