Avaya to Acquire Spectel for Audio Conferencing

Avaya agreed to acquire Spectel, a supplier of audio conferencing solutions, for approximately $103 million in cash. Spectel's open, software-based audio conferencing solutions can be scaled to serve enterprises as well as global service providers. The company offers enterprise on-premise, managed on-premise and service provider solutions, including applications for advanced services, such as integration with other productivity software suites, sophisticated operator support functions and wireless capabilities.



Building on a relationship of more than four years between the companies, Avaya will continue to serve the enterprise market with Spectel's on-premise and service provider conferencing solutions. Avaya also plans to integrate Spectel technology with its own IP communications applications suite to provide businesses with expanded converged conferencing capabilities in the future.



Spectel has approximately 210 employees and offices in Dublin, Ireland, Andover, Massachusetts and other strategic locations. The company currently serves more than 500 customers globally. http://www.avaya.comhttp://www.spectel.com/