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COUNTERPATH LAUNCHES HOSTED SERVICE ENABLING WIRELINE OPERATORS TO DELIVER VOICE AND SMS TO ANY MOBILE PHONE ON ANY MOBILE NETWORK
NCG Exchange Provides Telcos, Cable Operators, Hosted VoIP Providers, Internet Telephony
Service Providers, CLECs and other Wireline Operators with a Fast,
Cost-Effective Solution for Enabling Over-the-Top, Fixed-Mobile
Services
VANCOUVER, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - CounterPath Corporation (OTCBB: CPAH) (TSX-V: CCV), an award-winning provider of desktop and mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
software solutions, today announced the launch of the CounterPath
Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) Exchange, a hosted service enabling
wireline operators to provide Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) services
immediately, inexpensively and on any mobile network. Operators can
implement these services, which include Voice Call Continuity (VCC),
Instant Messaging, presence and SMS, in a matter of weeks and without
the need to invest in any infrastructure.
CounterPath's NCG Exchange provides telcos, cable operators, hosted VoIP
providers, Internet telephony service providers, CLECs and other
wireline operators with a rapid, cost-effective way to expand into the
mobile market, including targeting enterprises that have a large and
growing number of mobile workers. With NCG Exchange, wireline operators
can immediately provide their enterprise, SMB and SOHO customers with
mobile VoIP and messaging services that are delivered over-the-top
(OTT) of mobile networks, regardless of which carrier the customer
uses.
Hosted and provisioned by CounterPath, NCG Exchange services work with
any mobile handset - including smartphones and feature phones - without
the requirement to install any software on the mobile handset. To
further enhance the NCG Exchange service, operators can choose to
deploy CounterPath's Bria iPhone Edition or Bria Android Edition
softphones, giving their customers the additional options of
communicating over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G IP alongside the standard mobile
voice and SMS channels. Operators can also leverage CounterPath's Bria
desktop/laptop PC or Mac softphones, allowing their customers to use
their communications services seamlessly across both desktop softphones
and mobile phones.
NCG Exchange's highly flexible, network- and device-agnostic
architecture means a wireline operator's customers now can put a single
phone number on their business cards with the confidence that they can
always communicate with a single number by voice, IM and SMS - an
ability that goes beyond rudimentary find-me/follow-me services. The
technology behind NCG Exchange is unique to CounterPath and leverages
the company's intellectual property portfolio, which includes patents that enable single-number identities and
seamless service delivery across disparate fixed, mobile, legacy and
IMS networks.
Other benefits to wireline operators include:
-- New revenue sources. Wireline operators now can offer
SMS-to-VoIP and VoIP-to-SMS messaging services to their
customers. SMS is a premium service for end users and promotes
greater adoption of VoIP softphones.
-- Expedite service launch. NCG Exchange is fast and easy for
operators to implement within weeks instead of months.
Operators can refine and take NCG services in-house as they
ramp traffic on the NCG Exchange platform.
-- CapEx-free implementation. NCG Exchange requires no additional
network infrastructure and no new customer devices because its
OTT design leverages existing investments.
"NCG Exchange gives wireline operators a fast, cost-effective way to
remain relevant in a communications environment that is moving beyond
voice and fixed-location communications," said Todd Carothers, Senior
Vice President of Marketing and Products, CounterPath. "Sprint's recent
integration of Google Voice, including offering unlimited calls to mobile users and a single voicemail box, highlights a new trend in mobile VoIP. CounterPath's NCG Exchange
provides mobile, cable telephony and wireline operators with powerful
new options for capitalizing on that trend while going beyond
rudimentary find-me/follow-me services, such as Google Voice, to
provide a suite of enterprise-grade single-number services. NCG
Exchange puts operators in complete control of services creation so
they can maximize revenue opportunities, protect their margins and fend
off Skype, Rebtel and other companies that are encroaching on their
markets."
NCG Exchange for wireline operators is available from CounterPath today.
For more information about CounterPath's NCG Exchange or NCG solution sets, please contact CounterPath at sales@counterpath.com.
About CounterPath
CounterPath Corporation is an award-winning provider of innovative
desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions. The Company's
product suite includes SIP-based softphones, server applications and
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions that enable service providers,
enterprises and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to
cost-effectively integrate voice, video, presence and Instant Messaging
(IM) applications into their VoIP offerings and extend functionality
across both fixed and mobile networks.
CounterPath's customers include some of the world's largest
telecommunications service providers and network equipment providers
including AT&T, Verizon, BT (British Telecommunications PLC), mobilkom
Austria, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco Systems, Metaswitch Networks and
Mitel.
For more information please visit http://www.counterpath.com.
