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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 19 September 2006 |
Global
IP Sound (GIPS) has announced the availability of version 2.0 of its
iSAC codec which is optimised for use in hardware devices for the
first time.
The iSAC
voice codec was previously only available in floating point code
for use in softphones and other applications running on PCs and less
resource
dependent platforms, but the introduction of a embedded version of the
software will enable it to run on chips embedded within VoIP
phones and other hardware devices such as home gateways.
There are already hundreds of millions of iSAC-enabled softphones
and Internet-based voice services that are currently deployed through GIPS'
major ISP customers such as Yahoo!, Skype and AOL.
Texas Instruments has also already indicated it will incorporate the GIPS's iSAC 2.0 codec into their VoIP solutions.
"As a leading enabler of wideband telephony solutions, we
realize the importance of technologies that facilitate high quality voice
communications," said Fred Zimmerman, executive director, VoIP customer
premises solutions, Texas Instruments. "The addition of GIPS' wideband codec to
our portfolio further enables us to offer our customers VoIP solutions that
deliver an unparalleled user experience that surpasses what callers have grown
accustomed to with their traditional phone service."
"The market has not only come to appreciate the benefits of
wideband telephony, but prefer it over traditional PSTN" said Roar Hagen, chief
technology officer, Global IP Sound. "As manufacturers begin to deploy VoIP
enabled hardware, users are going to expect the same full, robust sound they
are accustomed to from their softphones.
GIPS is proud to be able to deliver this high quality audio on all
platforms and devices."
The GIPS iSAC technology automatically adjusts transmission
rates, supporting real-time multimedia, conferencing, distance learning, and
multi-user gaming applications in a VoIP environment. Due to the nature of wideband
audio, iSAC can deliver sound quality that exceeds that of PSTN calls by
using a greater range of the speech signal. The codec also handles other challenges, including non-speech
audio such as music and background noise.
www.globalipsound.com.
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