To: Redhook who wrote (67315 ) 4/9/1999 11:34:00 AM From: GBT Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 119973
ETEL looks really strong. Telephony internet and cable. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- e-Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETEL - news) today announced at the ComNet tradeshow and exhibition that it has expanded its previously announced relationship with Com21, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMTO - news) by agreeing to jointly develop a new line of voice-enabled cable modem products and to increase the length of their existing strategic alliances. Since January, the two companies have been developing COM21's latest cable modem telephony module, known as the Telephony Application Interface Module 200 (T-AIM 200). This product allows telephony and fax to be carried alongside high-speed data on cable television networks using Com21's ComUNITY Access® Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network architecture. Recently, e-Net and Com21 have agreed to expand their co-development efforts by adding Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) support to the T-AIM 200 product. The development of this product will bring cable service, Internet access, telephony and fax to the home on a single access service, via existing cable television infrastructures. In addition to the implementation of e-Net's standards-based Voice over IP technology, the term of the contract has been extended from 30 months to a period of 42 months. e-Net will obtain a royalty of $5.00 per T-AIM 200 unit sold, and Com21 has increased its development funding to e-Net. The term for the royalty payment will begin upon the commencement of product sales, expected in calendar year 1999. Com21 will be principally responsible for the new product's sales and marketing.