Disclaimer: Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
SOURCE CounterPath Corporation
CounterPath Corporation
CONTACT: Contact
CounterPath Media and Analyst Relations
Andrea Parker
1.858.205.3439
andreap@comunicano.com
COUNTERPATH LAUNCHES HOSTED SERVICE ENABLING WIRELINE OPERATORS TO DELIVER VOICE AND SMS TO ANY MOBILE PHONE ON ANY MOBILE NETWORK
NCG Exchange Provides Telcos, Cable Operators, Hosted VoIP Providers, Internet Telephony
Service Providers, CLECs and other Wireline Operators with a Fast,
Cost-Effective Solution for Enabling Over-the-Top, Fixed-Mobile
Services
VANCOUVER, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - CounterPath Corporation (OTCBB: CPAH) (TSX-V: CCV), an award-winning provider of desktop and mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
software solutions, today announced the launch of the CounterPath
Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) Exchange, a hosted service enabling
wireline operators to provide Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) services
immediately, inexpensively and on any mobile network. Operators can
implement these services, which include Voice Call Continuity (VCC),
Instant Messaging, presence and SMS, in a matter of weeks and without
the need to invest in any infrastructure.
CounterPath's NCG Exchange provides telcos, cable operators, hosted VoIP
providers, Internet telephony service providers, CLECs and other
wireline operators with a rapid, cost-effective way to expand into the
mobile market, including targeting enterprises that have a large and
growing number of mobile workers. With NCG Exchange, wireline operators
can immediately provide their enterprise, SMB and SOHO customers with
mobile VoIP and messaging services that are delivered over-the-top
(OTT) of mobile networks, regardless of which carrier the customer
uses.
Hosted and provisioned by CounterPath, NCG Exchange services work with
any mobile handset - including smartphones and feature phones - without
the requirement to install any software on the mobile handset. To
further enhance the NCG Exchange service, operators can choose to
deploy CounterPath's Bria iPhone Edition or Bria Android Edition
softphones, giving their customers the additional options of
communicating over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G IP alongside the standard mobile
voice and SMS channels. Operators can also leverage CounterPath's Bria
desktop/laptop PC or Mac softphones, allowing their customers to use
their communications services seamlessly across both desktop softphones
and mobile phones.
NCG Exchange's highly flexible, network- and device-agnostic
architecture means a wireline operator's customers now can put a single
phone number on their business cards with the confidence that they can
always communicate with a single number by voice, IM and SMS - an
ability that goes beyond rudimentary find-me/follow-me services. The
technology behind NCG Exchange is unique to CounterPath and leverages
the company's intellectual property portfolio, which includes patents that enable single-number identities and
seamless service delivery across disparate fixed, mobile, legacy and
IMS networks.
Other benefits to wireline operators include:
-- New revenue sources. Wireline operators now can offer
SMS-to-VoIP and VoIP-to-SMS messaging services to their
customers. SMS is a premium service for end users and promotes
greater adoption of VoIP softphones.
-- Expedite service launch. NCG Exchange is fast and easy for
operators to implement within weeks instead of months.
Operators can refine and take NCG services in-house as they
ramp traffic on the NCG Exchange platform.
-- CapEx-free implementation. NCG Exchange requires no additional
network infrastructure and no new customer devices because its
OTT design leverages existing investments.
"NCG Exchange gives wireline operators a fast, cost-effective way to
remain relevant in a communications environment that is moving beyond
voice and fixed-location communications," said Todd Carothers, Senior
Vice President of Marketing and Products, CounterPath. "Sprint's recent
integration of Google Voice, including offering unlimited calls to mobile users and a single voicemail box, highlights a new trend in mobile VoIP. CounterPath's NCG Exchange
provides mobile, cable telephony and wireline operators with powerful
new options for capitalizing on that trend while going beyond
rudimentary find-me/follow-me services, such as Google Voice, to
provide a suite of enterprise-grade single-number services. NCG
Exchange puts operators in complete control of services creation so
they can maximize revenue opportunities, protect their margins and fend
off Skype, Rebtel and other companies that are encroaching on their
markets."
NCG Exchange for wireline operators is available from CounterPath today.
For more information about CounterPath's NCG Exchange or NCG solution sets, please contact CounterPath at sales@counterpath.com.
About CounterPath
CounterPath Corporation is an award-winning provider of innovative
desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions. The Company's
product suite includes SIP-based softphones, server applications and
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions that enable service providers,
enterprises and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to
cost-effectively integrate voice, video, presence and Instant Messaging
(IM) applications into their VoIP offerings and extend functionality
across both fixed and mobile networks.
CounterPath's customers include some of the world's largest
telecommunications service providers and network equipment providers
including AT&T, Verizon, BT (British Telecommunications PLC), mobilkom
Austria, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco Systems, Metaswitch Networks and
Mitel.
For more information please visit http://www.counterpath.com.
Disclaimer: Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
SOURCE CounterPath Corporation
CounterPath Corporation
CONTACT: Contact
CounterPath Media and Analyst Relations
Andrea Parker
1.858.205.3439
andreap@comunicano.com