Alcatel acquired eDial, a start-up providing conferencing and collaboration solutions for enterprises and service providers, for approximately $27 million (approx. EUR 22 million) in Alcatel stock (ADS) and cash.
eDial's product portfolio includes a SIP-based platform and applications for conferencing for voice, data and video. It also provides a solution for real time collaboration that integrates instant messaging, application sharing and presence capabilities.
eDial currently serves more than 100 customers through direct and indirect channels.
Alcatel said eDial's software will provide key capabilities for its OmniTouch Unified Communication software-based conferencing application, called My Teamwork. eDial's technology also will provide a common platform for conferencing solutions from across Alcatel and will serve as a technology foundation for solutions resulting from Alcatel's recently launched Unified Interaction Management (UIM) software initiative, which will focus on real-time communications and collaboration. http://www.alcatel.com
- eDial is based in Waltham, Mass. And employs approximately 30 people.
- In July 2004, eDial released an updated version of its Advanced Communications Server, which is a secure SIP-based feature server that provides control, management and reporting of enhanced telephone communications. With the latest version 5.0 of the eDial Advanced Communications Server, service providers will be able to increase the platform's stacking capability to handle over 900 simultaneous calls within a single network, and over 10,000 users. The platform can be used for control, management and reporting of enhanced telephone communications including mixtures of two-party calls, conferences and broadcasts, PSTN and IP telephones and networks, and audio and web conferencing with instant messaging and presence. The latest version is targeted at service providers, major enterprises, and systems integrators.
