Batm Advanced Communicat... Share Discussion Threads

[ragewarrior] 01/5/2015 15:49

BarrieB Those other 2mill share trades are most likely all the same deal, just moving the shares from broker to broker so Dr Z Marom can have them.Don't expect another rns on those..R

[silver surfer] 01/5/2015 15:36

Added today as i think things are starting to happen. I've been in these for about 14 years so what's another few years.

[reeltime] 01/5/2015 15:19

The Insider: BATM Advanced Communications.
By Lee Wild | Fri, 1st May 2015 - 08:55

BATM Advanced Communications (BVC) boasts a long history of profit warnings and disappointment. Despite a strong end to 2014, the company still lost $3.7 million last year, and there’s currently talk of a serious dispute between the partners in the Israel Broadband Company (IBC) fiber-optic venture, among them BATM.

However, losses were over $6 million in 2013, and management think the networking solutions and medical lab systems firm can improve again this year.

"The medical division is now the dominant business whilst the telecom division has stabilised and is recovering well," says chief executive Dr Zvi Marom. "The underlying fundamentals of the businesses are sound and, were it not for the foreign exchange impact in reporting the results and the one-time write-off of the legacy business inventory, the numbers would have reflected the progress achieved in the year."

Still, BATM shares still languish at levels not seen since 2003 and the aftermath of the dotcom crash. It's clearly a level at which BATM founder Dr Marom cannot resist building his stake.

This week, he spent over £250,000 on 2 million shares at 12.625p each. He now owns 96.4 million in all, 23.9% of the company, worth more than £12 million. Earlier this month Marom snapped up 500,000 shares at 12.5-12.75p.

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[barrieb] 01/5/2015 14:11

I wonder who bought the other 6m.odd. Must be other directors or his family as no further notifications yet!

[ragewarrior] 01/5/2015 12:07

Why would a Director BUY 2,000,000...He must see a big turnaround in this company and its shareprice.

[reeltime] 30/4/2015 22:31

BATM Advanced Communications Ltd Annual Financial Report

Complete version.......92 pages...

[fse] 30/4/2015 21:22

Yes thats another real possibility that they are looking at unloading the telco division especially after the israeli contract fiasco i doubt they have much of a stomach left for it
Still we dont know. I also doubt a management buy out at thos point in time. A few years back maybe
A veritable range of possibilities.

[reeltime] 30/4/2015 19:28

Perhaps Marom thinks there is the potential for a sell off of the Telco arm and he is stake building to increase his personal profits, or maybe a complete take over of the company either way I suppose he is hedging his bets......meanwhile we pi's just have to role along.

[fse] 30/4/2015 19:27

I would be inclined to agree with you spekky.
It would also be nice to see the Israeli Infrastructure project sorted out, at the moment all we have is bad news on that score.
As far as the share price moving its just not going anywhere until the bottom line improves or we get some useful sales info......

[spekky] 30/4/2015 18:50

I would like to think he knows we are superior in sdn/nfv.....but I think he may just be miffed that the market doesn't "get it".In other companies this sort of commitment would bring a good hike in share price ...but not here.
Obviously no major news imminent but surely he must think the underlying story will eventually impress........if not,my big worry is MBO on the cheap.

[fse] 30/4/2015 15:29

we would like to see some "rewards" !

What do we all make out of this ?
RNS Number : 9033L

BATM Advanced Communications Ld

30 April 2015

30 April 2015

BATM Advanced Communications Limited

("BATM" or the "Group")

Director Share Purchase

BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC; TASE: BATM), a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, announces that, on 30 April 2015, Dr. Zvi Marom, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, acquired 2,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.01 NIS each in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 12.625 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following the transaction, Dr. Marom has an interest in 96,394,500 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 23.9% of the Group's issued ordinary share capital.

