One Horizon Group Announces Full Year 2014 Results

LIMERICK, IRELAND--(Marketwired - Apr 1, 2015) - One Horizon Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OHGI) ("One Horizon", "We" or the "Company"), which develops and licenses bandwidth efficient mobile voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") platform for smart phones, announced financial and operational results for the calendar year ending December 31, 2014.

One Horizon developed a proprietary VoIP platform ("Horizon Platform") that enables wireless carriers around the world to provide customized and optimized voice and data services over any mobile, fixed and satellite network through an easy to install mobile App. Its SmartPacket™ technology underlying the Horizon Platform enables greater bandwidth efficiency by reducing IP overhead and optimizing packet flow, delivery and playback. One Horizon targets emerging markets with high population densities, high penetration of mobile phones, congested mobile networks, and high growth in smartphone adoption. In this context, it has formed strategic relationships with local partners in India, Russia and China.

Mobile operators pay an annual software licensing fee to the Company and a tiered user fee for each active subscriber using the white-label VoIP service powered by the Horizon Platform. As subscribers opt in, the Company receives user fees. The Company continues to expand its revenue sources to mobile advertising and mobile payments by introducing new value-added services and features.

The Company has negotiated with some tier-2 customers to change the contractual billing arrangements from fixed price for licenses and maintenance services supplied, to a revenue share arrangement where the Company receives a percentage of all future revenue generated by the customers from services to their subscribers using the Horizon platform. In the medium to long term this is expected to generate greater recurring income over a longer term especially with customers operating in niche areas with limited subscriber numbers with high Average Revenue Per User.

Following the first phase of its infrastructure rollout that commenced in six major cities in China in 2014, One Horizon is moving forward to penetrate the Chinese mobile VoIP market with their branded smartphone app called Aishou. Aishuo is available in over 40 smartphone App stores throughout China and the App supports a credit top-up facility linked to all of the major Chinese banks.

2014 and Recent Highlights

  • To address the significant growth in China, the Company:

    • Implemented rollout of the Aishou B2C service with virtual SIM solution; available on major App stores.

    • Commenced the first phase of its infrastructure rollout in six major cities in China - Tianjin, Beijing, Chongqing, Changchun, Nanjing and Shijiazhuang.

  • Continued its focus on emerging markets with high population densities, high penetration of mobile phones, congested mobile cellular networks and high growth in the adoption of smartphones, specifically:

    • Smartfren Telecom, Tbk in Indonesia commenced the rollout of a pre-paid VoIP Smartphone App using One Horizon's software platform

    • Smartfren Telecom, Tbk in Indonesia commenced the delivery of its Andromax Android smartphones with their One Horizon app, branded SmartCall, pre-installed at the factory

    • One Horizon and Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("SingTel") signed agreement to deliver optimized VoIP to smartphones for mobile satellite users

    • Smart Communications, Inc. launched a pre-paid VoIP Smartphone App using One Horizon's optimized software platform.