Global IP Solutions Enables HD-Voice on Pronto! CommuniGate Pro's Popular Unified Communications Client for Web 2.0

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:00am EDT

  ORLANDO, FL, Mar 30 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
VoiceCon Orlando -- Global IP Solutions (OSLO: GIPS), the leading
provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, today announced that
CommuniGate Systems, the leader in carrier-class Mobile Unified
Communications (UC), has embedded GIPS VoiceEngine to power voice
communications in its Pronto! client UC framework. CommuniGate Systems
provides software and services to mobile and broadband network operators
for Unified Communications SaaS delivery solutions. Today, CommuniGate
Systems and its UC solutions CommuniGate Pro and Pronto! serve well over
12,000 customers with more than 130 million subscribers worldwide.

    GIPS VoiceEngine has enabled many of the world's major consumer IM clients
with HD-Voice. With the growth and demand of Unified Communications GIPS
VoiceEngine also powers enterprise applications with HD-voice capability
such as Pronto! a single Unified Communications dashboard for email,
collaboration, secure instant messaging, RSS feeds and rich media.

    "CommuniGate has done an excellent job serving the unified communications
space with Pronto! and we're pleased to be part of this wave of
communication and collaboration," said GIPS' Senior Director of Business
Development Larry Golob. "CommuniGate is setting new quality standards for
Unified Communications and GIPS is working closely with them to make sure
the standard is set as high as possible for service quality."

    "Global IP Solutions has been a pioneer in HD-voice for many years, with
over 800 million downloads and a growing list of brand name customers to
prove it," said Jon Doyle - CommuniGate Systems's Vice President. "GIPS
provides a unique set of engineers that are solely focused on addressing
the processing issues related to IP communications on various network
topologies. With GIPS superior innovation skills, we are able to deliver
on the promise of a truly business grade UC experience."

    GIPS VoiceEngine is a complete solution that goes beyond the codec and is
designed to handle all necessary voice processing for IP networks
including jitter buffer and echo cancellation, while providing superior
voice quality even under the most adverse network conditions.

    The CommuniGate Pro Unified Communications platform is a multi-tenant
hosting solution for Network Operators providing Unified Communication in
the SaaS model. CommuniGate Pronto! is a web 2.0 client that unifies all
forms of communications together with a framework that allows expansion or
new applications to snap into the server or UI as modules. The new
features within Pronto! 2.2 allow carriers to build modular services e.g.
delivering VideoMail, IPTV or Video on Demand (VOD) to subscribers while
offering full featured Mobile Unified Communications to the SME market.
Modular class of services power e-mail, VoIP, presence, Instant
Messaging, Rich Media with HD audio and video with over the air
synchronisation to the IPhone 3G and other smart phones supporting
AirSync. Network operators benefit from additional revenue opportunities
by providing a unique SaaS suite to SME subscribers that need powerful
mobile Unified Communications while removing the complexities of
premise-based solutions.

    The CommuniGate Pro Unified Communications platform delivers
virtualization of domains with a modular feature set, powerful class of
service provisioning, and a live rolling updates change management
capability not found in other solutions. The platform's exclusive Dynamic
Clustering architecture provides 99.999% uptime in a multi-tenant
architecture with no single point of failure, and allows SaaS providers
to add frontend or backend nodes as needed without any downtime or
service interruption. CommuniGate Pro makes it easy for service providers
and operators to offer business class services with costs that decline as
virtualized client volume increases. CommuniGate Pro is the only truly
integrated UC platform that was built to power all forms of IP
communications in one integrated platform.

    About CommuniGate Systems

    Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems
develops carrier-class Unified Communications and media delivery software
for broadband and mobile operators to deliver value-added services and
SaaS solutions. CommuniGate Systems delivers powerful mashups of Unified
Communications technology mixed with media and entertainment applications
for portals, social networks, enterprises and mobile communities.
CommuniGate Systems is revolutionizing the Unified Communications industry
with a unique Flash-based client framework Pronto! bringing together all
forms of communication and breaking the leash to the desktop with Web 2.0
mobility.

    CommuniGate Systems is the first choice in technology solutions for over
12,000 customers with over 130 million subscribers unifying e-mail,
collaboration, IM, presence and VoIP with a single identity. The Unified
Communications platform provides flexibility, performance, and scalability
with benchmark proven architecture remaining unchallenged in the industry.
Our technology powers OEM partner products ranging from embedded real time
systems to powerful unified messaging platforms at top tier global network
operators. The open development environment's simple APIs deliver
extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999%
uptime for the most demanding application environments. The company is a
trusted and financially stable vendor, maintaining the highest customer
satisfaction levels in the Unified Communications industry with over 175
members in its partner network worldwide.

    About Global IP Solutions

    Global IP Solutions (OSLO: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video
processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver
unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than
alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and
wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment
vendors. Its customer list includes Citrix, Nortel, Oracle, Samsung,
Tencent, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video
over IP markets. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with
offices in Stockholm, Boston and Hong Kong. For more information, visit
www.gipscorp.com.

    

Contacts:
Terry May
HighTech PR Inc for Global IP Solutions
+1 (321) 632-1690
Email Contact

Andrea Kimpflinger
CommuniGate Systems
(415) 383-7164 ext 219
Email Contact

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