GIPS Advances Leadership Position in Mobile Phone Market Through Partnership With Leading Real-Time Operating System Developer2 March 2006
Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leadingprovider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP(VoIP) market, today announced that it has partnered with Enea, aworld-class provider of real-time technology and services for embeddedsystems applications, to develop mobile VoIP solutions for the OSEplatform. The companies will be announcing the partnership at the 2006 3GSMWorld Congress in Barcelona from February 13th to 16th.
"The mobile communications market is burgeoning, and the ability to createmobile VoIP solutions that provide better-than-PSTN voice quality willcontinue to drive this growth," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEOof GIPS. "Global IP Sound is committed to continuing its leadershipposition by supporting the broadest possible range of mobile operatingsystems, and by giving application developers the tools to readily developsolutions on multiple platforms."
Currently, the mobile phone market provides a wealth of opportunity. By theend of 2006, the mobile phone industry will account for 2.5 billionsubscribers throughout the world, according to Boston-based StrategyAnalytics. That figure will continue to rise to 3.5 billion users worldwideby the end of 2010. In addition, the mobile phone industry will generateUS$800 billion in service revenues by the end of the decade, the researchfirm predicts. Enea estimates that OSE is used in 50% of the world's 3Gphones and in at least 50% of the nodes of the 3G Radio Access Networks.
GIPS plans to broaden its mobile VoIP offerings by immediately leveragingthe relationship to assist in the development of OSE solutions. GIPSVoiceEngine Mobile, an embedded voice-processing solution for mobileapplication developers, currently includes solutions for the Symbian andWindows Mobile operating systems. In turn, Enea will gain a valuablepartner, with clear market leadership, that can advance the adoption of itsplatform and further drive the mobile VoIP market.
"OSE from Enea is taking the lead for the next-generation mobile systems,including mobile phones and the corresponding Radio Access Networks," saysAnders Flodin, director of strategic alliances at Enea. "This partnershipwith Global IP Sound will allow us to demonstrate our commitment toenabling high-quality VoIP for the worldwide mobile communications market.We are confident that this partnership will help us to considerably broadenthe usage of OSE products and provide us inroads into new markets."
OSE is a compact, pre-emptive, memory-protected RTOS that featuresautomatic failure detection and health monitoring for system processes andapplications, a power management system that extends battery life, and acrash-safe file system with flash support. OSE's dynamic downloadcapability enhances mobile device flexibility by enabling new applicationsto be downloaded to systems as they operate in the field. OSE also featuresa complete networking solution, including a dual-mode IPv4/IPv6 TCP/IPstack with MobileIP capability, and a comprehensive suite of networkingapplications, including DHCP, DNS, FTP, TFTP, Telnet, Web Server, SSL andIPSec.
About Global IP Sound
Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processingtechnologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPSSoundWare™ provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity inend-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. GlobalIP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony expertsdeliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chipmanufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare™ products include NortelNetworks, Skype, WebEx, AOL, EarthLink and other key players in the VoIPmarket. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel® PCA Developer Network,the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum Partners and TexasInstruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound hasheadquarters in San Francisco and offices in Stockholm, Hong Kong andBoston. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com.
About Enea
Enea is a world-leading provider of real-time technology and services forembedded systems applications. We supply the global market with softwareand services for applications requiring the utmost in safety and highavailability. Our customers include high-technology companies within thetelecom, automotive and medical industries, and our OSE real-time operatingsystem is used in millions of products worldwide. Enea has over 500employees and is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For moreinformation about Enea or its products, visit the company's Web site atwww.enea.com.
For information, contact:Global IP Sound:Mats PerjonsGlobal IP SoundEmail Contact+46 8-54553021
Donna CandeloriCandelori CommunicationsEmail Contact(408) 774-3414
ENEA EuropeKarl-Gustav NiskaVP of marketingPhone: +46 8 50 71 41 04Email: Email Contact
ENEA North AmericaTom HayesVP, corporate marketing(480) 753-9200Email: Email Contact
SOURCE: Global IP Sound
Source: marketwire
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