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CounterPath Acquires FirstHand |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
CounterPath Corporate has announced it has entered an egreement ot acquire Firsthand Technologies Inc., an innovator in extending enterprise telephony features to smart phones and dual-mode handheld devices over WiFi and cellular networks.
The acquisition will allow CounterPath to combine its suite of
softphone and server applications with Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)
solutions from FirstHand to deliver an integrated communications
experience and empower workforces to go mobile.
“Mobile VoIP technologies are in high demand and the market is rapidly
moving from trials to deployments,” said Greg Pelling, Chief Executive
Officer of CounterPath.
“The acquisition of FirstHand allows us to extend our carrier and
enterprise client value proposition from the personal computer to most
major mobile devices. All of our tier one fixed-line carrier customers
own, operate or partner with a mobile service provider in one form or
another.
"Our new mobile software products create tremendous opportunities for
CounterPath to lever our trusted supplier relationships and add even
greater value to our world class customers’ VoIP offerings.”
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