[dros1] 30/4/2015 12:10

last 10 years we are getting all these rewards but somehow it disappear at the bottom line

[reeltime] 29/4/2015 19:47

Telco Systems Wins 2015 NFV Pioneer Award
CloudMetro 100 Distributed NFV Platform, recognized for exceptional innovation, will be displayed at the L123 NFV World Congress
PR Newswire Telco Systems
4 hours ago

MANSFIELD, Massachusetts, April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN & NFV and multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge solutions, today announced the company has won the 2015 NFV Pioneer Award from Internet Telephony.

The NFV Pioneer Award is an annual recognition that honors companies and products that have demonstrated innovation, unique features, and noteworthy developments toward improving Network Functions Virtualization.

Telco Systems received this award recognition for its CloudMetro 100 solution, the first 10GE Distributed NFV platform for virtualized IT services at the network edge. CloudMetro 100 provides a carrier-grade platform that enables service providers to transform their networks from mere transport to full IT-enabled networks - highly orchestrated, agile and virtualized. CloudMetro 100 supports Distributed Network Functions Virtualization (D-NFV), enabling telecom network operators to run TelcoApps™ VNFs to provide multi-services in addition to connectivity services.

"We are pleased to receive this award in recognition for the breakthrough that CloudMetro 100 provides to telecom service providers who are looking for the best way to support their Carrier Ethernet operation as they introduce NFV," stated Moshe Shimon, Telco Systems' Vice President of Product Line Management and Marketing. "The solution is already finding its way into many networks that need a carrier-grade, risk-free path to SDN and NFV."

Telco Systems will be demonstrating CloudMetro 100 and TelcoApps VNFs at the L123 NFV World Congress on May 5-7, San Jose, Booth #13. Visitors will also be able to hear Telco Systems speak on "Infrastructure Applications in the NFV Era" on Friday, May 8th. In addition, Rami Yaron, VP of Strategy & Business Development and Co-Chair of the MEF Global Marketing Committee, will be participating in two MEF sessions on Friday, May 8th.

To schedule a meeting with Telco Systems at the L123 NFV World Congress, please click here.

About Telco Systems

Telco Systems delivers an industry-leading portfolio of SDN/NFV, Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-based demarcation, aggregation and edge solutions, enabling service providers to create intelligent, service-assured, CE 2.0-compliant networks for mobile backhaul, business services and cloud networking. Telco Systems' end-to-end Ethernet and SDN/NFV product portfolio delivers significant advantages to service providers, utilities and city carriers competing in a rapidly evolving telecommunications market. Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (BVC.L).

[fse] 25/4/2015 21:17

Whats concerning me is that they have a 12.5% "invested" interest in this project and we know they have already committed millions into this .. (guesstimate 4M to 7M) maybe someone can remember the figure but its substantial.
They should have been able to sell a significant amount of kit to the project and benefit longer term + they should have had a chance to showcase their products alongside Cisco......
It appears that this is not what they envisaged.
OK the markets already know about this and its in the share price ...
The Telco arm ought to be placing some product now that SDN is becoming a reality but that could be slow growth initially.

IMO the Telco arm is going to continue to flounder maybe not thrashing for breath anymore but still.....
Medical side continues to show growth but this is a competitive industry and whilst it all looks promising and they are increasing revenue its not really firing on all cylinders.
Various bolt ons look solid.
After such a dismal performance period management seem to see light at the end of the tunnel. Valuation is not at all demanding and the company is valued almost at book.

[fse] 24/4/2015 14:26

>reeltime...... We have known about problems with this Israeli project for some time and especially bad as BATM had to stump up money to be a part of it. Its holding them back for certain. Its also extremely bad publicity for all concerned. You would honestly think they would meet and sort this out.... its absurd.
Edit...... Heres what they signed up to.

