CounterPath and mobilkom austria Team Up to Deliver Voice over IP Pilot
October 24 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
VANCOUVER, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CounterPath Solutions
Inc. (OTCBB: CTPS), a leading provider of VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol) and Video over IP SIP softphones, has announced a
licensing agreement which will allow mobilkom austria to use a
white-label version of CounterPath's softphone to power its VoIP
pilot launch. The "A1 over IP" friendly customer trial launch
enables end users the ability to make voice over internet calls
with a softphone application on their PCs or laptops and also
choose to receive mobile telephone calls on their softphone. This
is an important step towards satisfying market needs concerning
IP-based communication services. By receiving calls directed to
their mobility number or by making calls on their mobility number
with the CounterPath softphone, customers have more flexibility and
comfort in handling incoming and outgoing calls. At the same time
they can enjoy all the advantages that VoIP offers, including
real-time multimedia communications, Fixed Mobile Convergence, and
increased cost savings. CounterPath and mobilkom austria are
currently working together to further adapt the service according
to customers' needs and will provide end users with additional
multi-media features and services. "As of August 2006, 1.154
million Austrians were already using VoIP," said Hannes
Ametsreiter, CMO mobilkom austria. "It is expected that in Western
Europe, 33% of all cellular voice minutes will be carried by
cellular VoIP by 2015. With "A1 over IP" mobilkom austria places
our customers at the forefront of this growing trend and allows
them to benefit from the many advantages of VoIP. We decided to
work with CounterPath to offer this service to our customers, as
they are best able to meet our needs for an innovative and
user-friendly VoIP PC Client." "We are very excited to be working
with mobilkom austria," said Donovan Jones, president and COO of
CounterPath. "The ability to help mobilkom extend the benefits of
VoIP to its consumers demonstrates the opportunity of accessing the
enormous mobility customer market. CounterPath's mission is to
exploit the power of Internet communications by developing
innovative, open-standard solutions that enable our customers to
deliver an integrated and consistent multimedia experience to their
marketplace. Our collaboration on this pilot represents not only
another instance of CounterPath leading softphone application
innovation,, but also an example of the telecommunication
industry's increasingly widespread adoption of VoIP," he continued.
About mobilkom austria With 3.4 million customers and a market
share of 38.9%, mobilkom austria is Austria's leading mobile
operator. The company, headquartered in Vienna, generated revenues
of EUR 1,719.1 million in the 2005 business year. The company is
wholly owned by Telekom Austria, which is listed on the Vienna and
New York stock exchanges. In order to continue its success in the
future, mobilkom austria focuses on customers and on understanding
their wishes. mobilkom austria has set itself the goal of offering
innovative services that give people more time and quality of life.
The success of mobilkom austria extends beyond Austria's borders:
The mobilkom austria group is represented in Central and Eastern
Europe and includes mobilkom austria in Austria, Vipnet in Croatia,
Si.mobil in Slovenia, mobilkom liechtenstein and Mobiltel in
Bulgaria. Additional information about mobilkom austria is
available at http://www.mobilkomaustria.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: David Karp,
Chief Financial Officer, (604) 320-3344 x114, DATASOURCE:
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: David Karp, Chief Financial
Officer, (604) 320-3344 x114,
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