$4.5M in added net income, $9M combined Adjusted EBITDA, and a 23-million-user digital services addressable market — IQSTEL is no longer just a telecom company

NEW YORK, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) today published a Letter to Shareholders disclosing a Binding MOU to acquire a 51% controlling interest in ULTRANET Telecom Group — the largest transaction in IQSTEL's history — and detailing a structural profitability inflection that is expected to multiply the Company's net income from operations by approximately four times. In parallel, IQSTEL outlined its accelerating transition from a pure-play telecom carrier into a high-margin digital services platform with access to an addressable market of up to 23 million digital services users through its existing global operator network.

The Profitability Inflection: What ULTRANET Delivers

ULTRANET Telecom Group is a profitable, fully audited telecommunications operator with established operations across six African countries. Based on ULTRANET's FY 2025 audited financial statements, the planned Q3 acquisition is expected to deliver an immediate, verified profitability boost to IQSTEL on a consolidated basis:

Management noted that the $4.5 million net income contribution represents the single largest profitability leap in IQSTEL's history, and that the combined Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $9 million positions the Company at roughly the halfway point toward its mid-term target of $15 million in EBITDA — with further digital services upside not yet reflected in these projections.

From Telecom Carrier to High-Margin Digital Platform

While the revenue and profitability contribution of ULTRANET is significant, management believes the strategic value may be even greater. IQSTEL's existing commercial platform already reaches over 600 of the world's largest telecom operators, creating access to approximately 2.3 billion end users globally. ULTRANET's African presence and operator relationships provide IQSTEL with a ready-made regional channel through which it can immediately begin deploying its high-margin Digital Services portfolio.

IQSTEL's Digital Services portfolio currently includes:

• Fintech: Fintech & mobile money solutions
• Cybersecurity: Enterprise and operator cybersecurity services
• Artificial Intelligence: Proprietary Artificial Intelligence applications
• Digital Health: Digital Health platforms
• Digital Content: Digital Content distribution

The Digital Services Opportunity: If IQSTEL captures just 1% of the 2.3 billion end users accessible through its global operator network, that represents a potential addressable market of 23 million Digital Services users — at margins that significantly exceed traditional telecommunications connectivity. ULTRANET's African footprint adds a high-growth regional channel where digital financial and content services remain significantly underserved.

The Company intends to leverage the combined platform to extend ULTRANET's distribution reach beyond Africa into the Middle East and Asia — two of the highest-growth telecommunications and digital services regions in the world — creating a scalable international growth engine with meaningfully higher margin characteristics than the Company's current revenue mix.

"The Binding MOU with ULTRANET sets the stage for something no single transaction has done before in our history: upon closing in Q3, it is expected to multiply our net income from operations by approximately four times in one step. But the bigger story is what comes next. We have built a platform that touches 2.3 billion end users. We are now deploying fintech, cybersecurity, AI, and digital health through that platform — services that carry multiples of the margin of traditional telecom. IQSTEL is not becoming a digital services company. IQSTEL already is one."

— Leandro Jose Iglesias, President & CEO, IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST)

Revenue Context: A Platform Built for Scale

IQSTEL enters this profitability phase backed by a proven revenue track record. The Company has grown from $13.8 million in revenue in 2018 to a projected $560 million year-end run rate in 2026 — a 40x increase — with the planned ULTRANET acquisition expected to accelerate the path toward management's stated target of  $1 Billion in annual revenue.

* 2026E organic forecast $430M; ULTRANET adds ~$130M ? $560M year-end run rate. Forward-looking estimates are management projections, not guarantees of future performance.

Independent Analyst Validation

Following the ULTRANET announcement, Litchfield Hills Research reaffirmed its $18.00 per share price target for IQSTEL — a target management believes reflects the significant disconnect between IQSTEL's current market valuation and the intrinsic value of the business being built. Full report: https://landingpage.iqstel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/LHR-IQST-06092026.pdf

(Analyst opinions are their own and do not represent a statement by the Company.)

READ THE FULL SHAREHOLDER LETTER AT: https://landingpage.iqstel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IQST_Shareholders_Letter_June-25_2026.pdf

About IQSTEL Inc.
IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) is a global telecom and technology company operating in 21 countries with over 600 Telecommunication Carrier Interconnections. The company delivers international voice, SMS, messaging, connectivity, and mobile financial services to telecom operators and enterprise customers worldwide. Built through a decade of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, IQSTEL is now expanding into AI-powered communications and cybersecurity through its RealityBorder.com AI Division and Cycurion partnership.

For more information, please visit www.IQSTEL.com.

Official Investors Landing Page: www.landingpage.iqstel.com

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