Israel Infrastructure Contract
Part of consortium selected to establish Israel’s third communications infrastructure venture in conjunction with Israeli Electricity Corporation
Roll-out fiber optic broadband throughout Israel to provide advanced internet services and significantly higher bandwidth
New co.: 60% owned by consortium and 40% by IEC
Consortium: ViaEuropa, Rapac Group, BATM (12.5%), Zisappel Assets and Tamares Holdings
BATM will provide equipment for the fiber optic network together with Cisco Systems
Layout of network expected to begin Q1 2014

[rob1ng] 24/4/2015 08:21

Just looked at the Nasdaq chart on Bloomberg with a huge spike in 2000 exactly like batman except the Nasdaq has recovered batman has bottom lined ever since ,

[reeltime] 22/4/2015 23:22

EVERYBODY YOU NEED TO READ THIS ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!

Dispute deepens between fiber-optic venture partners
15/04/2015, 17:59
Gad Perez
The Israeli partners are accusing ViaEuropa and Cisco of stealing money.

A serious dispute has emerged between the partners in the Israel Broadband Company (IBC) fiber-optic venture. Sources inform "Globes" that three of the Israeli partners - Rapac Communication and Infrastructure Ltd. (TASE: RPAC), BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. (LSE: BVC; TASE: BATM), and Yehuda Zisapel - are threatening a court petition against ViaEuropa and Cisco Systems, asserting that they are leading the venture with the clear intention of stealing the investors' and the state's money.

According to these Israeli partners, who hold 30% of the shares in the venture, Cisco and ViaEuropa are not cooperating with them, are denying them access to information and the venture's method of operation, and are making completely unnecessary future orders amounting to tens of millions of shekels. They are also asserting that the appointment of former Government Companies Authority director general Doron Cohen as chairman is designed to perpetuate the current situation and conceal the truth behind what is going on in the project. The shareholders contacted the company through their lawyers, and are preparing to file a claim against the venture.

A senior source close to the venture told "Globes" that the venture "is simply being robbed by ViaEuropa and Cisco," and that unnecessary equipment was being ordered on an unnecessary and huge scale.

In view of the severe dispute between the partners, the venture's CFO has been asked to refrain from signing checks, and to stop spending the company's money. As revealed by "Globes," the partners are also demanding the dismissal of the venture's CEO, Danny Lauber, claiming that the appointment was unprofessional. Note that another partner already at loggerheads with IBC is businessman Poju Zabludowicz, owner of Tamares Telecom, which operates an undersea cable. He is suing the enterprise for not paying him money due him under the partnership agreement between them.

Several months ago, "Globes" revealed that the venture had built a communications center (a backup site) in Malmo, Sweden - a completely unnecessary site of uncertain purpose. The decision to spend millions of shekels on building it there, where ViaEuropa operates, was approved by the company board of directors, but it is now being alleged that it was built simply to get money out of the venture, since a project based in Israel does not require a backup in Sweden. Senior executives in Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) (TASE: ELEC.B22), which owns 40% of the venture, also opposed the decision to build the site in Malmo and demanded that it be disassembled and returned to Israel.

Sources also inform "Globes" that an appeal to the Israel Security Agency is under consideration, given concern that the information on communications networks in Israel, including about IEC and Cisco, is being moved to Sweden with no supervision or control by the Ministry of Defense.

A second round of money is currently being injected into the project, with the Israeli partners having already paid their share. In theory, the state is due to inject NIS 75 million, after having already injected NIS 75 million when the venture was founded.

ViaEuropa said in response, "Up until this moment, the company has received no such message. IBC has been dealing for some time with repeated attempts by interested parties aimed at disrupting the company's business. The company board of directors is acting according to strict rules of corporate governance, with complete transparency, and according to the agreements signed by all the various parties at interest before the venture was founded. All the company's actions are taking place according to decisions by the board of directors. Beyond that, an observer on behalf of the Israeli shareholders was also present at the board's meetings. IBC will continue to lead the next fiber-optic revolution for residents of Israel."

Cisco said in response, "Cisco was selected as the technology provider for the fiber-optic venture, is meeting all the terms of the contract signed with Unlimited, and will continue to do so. Cisco is committed to the success of its customers, and will continue to be committed to the success of every one of its customers in Israel."

