RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Today's Actionretired,
I believe many large investors still don't get what the company has to offer small, medium. and now large enterprises with their Star2Star acquisition: A one-stop shop vendor for installation and operation of all your communications needs vs. (U.S.) competitors that don't offer entire communications suites, forcing many customers to sign up with two or more firms to get what they want / need when STC can provide the whole package based on how many communications components the client is seeking.
I think the Star2Star acquistion was a brillant move, but sometimes the market will view a large acquistion with skepticism and they worry about whether to company gave up too much to acquire the target entity, how costly integration of the two will be, and if they can deliver on the promise of a strong, new, combined company.
Here's the way I look at the combination of STC and S2S:
1) STC now has a large U.S. headquarters in Sarasota, Florida in addition to their Canadian headquarters in Markham, Ontario.
2) STC mainly catered to small and medium sized businesses, S2S's focus was on large enterprises - the combined company can now service clients of all sizes.
3) The vast majority of S2S clients were American companies, whereas STC has offices / contacts in Europe, South America, India, Hong Kong, and Singapore, so S2S's expertise can combine with STC's to accomodate large enterprises in these locations.
I am a big fan of STC and am willing to be patient. If STC can deliver by growing their business by leaps and bounds over the next couple of years, I believe shareholders will be well-rewarded.
We shall see......