CounterPath Teams with Hana Micron to Increase Adoption of Multimedia VoIP Solutions in Asian Market
29 November 2006 - 1:43AM
PR Newswire (US)
VANCOUVER, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CounterPath Solutions,
Inc. (OTCBB: CTPS), a leading provider of VoIP (Voice over IP) and
Video over IP SIP softphones, and Hana Micron, a manufacturer of
USB storage devices and MP3 players, today announced that the
companies have entered into co-marketing and reseller agreements.
Under the terms of the agreements, Hana Micron will be a
representative of CounterPath's softphone products in the Korean
market and CounterPath will be a representative of Hana Micron's
VoIP products in the United States, Canada and all European
markets. The relationship not only creates new sales opportunities
for both companies in their partner's primary markets, but includes
a technical collaboration which will see the integration of
superior and field-proven VoIP solutions by CounterPath with Hana
Micron's VoIP products. Both parties have agreed to cooperate in
entering the IP-TV market by co-developing VoIP solutions for TPS
(Triple Play Services: High-speed Internet, Broadcasting, and
Telephony). "Hana Micron is excited by the many opportunities this
new relationship with CounterPath brings to us, both in terms of
marketability of our current products and co-development with
CounterPath of exciting new products," said Sunny Kang, vice
president of the Digital Business Division for Hana Micron. "In
being able to promote our products to major enterprises in the US,
Canada and Europe via CounterPath's widespread sales network, we
expect to see increased sales of our products as a result." "Hana
Micron has clearly shown us they have superior USB and MP3
products, which, when combined with our softphones, present
interesting and exciting new opportunities to our carrier
customers," said Donovan Jones, president and chief operating
officer for CounterPath. "We also expect that having a strong
partner like Hana Micron represent our products in Asia, and more
specifically Korea, will increase our effectiveness of delivering
products to these important and growing markets." About Hana Micron
Hana Micron Inc., established in 2001, is a spin off company of
Samsung Electronics' semi-conductor business division. Based on the
technologies of its world-class semiconductor engineers, Hana
Micron Inc. is in co-development of new packaging technology with
all-around semiconductor industries such as Samsung and Hynix, and
is expanding their business to newly rising venture businesses such
as Bluetooth, VoIP and digital convergence products. In fact, Hana
Micron has also developed USB storage devices and MP3 players, both
with and without VoIP function, based upon its own technologies,
and has established a firm position in both the domestic and
international markets in various countries. As a result, Hana
Micron has been the recipient of the Deloitte "Technology Fast 50
Korea" award continuously for the past 2 years. Additional
information about Hana Micron is available at
http://www.hanamicron.com/ About CounterPath CounterPath Solutions,
Inc., formerly Xten Networks, Inc., is a developer of
award-winning, carrier-grade VoIP and Video over IP SIP softphones
for telecom and Internet telephony service providers, cable
operators, IP-PBX manufacturers and infrastructure manufacturers.
CounterPath's SIP softphones and softphone SDKs (Software
Development Kits), which provide VoIP, Video over IP, IM (Instant
Messaging) and Presence functionality and can be preconfigured to
our customer's VoIP service, are predominantly licensed on a per
seat or per subscriber basis, either co-branded or private labeled.
CounterPath's technology is deployed by over 210 customers in more
than 50 countries. Additional information about CounterPath and
CounterPath's products and services is available at
http://www.counterpath.com/. CONTACT: Sean Seo, Director of Digital
Business Division, Hana Micron Inc., +82.31.608.5547, ; Rob Brown,
Director of Marketing, CounterPath Solutions, (604) 628-9362,
DATASOURCE: CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: Sean Seo, Director
of Digital Business Division, Hana Micron Inc., +82.31.608.5547, ;
Rob Brown, Director of Marketing, CounterPath Solutions, (604)
628-9362,
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