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 15, 2015

[reeltime] 21/4/2015 22:32

Telco Systems named NFV orchestration market leader in Heavy Reading research report
Posted by Talia Rimon on April 21, 2015

Telco Systems was among the companies featured in a recent research report from Heavy Reading, entitled: Orchestration for NFV: Specialists Carve Out a Niche.

This report takes at how “specialist vendors of network equipment and OSS/BSS are approaching the challenge of delivering solutions for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) orchestration.” Over the course of this year, it will become clear who will be able to expand out of their niches and develop a platform play that encompasses NFV.

Perhaps the key factor in determining who will be dominant in this arena is the ability of these companies to establish strong partnerships and ecosystems. Providing lower costs and faster, more flexible services is still driving this industry, and with that, ecosystems allow operators to select a best-of-breed solution, without committing to a specific provider. As these partnerships or ecosystems take root, the focus will be on affordable, integrated solutions and less on technical collaboration.

“Some vendors put their virtualization management on a dedicated server, sometimes colocated with the device, but our approach puts the processing capability at the optimal place – on the device itself, and not centralized in a data center of somewhere in the core network,” Said Moshe Shimon, Vice President of Product Line Management and Marketing at Telco Systems.

“The move to off-the-shelf hardware and open architectures will open the door to new companies that can provide VNFs, VNF management and NFV orchestration; the NEPs don’t feel comfortable about this, particularly when those functions reside in the data center. The NEPs are likely to try and buy specialists to avoid the challenge that their legacy approach brings,” he added.

Heavy Reading highlights Telco Systems’ strategy, unveiled in June 2014, of unified Software Defined Networking (SDN) and NFV services and applications – the Open Metro Edge (OME) portfolio, which includes:

CloudMetro – a family of distributed demarcation and aggregation products, including the CloudMetro 100 platform, supporting distributed NFV at the network edge
ViNOX OS – a Linux-based network operating system for Telco Systems’ CloudMetro platforms (and physical access and aggregation products) supporting multiple transport technologies as well as OpenFlow protocol for SDN, and NETCONF protocol / YANG modeling language
EdgeGenie – an in-house-developed service management system providing end-to-end lifecycle management of services
TelcoController / TelcoOrchestrator – an SDN Controller / resource orchestration system enhancing EdgeGenie, and using the OpenFlow southbound interface; also provides application logic and a northbound API to other business applications
TelcoApps – a suite of VNFs running on the company’s Telco Virtualization Engine and CloudMetro platform, and on third party equipment.

[fse] 16/4/2015 21:51

Lets hope its based on confidence that the next reporting periods are going to be better and in line with their own current expectations.
To be honest if they do start hitting the numbers they are going up considerably from these levels.... we can but dream ;-)

[silver surfer] 16/4/2015 17:19

I see the Good Doctor has purchased another 500,000 recently.

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16 April 2015

BATM Advanced Communications Limited

("BATM" or the "Group")

Director Shareholding

BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC; TASE: BATM), a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, announces that, on 15 April 2015, Dr. Zvi Marom, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, acquired 250,000 ordinary shares of 0.01 NIS each in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 12.5 pence per Ordinary Share. Furthermore on 16 April 2015, Dr. Marom, acquired 250,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 12.75 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following these transactions, Dr. Marom has an interest in 94,394,500 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 23.4% of the Group's issued ordinary share capital.

Enquiries

[fse] 15/4/2015 00:16

Not much to add recently and the markets predictably were not crazy about the results or the possible lag before they BVC start booking some meaningful sales.
The valuation though is at rock bottom basically for cash and assets only.
Management are calling for a brighter period ahead, in all a bit of a waiting game so investors unwilling to let assets sit dormant.
I don't like the rumblings from the Israeli Telco contract which appears stuck in neutral...... still they are priced to reflect all of this.

