IQST - IQSTEL Releases New Investor Deck as Invitation for Long-Term Shareholders to Enter the Open Market

NEW YORK, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST), a rapidly growing multinational telecom and technology company, today announced the release of its updated Investor Deck, which will also be filed with the SEC via an 8-K. This release marks a key component of the company's long-term strategy to build market awareness, increase shareholder engagement, and attract institutional and family office investors to enter the public market as long-term shareholders.

The updated Investor Deck is designed as a transparent, comprehensive tool for investors to better understand IQSTEL's business model, financial health, growth vision, and path to becoming a $1 billion revenue company by 2027. It outlines the company's operations across telecom, high-tech telecom services (eSIM, roaming, cloud), fintech, AI telecom platforms, and cybersecurity—spanning more than 20 countries with over 600 global business relationships.

The investor deck highlights IQSTEL's transformation from a telecom operator into a high-margin, scalable technology platform. The presentation also outlines key financial benchmarks, including a $340 million revenue forecast for 2025 and a $400 million year-end revenue run rate target, with 20% of that mix coming from high-tech services such as fintech, AI, and cybersecurity. These metrics underscore the company's scalable model and support its goal to achieve $1 billion in annual revenue by 2027.

Leandro Iglesias, CEO of IQSTEL, commented:
"We have big plans for IQSTEL. As a newly listed company on NASDAQ, we believe it's critical to amplify our visibility and communicate clearly with the investment community. Our updated investor deck tells the story of how we're growing fast, how we're already profitable in telecom, and how we're now expanding into high-margin tech verticals. We want family offices, funds, and long-term investors to study our plan, understand our value, and take action—by building positions in the open market."

Unlike many small-cap companies, IQSTEL is not under dilution pressure. The company completed its NASDAQ uplisting through a direct listing without raising capital, and all convertible instruments mature in Q1 2026. This structure supports stability and protects existing shareholders while enhancing long-term value.

A Strategic Push for Investor Visibility

The release of the Investor Deck also coincides with IQSTEL's broader capital market strategy: to create new demand from high-conviction investors who understand and support the company's roadmap. The goal is to increase the number of quality shareholders purchasing IQSTEL shares in the open market and holding long-term positions as the company scales.

Any investor interested in receiving the updated Investor Deck can download it from the 8-K filing on the SEC's EDGAR system or request a copy directly by emailing [email protected].

About IQSTEL Inc.

IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) is a multinational technology company providing advanced solutions across Telecom, High-Tech Telecom Services, Fintech, AI-Powered Telecom Platforms, and Cybersecurity. With operations in 21 countries and a team of 100 employees, IQSTEL serves a broad global customer base with high-value, high-margin services. Backed by a strong and scalable business platform, the company is forecasting $340 million in revenue for FY-2025, reinforcing its trajectory toward becoming a $1 billion tech-driven enterprise by 2027.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures: The Company uses certain financial calculations such as Adjusted EBITDA, Return on Assets and Return on Equity as factors in the measurement and evaluation of the Company's operating performance and period-over-period growth. The Company derives these financial calculations on the basis of methodologies other than generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), primarily by excluding from a comparable GAAP measure certain items the Company does not consider to be representative of its actual operating performance. These financial calculations are "non-GAAP financial measures" as defined under the SEC rules. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures in operating its business because management believes they are less susceptible to variances in actual operating performance that can result from the excluded items, other infrequent charges and currency fluctuations. The Company presents these financial measures to investors because management believes they are useful to investors in evaluating the primary factors that drive the Company's core operating performance and provide greater transparency into the Company's results of operations. However, items that are excluded and other adjustments and assumptions that are made in calculating these non-GAAP financial measures are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company's financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, the Company's GAAP financial measures. Further, because these non-GAAP financial measures are not determined in accordance with GAAP, and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly-titled measures of other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized accounting measurement under GAAP; it should not be considered as an alternative to net income, as a measure of operating results, or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. It is presented here not as an alternative to net income, but rather as a measure of the Company's operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA excludes, in addition to non-operational expenses like interest expenses, taxes, depreciation and amortization; items that we believe are not indicative of our operating performance, such as:

• Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities: These adjustments reflect unrealized gains or losses that are non-operational and subject to market volatility.
• Loss on Settlement of Debt: This represents non-recurring expenses associated with specific financing activities and does not impact ongoing business operations.
• Stock-Based Compensation: As a non-cash expense, this adjustment eliminates variability caused by equity-based incentives.

The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA offers a clearer view of the cash-generating potential of its business, excluding non-recurring, non-cash, and non-operational impacts. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating the Company's operating performance compared to that of other companies in its industry because the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing, income taxes, non-cash and certain other items that may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance and also believes this information is useful to investors.

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These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may and are likely to differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release, and IQSTEL Inc. undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release.

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