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Arel Communications and Software (NASDAQ: ARLC): -- Arel Anyware Combines with Microsoft Office(R) Live Meeting(TM) and Live Communications Server(TM) to Provide Multi-Point Video with Wideband Audio for an Enhanced Conferencing and Collaboration Experience Arel Communications and Software (NASDAQ: ARLC), technology leader in universal voice, video and data Web communication for interactive conferencing and collaboration, today announced that it will demonstrate its latest conferencing and collaboration solution, Arel Anyware(TM), in the Microsoft Booth (Hall 4, Stand 38) at this year's CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. Arel Anyware combines with Microsoft(R) Office Live Meeting(TM) and Microsoft(R) Office Live Communications Server(TM) to provide multi-point video with wideband audio for an enhanced conferencing and collaboration experience. Arel Anyware enables users to conduct high-quality, multi-point video and audio conferences from within the Live Meeting framework as well as Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Live Communications Server 2005. Users can quickly and efficiently join a video- and audio- enabled meeting through a brief installation and registration process within Live Meeting's custom panel. A webcam is required for full-featured video operability. Torben Andersen, director of EMEA RTC for Microsoft, said, "We are excited about Arel's participation with Microsoft at CeBIT. Arel Anyware has proven to be a valuable add-on to Live Meeting as its enhanced audio and video providers a boost to the overall user experience. We look forward to continuing our work with Arel and to providing our valued customers with an enriched conferencing and collaboration experience." Philippe Szwarc, CEO of Arel Communications and Software, said, "We are very happy to be included in Microsoft's display at CeBIT. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the capabilities of Arel Anyware within Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Communicator and Live Communications Server. We look forward to providing attendees with a live demonstration of how our solution enhances meetings and allows corporations to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction through the latest in real-time collaboration." CeBIT 2006, which runs from March 9 - 15, 2006 in Hannover, Germany, is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology. CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Deutsche Messe AG has organized CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986. Over 6,200 exhibitors from around 70 countries and some 480,000 visitors from all over the world attended the last CeBIT in 2005. About Arel Communications and Software: Arel Communications and Software is a leader in conferencing and collaboration solutions. Arel is focused on enhancing communications, facilitating workgroup collaboration and driving productivity in the enterprise. By providing a comprehensive application suite, Arel Spotlight(TM), for leveraging enterprise networks for rich-media communications, Arel replicates in-person meetings in the online environment. Arel's newest solution, Arel Anyware, is an audio-visual plug-in that establishes true "face-to-face" meetings over the internet. Requiring only a webcam for full-featured video operability, users can add video conferencing to any web or IM/Presence application (such as Microsoft(R) Office Live Meeting(TM)). Combining voice, video and data conferencing in one easy-to-use Web-based solution, Arel fosters interactive communications that significantly improve work environments today. Arel's solutions impact key business processes such as corporate and marketing communications, distance learning, product development, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. Allowing geographically dispersed users to 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, Arel Spotlight is a powerful tool for critical business communications. For more information, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission. All trademarks recognized.