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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2467)	2/17/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Tokyo Firm Creates Low-Cost Internet Phone I checked the website, no product listed yet> soliton.co.jp February 17, 1999 Nikkei English: TOKYO (Nikkei)--Soliton Systems KK, a Tokyo-based developer of network equipment, has devised a line of compact, money-saving Internet telephones which it says are priced just one-third to one-fifth as much as competing models. The Solphone 1000 phones, designed primarily for offices, enable users to send faxes or speak to each other over their company's local area network or leased Internet lines to economize on phone charges. In addition, the system can support conference calls with up to 200 participants. The phones are equipped with a fax modem and include voice compression functions as well as switching and network management functions. Soliton plans to begin sales of four models in Japan in March and in Europe and the U.S. in July. The company, which has priced the phones starting at 128,000 yen, is targeting worldwide sales of about 50,000 units in the first year. With the exchange rates at .0084cents for every 119.03 yen, that comes to about $ 1,075.20 US Dollars. Is this a deal? Temp'