[reeltime] 24/3/2015 22:45

Q&A: Telco's Gal Ofel On New Partner Program

by Mark Haranas on March 18, 2015, 2:28 pm EDT
Telco's Gal OfelTelco's Gal Ofel

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) continue to becoming more prevalent in the networking space.

Telco Systems, a provider of SDN and NFV solutions, earlier this month launched its Open Edge Alliance partner ecosystem for SDN and distributed NFV solutions for the network edge. Alliance members are able to develop apps that become fully certified components of carrier-grade, network-edge solutions and are able to integrate their product into their ecosystem.

Telco's U.S. headquarters is in the Boston area, and it's hoping to build up an online store of applications certified to run seamlessly on Telco Systems NFV platform CloudMetro, which is already deployed in numerous service-provider networks.

Gal Ofel, head of software solution product line management at Telco, is responsible for the alliance ecosystem and software products. Ofel tells IT Best of Breed about the alliance as well as the trends and future of SDN and NFV technology.

How is SDN changing the networking landscape in 2015?

SDN is changing the networking landscape by providing greater agility, shorter lifecycles and stronger network abstraction. This is enabling new vendors to enter the market, compete and growth much quicker than previously seen. This will start to take hold in 2015 and reach reality in 2016.

What do you see is the biggest trend in SDN and NFV today?

Today it is now understood that SDN is complementing the existing legacy networks and that SDN will have to work in parallel to legacy solutions. What this means is that communications service providers will not be replacing their entire networks, and SDN solutions will need to support a hybrid architecture.

The biggest trend in NFV today is the creation of carrier-grade solution based on the popular open source solutions.

What does Open Edge Alliance create in the industry?

It provides our ecosystem partners many benefits. With minimal investment in the process, which is especially attractive to startups and growing innovators, our ecosystem partners are able to develop apps that become fully certified components of our carrier-grade, network-edge solutions.

They are able to integrate their products rapidly into the ecosystem, which reduces their time-to-market. Most specifically, this ecosystem provides a multi-vendor solution oriented offering for numerous use cases. Examples include enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-service, (Internet Protocol television) infrastructure, activation and monitoring and Internet of Things.

How will the Open Edge help your channel partners grow?

The Open Edge Alliance will help our channel grow in two ways. First, the ecosystem will provide exposure to new market segments. Specifically, the ecosystem will provide a new go-to-market channel for our channel partners selling to enterprises that want to access IT management and security services from the Cloud. This is very important for our vendor channel partners as the overall demand is moving from hardware-based products to software-based services.
Second, our ecosystem provides a framework for both our channel partners and end-user enterprises to benefit from the synergies among the vendors participating in our alliance ecosystem. An example of this is service activation can be integrated with a VoIP gateway and a firewall in order to provide higher value to the end customer compared the use of individual vendor systems separately.

How big of a role do solution providers play in the SDN/NFV market today? Will it always be that way?

We see that communications service providers are actively adding SDN and NFV to their network architectures and roadmaps. The rollout of SDN and NFV technologies are being driven actively by both the communications service providers and the solution providers in two main aspects. Both are working on standardization and joint proof-of-concepts.

How do you think businesses can shift towards SDN/NFV?

SDN NFV projects should be driven through business objectives. In other words, communications service providers should define their SDN NFV roadmaps and rollouts based on revenue generating potential first. At the same time, the risks and costs should be analyzed. An entire network should not be replaced as the risks and costs are extremely high.

Again, the initial projects should focus on activities related to revenue generation. For example, a communications service provider should consider to start with rolling out (Infrastructure-as-a-service)-based services to generate new revenue streams instead of migrating (IP Multimedia Subsystems) platforms to NFV.

Do you see any hot solution providers/VARs startups doing big things in SDN and NFV?

Definitely, software-first solutions will have a significant advantage in design and performance over those that need to migrate existing hardware-based solutions. Startups that are software-first companies and fully cloud-based and managed will have advantages. This allows flexible functionality, pricing and rapid deployment. Our partner Netrounds is a perfect example of such a startup.

