Global IP Solutions (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded media processing
solutions, announced today that it will enable VoIP on Sony Ericsson smartphones
in the future through a SIP- based VoIP client.
GIPS VoiceEngine Licensed Through OptiMobile
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 -- Earlier this year GIPS announced VoiceEngine Mobile(TM)
solution was available for the Symbian operating system.
"GIPS technology enables smartphones with high-quality voice in the VoIP arena",
said Gary Hermansen, President and CEO, Global IP Solutions. "GIPS offer the best
real-time media capabilities available in today's market and we are proud to work
with Sony Ericsson," he added.
OptiMobile is a leader within the field of seamless convergence between wireless
Internet telephony and cellular telephony. The GIPS VoiceEngine will be licensed
to GIPS' customer OptiMobile and used in its SIP-based VoIP client that is licensed
by Sony Ericsson to support wireless Internet telephony (VoIP).
"OptiMobile and GIPS now offer mobile phone manufacturers the possibility to
add VoIP-rich features to their customers," said Lars Edman, CEO of OptiMobile.
"We are proud to deliver client application resources to Sony Ericsson mobile
phones for Internet telephony and to extend the scope of our already existing
relation with GIPS by licensing GIPS VoiceEngine for Symbian," he adds.
About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions (GIPS) offers multimedia technologies for real-time communications
over packet networks. GIPS enables companies to deliver IP applications that offer
the highest quality user experience, as well as revenue-enhancing opportunities
across a multitude of devices and services. Global IP Solutions provides best-in-class
voice and video quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications with robustness
against packet loss. GIPS' world-renowned media processing and IP telephony experts
deliver these solutions to service providers, enterprises, applications developers,
network equipment, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using Global IP Solutions
products include Nortel, Skype, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL, EarthLink, BlueCross/BlueShield
and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Solutions is a member of the
Intel(R) PCA Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum
Partner Program and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP
Solutions has headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Santa Barbara, Stockholm,
Hong Kong and Boston. More information is available at www.gipscorp.com .
About OptiMobile
OptiMobile offers operators and providers of enterprise communication products
a completely unified voice solution - WBX. End-users are able to use WLAN equipped
mobile phones for calls over the Internet via WLAN whenever a WLAN Internet access
point is within reach. Calls are automatically and seamlessly transferred between
Internet and cellular networks.
OptiMobile is a leader within the field of seamless convergence between wireless
Internet telephony (VoIP) and cellular telephony. Supported by OptiMobile's WBX
solution operators and providers of enterprise communication solutions are able
to offer end-users completely unified services, independent of the networks and
radio access technologies being used from time to time. End-users benefit from
lower cost of calls, reduced complexity due to unified call handling, higher availability
and increased productivity. In general, calls made using VoIP have better sound
quality than cellular calls. OptiMobile is licensing voice processing software
for VoIP from Global IP Solutions. More information is available at www.optimobile.se . |