Reality Check to Cambium.....
Mark
On 9/23/14, 9:24 AM, Eric Kuhnke via Af wrote:
It is kind of obvious when you look at it. In the last 18 months every
one of their competitors has developed and released a 1024QAM part 101
band product. Exalt's top-end product is still 256QAM and 20W more
power hungry than the competition.
If they did not scrape up the R&D funding to develop and put into
production keeping them in sync with every one of their current
competition's products, that is a worrisome sign.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:01 AM, Tushar Patel via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
"Business as usual", speaking that may not translate in practice.
For example, we were about to buy 10 links and had simple
question, we could never get hold of sales rep who was helping us
promptly before, for 2 weeks we have not been able to get simple
answers. I think Matt posted here, they had sent unit for repair
and was suppose to take 30 days to repair and it has been 60 days
and was having difficult time getting hold off, or getting the
unit. Light reading reports support call going straight to voice
mail. If this is business as usual for exalt we will have hard
time if we run into issues with products in the field or if we
need any kind of support. Current level of response from them is
not even at functional level.
Tushar
On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Steve Utick via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
I've talked to sales reps that have talked to Exalt Staff, and
have said what was already posted, they were bought out, doing a
major re-org due to the purchase, but still operating business as
usual.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Bruce Robertson via Af
<af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
Like I said earlier, there's no evidence that I can find of a
BK filing.
On 09/22/2014 07:17 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
Dangerous to speculate, not enough actual information. I
would observe that a bankruptcy is hard to hide for long,
documents need to filed with courts, and creditors need to
be notified. On the other hand, it seems that ownership
changes can be kept secret for at least a couple months. We
see it all the time when WISPs are purchased. I wonder if
someone bought them and they are trying to time the
announcement with a show or something. If so, that seems to
be backfiring. Maybe they use the same PR consultant as the
NFL.
*From:* cstanners--- via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2014 8:43 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Exalt part 2
This is scary, I hope they're just reorganizing, not really
closed - not good to lose competition. Their licensed radios
looked really good, and the unlicensed, while quite 'dumb'
RF-wise, were solidly built.
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*Subject: *[AFMUG] Exalt part 2
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Exclusive: Microwave Maven Exalt is Cooked
Dan Jones
News Analysis
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Microwave maven Exalt Communications appears to have shut up
shop after 10 years in the backhaul business, Light Reading
has learned.
Industry sources say Exalt Communications Inc.
<http://www.lightreading.com/complink_redirect.asp?vl_id=10845>
has gone under. The company was started in 2004 by Western
Multiplex president Amir Zoufonoun, who acted as CEO from
the beginning, and was focused on selling microwave backhaul
to mobile operators and wireless ISPs. (See Exalt Beams Up
Microwaves
<http://www.lightreading.com/ethernet-ip/exalt-beams-up-microwaves/d/d-id/647013>
and US Wireless ISPs: What's on Their Minds?
<http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/backhaul/us-wireless-isps-whats-on-their-minds/d/d-id/706591>)
Multiple calls by Light Reading to the Campbell,
Calif.-based company's main switchboard were sent straight
to voicemail Monday afternoon. The customer care support
line also goes to voicemail.
"Their office doesn't seem to be open...doors closed and
parking lot empty," says one source, who had heard the
company may be undergoing a change of ownership.
Pam Valentine, VP of outbound marketing at Exalt, meanwhile,
is still listed on the website as the media contact for the
company, but left this month, according to her LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/pub/pamela-valentine/0/596/216>
profile. She has not responded to calls or an email from
Light Reading as this article was published.
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it? Find out more by visiting Light Reading's dedicated
backhaul channel. <http://www.lightreading.com/backhaul.asp>
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The company's last update on its own LinkedIn page was 5
months ago and its last press release was issued on July 16.
CEO Zoufonoun, however, is still currently listed as the
head of the company on his LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=31014386&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=9B53&locale=en_US&srchid=1370003061411410329545&srchindex=1&srchtotal=1&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1370003061411410329545%2CVSRPtargetId%3A31014386%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary>
profile.
The company had raised almost $30 million in VC funding. The
last $15 million series C round was closed in February 2009.
On its website the company, which competes with the likes of
Ceragon Networks Ltd.
<http://www.lightreading.com/complink_redirect.asp?vl_id=1033>
(Nasdaq: CRNT), DragonWave Inc.
<http://www.lightreading.com/complink_redirect.asp?vl_id=1650>
(AIM/Toronto: DWI; Nasdaq: DRWI) and Siklu Communications
Ltd.
<http://www.lightreading.com/complink_redirect.asp?vl_id=13248>
among others, claims to have more than 2,000 customers
globally, though it seems many of these may be enterprise
customers and very small ISPs. (See Exalt Raises $15M
<http://www.lightreading.com/exalt-raises-$15m/d/d-id/665484>.)
We'll update the story with any further details that come in.
— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading
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