Hi all: We received the following email from Exalt’s CEO today.
Dear Dan, During the past couple weeks we have gone through a major reorganization and change of ownership. The company is now primarily owned by management and employees. I apologize for any business disruption or confusion that this process may have caused for you and your partners and customers. Our vision is global connectivity and our mission is to be a world class innovator and manufacturer of wireless connectivity systems for enterprises and service providers worldwide. We continue to develop, manufacture, book, and ship the same world class Exalt brands such as EX-Series and Air-Series. I am very excited about our future. The market drivers have never been stronger. Cloud based content and applications, HD streaming video, IOT, and broadband mobility are causing a massive shift in the amount of bandwidth that will be required at every location, node, or personal device. Copper is dead! And new fiber still remains very expensive and slow to market. Wireless technologies, including microwave and mm wave backhaul and access, are rapidly becoming the optimum choice for connectivity. Exalt is more than ever focused on these new market trends. As for our relationship with Winncom, we continue on our end to support you with any and all customer activities and projects. Business as usual. All the best, Amir P.s. Please forward to your management and others on your team. And feel free to blast to your database of customers and partners. Dan Lorenz Product Manager / Business Development Main: 888-Winncom Direct: 440-519-2932 Mobile: 440-570-1533 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Skype: dan-lorenz Twitter: winncomdan Visit me at ASIS 2014, 9/29 – 10/1 – Free pass below Winncom Booth #4046 https://www.tradeshowregistrar.com/regsystem18/?event=ASIS2014&brand=EB-456 From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Exalt part 2 What would be ironic is if Cambium is going to announce at Wispalooza that they bought Exalt. From: Eric Kuhnke via Af<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 8:32 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:43 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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. ________________________________ From: Eric Kuhnke via Af mailto:[email protected] Sender: "Af" mailto:[email protected] Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:53:27 +0000 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Exalt part 2 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<http://www.lightreading.com/profile.asp?piddl_userid=27> 9/22/2014 Comment (6)<http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/backhaul/exclusive-microwave-maven-exalt-is-cooked/d/d-id/710995?#msgs> Login<http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/backhaul/exclusive-microwave-maven-exalt-is-cooked/d/d-id/710995?> 50% 50% inShare2 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. ________________________________ Hey, backhaul sounds like a fun business to be in doesn't it? Find out more by visiting Light Reading's dedicated backhaul channel.<http://www.lightreading.com/backhaul.asp> ________________________________ 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<http://www.lightr%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20eading.com/> !DSPAM:2,5420d886249191512212754! -- Mark Radabaugh Amplex [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 419.837.5015 x 1021
