What would be ironic is if Cambium is going to announce at Wispalooza that they
bought Exalt.
From: Eric Kuhnke via Af
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 8:32 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Exalt part 2
I don't think Cambium cares, the PTP800 and PTP810 are marketed so heavily to
government/institutional/enterprise customers that they consider themselves to
be in a whole different price range. At least when compared to what you can get
for a single polarity, 1024QAM, 40MHz wide, full-ODU licensed band system under
$7000 with antennas these days.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Mark Radabaugh via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
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> 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> 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>
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
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:43 PM
To: 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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http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/backhaul/exclusive-microwave-maven-exalt-is-cooked/d/d-id/710995?
Exclusive: Microwave Maven Exalt is Cooked
News Analysis
Dan Jones, Mobile Editor
9/22/2014 Comment (6)Login
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inShare2Microwave 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. 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 and US
Wireless ISPs: What's on Their Minds?)
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 profile. She has not responded to calls or an
email from Light Reading as this article was published.
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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 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. (Nasdaq: CRNT), DragonWave Inc. (AIM/Toronto: DWI;
Nasdaq: DRWI) and Siklu Communications Ltd. 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.)
We'll update the story with any further details that come in.
— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading
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