Sonim Technologies Provides Corporate Update

Company Updates Fiscal 2019 Financial Guidance; Appoints Tech and Financial Veteran as Interim CFO; Management to Hold Conference Call Today at 11:00 a.m. ET

SAN MATEO, Calif. – September 10, 2019 – Sonim Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONM), a leading U.S. provider of ultra-rugged mobility solutions designed specifically for task workers physically engaged in their work environments, has provided a corporate update, including revised financial guidance for fiscal 2019. The company has also appointed technology and financial veteran Bob Tirva as interim CFO. Sonim management will hold a conference call today, September 10, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (8:00 a.m. Pacific time) to provide more details related to these updates.

Fiscal 2019 Financial Outlook

Based on current expectations, Sonim management has updated its financial guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019:

• Net revenues are expected to be flat or slightly below 2018 net revenues of $135.7 million reported in fiscal 2018;
• GAAP net loss, defined as net revenues less cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes and other expenses, is expected to be up to $15 million;
• Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP metric, is expected to be a loss of up to $5 million.

Several factors have collectively contributed to the company’s revised financial outlook for fiscal 2019, primarily stemming from changes in U.S. wireless carrier forecasts for the launch of Sonim’s new products as well as launch delays due to software issues related to these new introductions.

Sonim bases its forecasts on its wireless carrier’s forecasts of their purchase of Sonim’s products. Over the past few weeks, these carriers lowered those forecasts for Sonim’s new product introductions. This summer Sonim had expected, based on customer input, carriers to subsidize Sonim phones post-launch, to place new releases in retail locations, and to sign up push-to-talk customers to Sonim’s new generation of phones. In each of these cases, there have been significant delays and changes in the rollout of these efforts, resulting in a reduction of Sonim’s expected net revenues in the second half of the year. The company believes, however, that the carriers are moving forward with their plans, and Sonim expects it will see sell-through momentum occur near the end of 2019 leading to a positive start to 2020.

Further, the company has experienced technical challenges related to its XP8 smartphone and other general non-systemic, accessory-related issues in its feature phones, which cumulatively resulted in lost sales momentum. These challenges have diverted resources away from launching smaller Tier 2 carrier customers and, as such, delayed the launch of Sonim devices to their customer base. The company believes that these issues are being remediated, and Sonim expects the bulk of the Tier 2 carriers to launch Sonim products in the latter part of 2019.

Sonim has been working diligently over the last year to address the risks of the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. Last week, Sonim shipped its first phones manufactured outside of China.   While there is more work to do to ensure all Sonim phones are manufactured to be tariff-free, this is a positive operational step for Sonim.

“We encountered a number of recent, near-term delays, which have colle