MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between
Arelnet and TEK DigiTel Corporation
This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is made this 28th day of July 2000 by
and among Arelnet Ltd., an Israeli company, having its offices at 0 Xxxxxxxx
Xx., Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, 00000 ("Arelnet") and TEK DigiTel Corporation, a U.S.
company having its offices at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000 ("TEK").
Whereas:
A. Arelnet designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services
carrier-grade Voice, Fax and added-value messaging systems all over
Internet Protocol (IP), software and firmware; and
B. TEK designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services Voice, and
Fax over IP gateways of CPE equipment, including hardware, software and
firmware; and
C. Arelnet and TEK desire to utilize each other's capabilities and
technical know-how and desire to enter into a relationship to jointly
develop, market, distribute and sell Voice Over IP ("VoIP") products,
which products and relationship are to be further described in this
MOU.
Now therefore, and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledges, Arelnet and TEK hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
a) "Parties" shall mean both Arelnet and TEK together, whereas
"Party" shall mean only one of the two signatory companies.
b) "Products" shall mean the items sold by one Party to the
other, and such other products as may be agreed from time to
time in writing by the Parties. To remove any doubt, it is
understood that Products may constitute Software or Hardware,
as defined in Section 1 (f) and Section 1 (g) below, or both.
c) "Technical Data" shall mean all information whether in
written, graphic or tangible form relating to the design,
manufacture, operation, or service of the Products covered by
this Agreement.
d) "Intellectual Property Rights" ("IPR") shall mean all patents,
trademarks, trade names, inventions, copyrights, know-how, or
trade secrets, now in existence or hereafter developed or
acquired by one of the Parties relating to the design,
manufacture, operation or service of Products.
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e) "Trade Secrets" shall mean any formula, pattern, devise or
compilation of information which is used in a Party's business
which is confidential and of substantial value to the Party,
which value would be impaired if such information were
disclosed to third parties. This term includes but is not
limited to, formulas, compounds, manufacturing processes,
methods of treating or preserving materials, patterns for the
design or operations of machines, and information relating to
the marketing of the Party's products and services, including
lists of customers, the particular needs of customers,
information relating to their desirability as customers, and
other such information.
f) "Software" shall mean computer programs including where
applicable, but not limited to, object code and any
enhancements, modifications, updates, or released relating
thereto provided by one of the Parties pursuant to the MOU.
For the purpose of the MOU, firmware shall be deemed Software.
g) "Hardware" shall mean hardware items provided, sold or leased
by a Party to a customer, and such other products as may be
agreed from time to time in writing by the Parties.
h) "OEM System" shall mean a system developed, marketed and
supported by a Party consisting of a combination of
i) products purchased from the second Party, and
ii) substantial value added by the buying Party in the
form of other hardware and software which that Party
supports.
2. SCOPE
a) Both Parties will do a best effort to complete a Mutual OEM
Agreement as soon as possible, and which will include at least
the following points:
i) TEK will sell to Arelnet, and Arelnet will resell to
its customers the agreed to Hardware and Software as
an OEM System and as will be specified in the Mutual
OEM Agreement, but which minimally includes the iGate
product supporting either 2 or 4 FXS or FXO lines and
A) IP telephony and ISDN/modem, or
B) IP telephony and PSTN, or
C) LAN, WAN and IP telephony
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ii) Arelnet will sell to TEK, and TEK will resell to its
customers the agreed to Hardware and Software as an
OEM System and as will be specified in the Mutual OEM
Agreement, but which minimally includes the i-Tone
Prime product, the i-Tone Gatekeeper, i-Tone Prime
Enhanced Services (fax/email servers) and the i-Tone
Prime NMS.
iii) Each Party shall allow the other Party to customize
the OEM System and to give the "look and feel" of its
own products. The selling Party shall provide all
necessary aid to complete this, including but not
limited to providing the mechanical drawing of the
front panels, providing soft copies of all user
documentation and promotional materials, providing
all necessary Technical Data, changing text strings
in the Software, and all other such changes and help.
b) Each Party shall provide the other Party with the best pricing
available for a strategic partner (MFN or Most Favored Nation
pricing) purchasing the quantities specified. In the event
that another customer approaches one of the Parties and
demands a lower price for the Products, this price shall
immediately be made available to the other Party as well.
c) Each Party shall commit to a minimum yearly purchase of
Products (in quantities or in total US Dollar sales) from the
other Party. Each Party shall then revise the minimum
quantities on a quarterly basis, and this will be considered a
"firm quarterly rolling forecast".
i) For the first year of the Mutual OEM Agreement,
Arelnet will purchase an estimated aggregate quantity
of 5,000 iGate Products from TEK.
ii) For the first year of the Mutual OEM Agreement, TEK
will purchase an estimated quantity of 10 from
Arelnet based on the pricing and configuration.
d) The Parties will issue joint Press Releases and Public
Announcements regarding their relationship, and to further the
joint business interests of the Parties.
3. FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP
a) The Parties will make a best effort to successfully complete a
deeper financial relationship. This relationship could be in
the form of a stock swap, purchase of an equity position by
one Party in the other or of both Parties in each other, stock
option based on purchases value, or any other form mutually
agreed upon by the Parties.
b) As an initial step, Arelnet is interested in obtaining stock
options in TEK.
c) TEK is interested in obtaining stock options in Arelnet.
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4. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
a) The Parties will further develop, as part of their joint
efforts:
i) support for MGCP, as the Media Gateway (MG)
ii) full integration of TEK's products with Arelnet's
Gatekeeper, and the use of the Arelnet Gatekeeper in
large TEK-based networks.
iii) additional WAN interfaces in TEK's products, such as
xDSL, cable interfaces, and others which could be
supplies by Arelnet to TEK for implementation.
iv) any other mutually beneficial developments mutually
agreed upon by the Parties.
b) Arelnet will integrate the MIB for TEK's SNMP agent in its NMS
to ensure a fully integrated management system.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
a) Arelnet and TEK each agree that they will exercise the same
degree of control and security to protect the other Party's
Intellectual Property Rights as they do to protect their own
confidential and proprietary information, Trade Secrets and
Intellectual Property Rights.
6. Third-Party Co-Marketing Channel
a) Arelnet will do its best to introduce TEK to their major
distributors such as Keppel Communications and Nortel as a
Co-Marketing Partnership.
b) TEK will do its best to introduce Arelnet to Centrecom (CLEC)
as one of TEK channels.
Arelnet Ltd. TEK DigiTel Corporation
Arelnet TEK
By: /s/ Avi Gliksberg By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: VP Business Dev. Title: COO, Xxxxxx Xxxx
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(Print Name of Signatory)
Address: Address:
0 Xxxxxxxx Xx. 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
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Yavne 70600 Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Israel U.S.
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Date: 7/27/00 Date: 7/27/00
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