CounterPath Working with Intel to Enhance Customer Experience for Mobile Communications
07 March 2006 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Collaborative effort enables CounterPath(TM) Solutions' EyeBeam(TM)
Video SIP Softphone for use with Intel(R) Centrino(R) Duo mobile
technology-based laptops SAN FRANCISCO, March 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CounterPath(TM) Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB
CTPS), a developer of award-winning, high-quality, carrier-grade
VoIP (Voice over IP) and Video over IP SIP softphones today
announced it is working with Intel Corp. to enhance the customer
experience for mobile communications by improving the capability
and quality of voice over wireless networks. Specifically,
CounterPath will enable its eyeBeam(TM) SIP-based video softphone
for laptop PCs based on Intel(R) Centrino(R) Duo mobile technology.
The companies will also be working together on advancing the
current interoperability, session control and functionality of
Bluetooth devices used in conjunction with the eyeBeam softphone.
The relationship serves to further build credibility into the VoIP
experience by creating a virtually ubiquitous network environment
with Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology-based laptops and
coupling it with CounterPath's unique softphone application. What
this means to business end users is that when using Intel Centrino
Duo mobile technology-based laptops, CounterPath's open standard
Voice and Video SIP softphone is available at their fingertips
regardless of their network environment connection. CounterPath's
softphone is optimized for Intel Centrino Duo mobile
technology-based laptops by confluencing packet prioritization,
bandwidth reservation and call admission control. This enables the
eyeBeam Softphone to provide more consistent quality of service
across both wired and wireless networks using industry standards
such as 802.11e. As a result, mobile customers will be able to link
an Intel Centrino mobile technology-based laptop into wireless and
wired networks, run simultaneous business applications while using
their eyeBeam softphone, and take advantage of eyeBeam's feature
suite that is made to simplify and enhance the voice experience
customers have come to expect from traditional telephony desktop
solutions. "Creating the 'best customer experience' is what drives
companies like CounterPath and Intel to develop and support a
high-quality, robust, and multi-business application ecosystem that
integrates and extends over any network environment," said Donovan
Jones, vice president of sales & marketing, CounterPath
Solutions. "Optimizing our technology with the Intel Centrino Duo
mobile technology platform enables CounterPath to continue its
mission to ensure customers have the tools and applications that
will help them execute on their business strategies and make them
successful in the marketplace." "Providing reliable, high-quality
voice and data traffic is critical in enabling Intel's vision of
seamless collaboration for the Digital Office," said Keith Kressin,
director of marketing, Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. "Optimizing
CounterPath Solutions' eyeBeam SIP-based video softphone for Intel
Centrino Duo mobile technology-based laptops supports the
convergence of voice and data into wireless-enabled laptops to
improve worker productivity and provide more communications tools
across the enterprise." About CounterPath(TM) Solutions CounterPath
Solutions, Inc., formerly Xten Networks, Inc., is a developer of
award-winning, high-quality, carrier-grade VoIP (Voice over IP) and
Video over IP SIP softphones for service providers, cable
operators, Internet telephony service providers, IP PBX
manufacturers and OEMs. CounterPath's SIP softphones are available
either pre-configured or as a software development kit (SDK), and
provide VoIP (Voice over IP), Video over IP, IM (Instant
Messaging), and Presence functionality. CounterPath's X-Lite(TM)
for Linux SIP Softphone recently received INTERNET TELEPHONY(R)
Magazine's "Product of the Year" Award for 2005; eyeBeam(TM) -
CounterPath's feature-rich SIP Video over IP softphone with IM and
Presence - recently received both Communications Solutions(R)
Magazine's and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's "Product of the
Year" Award for 2004; CounterPath's Pocket PC SIP Softphone(TM) was
recently named a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET
TELEPHONY(R) magazine. With over 130 customers in more than 30
countries, CounterPath technology is deployed in more than
5,400,000 IP endpoints worldwide. Note: Intel and Intel Centrino
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Todd Hanas
(Investor Relations) +1.866.869.8072 Ellen Topp & Rachel
Euretig (LEWIS Public Relations) +1.415.992.4400 DATASOURCE:
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: Todd Hanas (Investor
Relations), 1-866-869-8072, ; Ellen Topp & Rachel Euretig
(LEWIS Public Relations), (415) 992-4400,
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