Mar. 98 Computer Telephony article on ArelNet. ARLCF (2 9/16, + 1/16) has 5.4 million shrs outstanding per qtrly press release so the bid/ask spread can be high. Also, 3/4-point per share in cash and short-term investments per qtrly press release at biz.yahoo.com
From page 138, 3/98 Computer Telephony issue (I recommend this magazine for keeping up on the IP telephony space, btw):
"ArelNet's (Yavne, Israel -- +972 8 942 0880) iFax/Phone 2.0 is a carrier class voice and Fax-over-IP gateway. When it hits the market in March, service providers will no doubt be pleased that it comes with admin and SNMP management modules, billing functions, and advanced routing.
Your fax routes direct, not through a "home server;" though you log in to and access any distribution lists you've set up at a central server. All to avoid having to propagate lists and table to each network node.
ISPs should find the single chassis solution a great way to spice up cheap voice with value-added service (fax). Nortel, who holds a stake in Arel, thinks so.
They're distributing it where Micom V/IP routers won't fit the bill. One master server can control a network of 256 T-1s coming in. Gateways each handle 96 ports per chassis. Voice runs over G.723.1 and the H.323 compression and call control standards.
Units are sold turnkey, with Dialogic and Gammalink T-1 and fax (store-and-forward) cards, and an Analogic DSP resource card for voice. $6950 for 4 ports to $54,900 for a T-1. About $1,500 per port."
Philip |
