Wistron Licenses HelloSoft's Award Winning VoIP Solution for Industry's First Commercially Deployed GSM/WiFi Dual-Mode Phone

Wistron Licenses HelloSoft's Award Winning VoIP Solution for Industry's First Commercially Deployed GSM/WiFi Dual-Mode Phone

October 06, 2006

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Wistron
NeWeb Corp. (WNC) one of the largest mobile phone
manufacturers has introduced GW1 a GSM/WiFi dual-mode
phone. GW1 offers many features and benefits with cost
advantages for its users; mode flexibility is one of the
key features of GW1 as users can choose to make a voice
call in a WiFi network environment with HelloSoft VoIP
technology, or in a GSM network environment for cellular
communication. Along with the ability to make VoIP calls
and traditional voice over GSM, the GW1 packs in MP3
playback, Phonebook, Pictures and Polyphonic Ringtones. GW1
is also designed to handle a variety of application tasks in
parallel, so a user can enjoy several features and services
concurrently. 

    Mr. Rama Rao Sreeramaneni, Co-Founder and VP Asia
HelloSoft, states, "By providing WNC with our highly
optimized HelloDual-Mode(TM) VoIP product for their GW1
dual-mode handset, we have demonstrated the benefits of
HelloSoft's RISC-based VoIP solution." HelloSoft
provides the most optimized and comprehensive software
solution for enabling VoIP on cellular handsets without
having to make changes to the existing hardware designs.
The software suite 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. The algorithms for
Voice Codecs and Echo Cancellers have been extensively
optimized for the CPU core to deliver industry's best
performance for mobile devices. "VoIP applications
will assist OEM/ODMs in their next generation handset
designs. We foresee a global potential for HelloSoft's VoIP
in emerging fixed mobile converged networks,"
Sreeramaneni said. 

    "We are pleased to have HelloSoft's VoIP solution
running on GW1," said GK Lee, VP of MobileCom BU of
WNC. "GW1 is the first application-rich WiFi/GSM dual
mode phone to deliver services such as VoIP over WLAN.
HelloSoft's technologies provide wireless device
manufacturers with highly power efficient VoIP capabilities
for their next generation products. HelloSoft is at the
forefront in SIP technology and its HelloDual-Mode(TM) VoIP
solution has proven itself under stringent field deployed
conditions."

    About Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Wistron NeWeb Corp.(WNC) is a designer and manufacturer
specialized in Advanced Wireless Communication. Founded in
1996, WNC consistently introduces the latest
communication-enabling technologies to all customers. WNC
dedicates to research and develop new wireless
communication products. Cutting edge of trends, WNC expects
to be a Global Leader in Wireless Communication Industry.

    About HelloSoft, Inc.
    HelloSoft is the world's leading provider of VoIP
Technologies for wireline and wireless devices. The company
enables mass deployment of 
low-cost, power-efficient, fully-featured multi-mode
wireline and wireless devices by providing highly optimized
RISC-based VoIP software products with superior voice
quality, QoS, and efficient call switching specifically
designed for next generation end-points. HelloSoft's
IMS/VCC stack enables seamless hand-off between cellular
and Wi-Fi networks for multi-mode handsets. This
comprehensive portfolio of award winning VoIP products
enables OEMs, ODMs and semiconductor manufacturers to
deliver VoIP enabled products with a short time to market
schedule. 

    HelloSoft is headquartered in San Jose, California with
an R&D facility in Hyderabad. HelloSoft's customers
include leading technology firms such as Toshiba,
Panasonic, NeoMagic and 5V Technologies along with top
semiconductor manufacturers Original Device Manufacturers
(ODMs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
globally. HelloSoft's partners include Texas Instruments,
Intel and Symbian. www.hellosoft.com 

    Contact:
    HelloSoft, Inc.
    Rina McCord 
    408.441.7110 x104
    [e-mail]

SOURCE  HelloSoft, Inc.