ORLANDO, FL, Mar 26, 2012, 2012 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
Company to Demonstrate How its Mobile, Tablet and Desktop Softphones,
Configuration Server and New Cloud Offering Arm IT Managers with Tools
to Meet the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Challenge While Optimizing
User Experience
At Enterprise Connect - As enterprises and SMBs increasingly turn to SIP, IP PBXs and
softphones to power their business communications, some of the biggest
challenges they are met with are ensuring interoperability among
devices and platforms, configuring and deploying software to end users,
and managing the implications of users bringing their own devices into
the workplace. CounterPath Corporation (TSX-V: CCV) (OTCBB: CPAH) today announced it is demonstrating how
enterprises can meet these challenges with its CounterPath-powered
solutions at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, Fla. this week.
CounterPath's demonstrations will include Bria desktop and mobile
softphone applications, the CounterPath Client Configuration server and
a sneak peek of SoftPhone.com(TM), a new cloud offering for SMBs connecting CounterPath X-Lite softphone
users to other X-Lite softphone users while leveraging the existing IP
PBX or hosted SIP-based service for call termination.
Enterprises and SMBs are increasingly forced to embrace the BYOD (Bring
Your Own Device) movement. A recent study by In-Stat revealed that
users' companies only paid for 22 percent of the tablets used in an
enterprise environment. This is causing pressure on IT managers to find
communications solutions and applications that seamlessly work across
any device and on any platform, and efficient ways to manage those
implementations.
CounterPath's award-winning Bria desktop and mobile softphones are based on open standards, and
have been certified interoperable with the industry's leading
enterprise IP PBX and platform providers including Alcatel-Lucent,
Asterisk, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco, Digium, Ericsson, GENBAND, Huawei,
Mavenir, Metaswitch, Mitel Networks, NEC, Nortel, Panasonic and
Siemens. This flexibility means enterprises and SMBs can reliably
deploy CounterPath softphones quickly, broadly and cost-effectively
instead of worrying that each unique implementation will require
extensive, expensive customization and troubleshooting.
Once deployed, softphone endpoints can be managed easily with the
CounterPath Configuration Server (CCS). The CCS allows IT managers to
automatically apply the proper configuration to each end-user device,
periodically update those configurations and remotely upgrade
client-side software. This means technical features such as dial plans,
codec selection, firewall settings and account settings are managed
centrally and pushed to users seamlessly, ultimately reducing support
calls to IT managers and speeding up deployments.
Further, X-Lite users within SMB environments will soon be able to
enhance their enterprise communications even further with CounterPath's
new cloud offering, SoftPhone.com. Targeted to 25-30 seat SMBs,
SoftPhone.com will enable business users to make X-Lite to X-Lite voice
and video calls for free using the SoftPhone.com cloud offering, with
call termination being seamlessly routed over the IP PBX when the
recipient is not connected on the SoftPhone.com network. The cloud
offering leverages the user's existing business number as their
SoftPhone.com identity, and allows unified presence so SoftPhone.com
users can see the status of other SoftPhone.com users (busy, on the
phone, away), whether their contacts are on a SoftPhone.com-powered
call or on their IP PBX. CounterPath will offer a sneak peek of the
cloud offering to Enterprise Connect event attendees and will invite
selected users to participate. SoftPhone.com is planned to be generally
available in the second quarter of 2012.
"CounterPath softphones consistently provide a superior out-of-the-box
experience, making implementation in the enterprise and SMB environment
fast, seamless and cost-effective," said Todd Carothers, CounterPath
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Products. "Our desktop and
mobile softphone applications and configuration server give IT managers
the tools they need to meet communications challenges including BYOD."
"We're also excited to offer a sneak peek of our newest addition to the
X-Lite solution, SoftPhone.com. Our X-Lite users within the 25-30 seat
SMBs have pushed CounterPath to offer a cloud offering they can use
within their environment. Many users felt abandoned following Skype's
decision to no longer support Skype for Asterisk. We are answering
their requirements for an overlay cloud-based offering that works with
their current IP PBX and is powered by last mile carriers. X-Lite
combined with SoftPhone.com is one step further to creating the
socially connected SMB. Users can now escalate from presence to
messaging to voice to video, all within the SoftPhone.com cloud and
while completing other calls as usual via their IP PBX or hosted
carrier service. It's a win-win for SMBs, the Asterisk community and
carriers."
For more information on CounterPath's desktop and mobile softphone
solutions, visit www.counterpath.com/products. To learn more about SoftPhone.com and receive a notification when the
offering is launched in your region, visit www.SoftPhone.com.
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About CounterPath
CounterPath's SIP-based VoIP softphones are changing the face of
telecommunications. An industry and user favorite, Bria softphones for
desktop and mobile devices, together with the company's server
applications and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions, enable
service providers, OEMs and enterprises large and small around the
globe to offer a seamless and unified communications experience across
both fixed and mobile networks. Standards-based, cost-effective and
reliable, CounterPath's award-winning solutions power the voice and
video calling, messaging, and presence offerings of customers such as
Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Verizon, BT, Mobilkom Austria, Rogers, Avaya,
BroadSoft, Cisco Systems, GENBAND, Metaswitch Networks, Mitel and NEC.
For more information, visit www.counterpath.com.
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