CounterPath and Mobilkom Austria Team Up to Deliver Voice over IP Pilot
Vancouver, BC, Canada — September 04, 2014
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 www.mobilkomaustria.com.
About CounterPath Solutions
CounterPath Solutions 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. eyeBeam — CounterPath’s feature-rich SIP Video over IP softphone with IM and Presence — recently received both Communications Solutions® Magazine’s and INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine’s “Product of the Year” Award for 2004. CounterPath’s Pocket PC SIP Softphone was recently named a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazine. With over 120 customers in more than 30 countries, CounterPath technology is deployed in more than 5,400,000 IP endpoints worldwide.
