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SIP Softphone Gets All Social |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
Softphone developer, Counterpath,
which is responsible for eyeBeam and the free X-Lite softphones has
announced an agreement to work with the develop the world's first
whitelabel social networking suite, YFonGlobal.
The social networking start up provides a turnkey solutions that works
across both Windows and Mac and offers a full suite of instant
messaging, video calling and VoIP over Internet phone calling
capabilities.
YFonGlobal is an established social networking
software developer responsible for the wyndstorm platform, which will
benefit from the SIP-based CounterPath integration.
"By partnering with CounterPath in integrating their calling
technology, wyndstormTM customers and community members will enjoy the
most advanced, secure and collaborative communication environment
available on the market today," said Marian Sabety, President and CEO
of YFonGlobal.
"YFonGlobal is thrilled to launch this latest version of wyndstorm,
which is among the first platforms in the social network industry to
offer integrated voice/video calling and Instant Messaging (IM)
capabilities, enabling customers to offer a more dynamic and
interactive communication experience to their members."
As a
result of this collaboration, members of private-labeled wyndstorm
social networks will be able to engage in Instant Messaging, and make
and receive voice and video calls with other wyndstorm community
members worldwide. Users will also have an option to make international
voice and video calls to people outside the wyndstorm community.
Popular CounterPath softphone features including Caller ID,
Conferencing, Call Waiting, Voice Mail, Call Logs and Do Not Disturb,
will be included in the integrated product. The new capabilities will
be available to users on both Windows and Mac operating systems.
"CounterPath's
collaboration with YFonGlobal presents the marketplace with another
example of the increasing convergence of social media and collaborative
desktop applications featuring high-quality voice and video calling,"
said Mark Klagenberg, Director of Sales at CounterPath.
"The integration of our feature-rich softphone takes interactive online
collaboration to a dynamic new level, significantly adding to the value
of the user experience. We look forward to working with YFonGlobal in
delivering advanced communications to members of the communities
enabled by their wyndstormTM product."
The first implementation
of this integrated social network and calling solution will be MyGK, a
1.6 million international student online community (www.goldenkey.org),
launching in May 2007 with a focus on safe collaboration, search and
sharing.
www.yfonglobal.com
www.counterpath.com
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