| Business Summary | | NMS
Communications
Corp.,
formerly
known
as
Natural
MicroSystems
Corporation,
provides
enabling
technologies
to
suppliers
of
networking
and
communications
equipment.
The
Company's
products,
which
use
technologies
including
digital
signal
processing
(DSP),
specialized
silicon
for
packet
media
processing,
speech
processing
and
recognition,
media
processing,
signal
protocol
processing,
switching
and
packet
classification,
are
essential
components
in
networking
and
communications
equipment
deployed
in
the
wireline
and
wireless
Internet
and
the
public
switched
telephone
network
(PSTN).
The
Company
also
provides
its
customers
with
software
development
tools
and
systems
architecture
and
engineering
design
services.
The
Company's
customers
incorporate
its
software
and
hardware
products
and
technologies
into
their
solutions
in
order
to
enable
service
providers
and
enterprises
to
rapidly
and
cost-effectively
deploy
data,
voice
and
fax
applications
and
enhanced
services
in
converged
networks. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | NMS
Communications
Corp.
provides
enabling
technologies
to
the
world's
leading
suppliers
of
networking
and
communications
equipment.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
revenues
fell
28%
to
$43.4
million.
Net
loss
totalled
$105.9
million
vs.
an
income
of
$6
million.
Revenues
reflect
lower
sales
volumes.
Net
loss
reflects
a
$3.6
million
restructuring
charge
related
to
the
closure
of
QWES.com
and
a
$55.3
million
impairment
charge
related
to
IML
assets. | More
from
Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Robert Schechter, 52 Pres,
CEO and Chairman of Directors | $646K | $3.6M | Robert Hult, 53 CFO,
Sr. VP-Fin. and Operations, Treasurer | 358K | 1.8M | Dorothy Terrell, 55 Sr.
VP of Worldwide Sales and Services and Pres of the Services Group | 512K | 2.5M | George Kontopidis, Ph.D., 47 Sr.
VP of Engineering | 318K | 2.6M | R. Brough Turner, 54 Sr.
VP of Technology | -- | -- | Dollar
amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
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from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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