This has been an eventful week for HelloSoft. Yesterday, the provider of VoIP technologies for mobile devices announced that its VoIP technology has been adopted by High Tech Computer Corp., a provider of Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows Mobile-based devices. HTC selected HelloSoft in hopes of enabling low-cost, power-efficient, fully-featured smart handheld devices by incorporating highly optimized RISC-based VoIP software products that can enable mobile device developers to design and architect products that are power-efficient and provide substantial cost benefits.

The very same day, Cellon, an independent design house for wireless terminals and modules, announced licensing HelloSoft’s HelloDual-Mode VoIP Technology for use on its Dual-Mode mobile handset platforms. HelloDual-Mode is a software suite that includes a comprehensive SIP Signaling Stack, Voice Media Processing including voice compression and echo cancellation, Jitter Buffering, Media and System Frameworks, Application Layer and all necessary software components required for VoIP client.

Today’s announcement reveals that HelloSoft has launched VoIP on the Texas Instruments’ (News - Alert) (TI’s) OMAPV1030 OMAP-Vox processor. HelloSoft provides a comprehensive software solution for enabling VoIP on cellular handsets without having to make changes to existing hardware designs.

HelloSoft’s VoIP stack for mobile devices, also known as HelloDual-Mode, runs on the ARM core of the OMAPV1030 processor. HelloDual-Mode will enable OEMs and ODMs using a TI OMAPV1030 processor to deliver VoIP enabled multi-media mobile handsets with a shorter time to market.

“HelloSoft VoIP and TI’s OMAPV1030 processor will meet the price and performance needs of multiple high-volume markets, including next generation multi-mode mobile handsets,” said Ron Victor, HelloSoft’s general manager of business development. “HelloSoft and TI working together can deliver the best combination of high performance and low power consumption.”

HelloSoft, Inc. is a member of TI’s OMAP Developer Network, a group of software developers porting advanced applications to TI’s high performance, power-efficient OMAP processors.

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Cindy Waxer is a Toronto-based freelance journalist specializing in business and technology. She has written for publications including TIME, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Computerworld, Canadian Business, and Workforce Management. To see more of her articles, please visit Cindy Waxer’s columnist page.