Why should SDN/NFV-focused solution providers partner with Telco Systems?

SDN and NFV focused solutions providers are attracted to our large and growing customer base of communications service providers around the world. In addition, our SDN/NFV is fully managed and carrier grade. Channel partners are expressing a lot of interest in working with us because of both of these.

[fse] 20/3/2015 20:32

Press Releases

Telco Systems Shows Service Providers How to Boost Their Competitive Advantage with SDN & NFV Solution for Rapid New Revenue Generation

Mar 17, 2015

Open Metro Edge SDN & NFV Solution reduces network complexity and improves customer retention while delivering a wealth of new revenue-generating opportunities


PARIS, France, March 17, 2015 – Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN & NFV and multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge solutions, today announced that it will be displaying its industry-leading Open Metro Edge (OME) SDN & NFV expanding portfolio at MPLS SDN World Congress 2015 in Paris, March 17-20, in Booth 306.

Delivering smooth evolution from Carrier Ethernet 2.0 to SDN and NFV architectures, the Open Metro Edge solution empowers service providers by simultaneously optimizing total cost of ownership and speeding the pace of introduction of new services. As a modular, full edge solution, each element — demarcation, aggregation, controller — can be deployed separately to perfectly match the needs of individual service providers or it can also be bundled as a complete solution. With OME, service providers can quickly take advantage of new revenue production opportunities, enhanced customer retention capabilities, and simplified network operations.

At the MPLS SDN World Congress, Telco Systems will demonstrate the Open Metro Edge SDN & NFV solution in action featuring:

the CloudMetro D-NFV demarcation and aggregation platform
the EdgeGenie Orchestrator that provides network and service management with centralized orchestration of distributed NFV devices
the ViNOX carrier SDN operating system
the TelcoApps leading NFV application portfolio including Check Point’s vFirewall, AudioCodes’ vSBC, Netrounds’ vProbe and Telco Systems’ own vRouter

Telco Systems will be conducting active service assurance demonstrations using the vProbe deployed on the Open Metro Edge. This demo is done jointly with Netrounds, the creators of this innovative and proven software-based solution for active network testing, monitoring and troubleshooting. The vProbe solution allows for agile and elastic deployment on the OME and requires no maintenance as it is delivered as a SaaS solution through the cloud. It helps service providers to deliver assured connectivity
services orchestrated across network domains between physical and virtual service endpoints.

“More than 200 customers and thousands of network engineers are already working with our active service assurance solution,” stated Mats Nordlund, CEO of Netrounds. “We highly encourage service providers to take this opportunity to see it in action as part of the OME solution.”

In addition to visiting the booth and observing the demonstrations, visitors will be able to hear Telco Systems’ Head of Software Solutions Gal Ofel, speak on Friday, March 20th at 8:30 am about “Security Application Transformation in the NFV Era” with a focus on Security-as-a-Service.

Rami Yaron, VP of Strategy & Business Development for Telco Systems, and Co-Chair of the MEF Global Marketing Committee, will be participating in the following MEF sessions:

Tuesday, March 17th, 4:35 pm: “Inter Operator LSO: End-to-End connectivity among operators for dynamic services” (Speaker)
Tuesday 5:05 pm: “APIs for Orchestration and Automation” (Panelist)
Tuesday 5:35 pm: “The New Generation of Stakeholders in the LSO-SDN-NFV Era” (Panel Moderator).

Service providers, NFV application providers and other interested parties are invited to contact Telco Systems to make an appointment to meet us at MPLS SDN World Congress 2015 Booth 306.

[phda] 20/3/2015 17:59

They may also split or sell off the telco side which may cause a bit of interest.

[landsker] 20/3/2015 15:40

their r and d needs to come up with some new products, thats the only thing that will send these significantly up, thats the only surprise i can see and probabably the only reason i keep hold of some