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Hughes Network Systems Certifies Arel Spotlight Conferencing and E-Learning Solution for Its DIRECWAY Broadband Satellite Service

Posted on: Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 09:00 CDT

Arel Spotlight(TM) Solution Exceeds Performance Standards for Delivery over DIRECWAY, Optimizes e-Learning Experience for End Users

Arel Communications and Software (NASDAQ: ARLC), a technology leader in universal voice, video and data communications for interactive conferencing, collaboration and training applications, today announced that Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, has certified Arel's Spotlight conferencing solution to operate over its DIRECWAY(R) broadband satellite service.

This certification means that enterprise customers can leverage Arel's Spotlight conferencing solution as a value-added application for live and on-demand interactive distance learning over the DIRECWAY service.

Ken Cohen, assistant vice president at HNS said, "Our enterprise customers use Arel's network multicast capabilities to manage delivery of video-based training to create a competitive advantage. Better trained employees perform at a higher level and enhance their customers' in-store experience. By successfully completing testing of its Spotlight conferencing product in our certification program, Arel has assured its customers of a high-quality training experience over our DIRECWAY satellite service."

"Businesses today have many challenges, including a global customer base, distributed work force, and geographically remote vendors," said Ben Yishai, president of Arel. "Hughes Network Systems is empowering their customers to communicate and collaborate with employees, partners, and customers through multi-media solutions. Now they will also be able to use the Arel Spotlight conferencing service to learn, exchange ideas and work productively."

Arel Spotlight's full-featured e-learning conferencing solution addresses all aspects of an organization's training needs and challenges. Using Arel Spotlight applications, geographically dispersed users can work together in groups, attend webinars and panel discussions, participate in training courses, and have one-on-one meetings with customers or colleagues, from virtually anywhere using desktop systems, laptops or even handheld wireless devices. With Arel's Spotlight On-Demand(TM), users can learn at their own pace, extending the benefits of live delivery with advanced recordings of live training sessions. These courses can then be distributed to any or all remote sites with Arel's Content Distribution Manager (CDM) Software and Content Distribution Network (CDN). Arel Spotlight reduces training costs and enables real-time interactivity and just-in-time distribution of mission-critical knowledge.

About the Technology

HNS certification was granted to Arel Spotlight using the DIRECWAY broadband satellite service and terminals. This demonstrates that Spotlight meets the most stringent performance criteria when delivered over the DIRECWAY system. Very small aperture terminal (VSAT) is a communications technology that enables reliable two-way transmission of data via satellite using comparatively small antennas. HNS is the leading provider of these small, affordable satellite terminals with well over 50 percent of the worldwide market for VSAT satellite networks and services. With this certification, Arel is now an authorized HNS Technology Partner in its "e-learning for the enterprise" category.

About Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS) is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 800,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks, which it markets globally under the DIRECWAY brand. For addition information, please visit www.hns.com.

About Arel Communications and Software

Arel Communications and Software, a technology leader in interactive web communications, develops, markets and sells a universal conferencing software solution for enterprise-wide deployment of integrated voice, video and data web conferencing/collaboration and training applications. Designed around Arel's Integrated Conferencing Platform(TM) (ICP) core software, the Arel Spotlight(TM) application suite facilitates collaboration for key business processes such as corporate and marketing communications, distance learning, product development, customer relationship management, and supply chain management by allowing dispersed enterprise users to collaborate in real time with synchronized voice, video and data. Arel's scalable, secure, and network-friendly universal conferencing solution is becoming the solution of choice for large enterprises moving from 'off-network' pay per usage services to 'on-network' solutions for greater control, cost-savings and integration with internal systems. For additional information, please visit www.arelcom.com.

This press release contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the industry, changes in demand for products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Arel Communications and Software's filings with the Security Exchange Commission.

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Source: Business Wire

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