Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Spirit DSP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 July 2005
Telecomms development team
set to expand
Spirit DSP has allocated $6.38 million from company profits to voice-related R and D over the next 12 months
The budget will help to extend the current 80-strong development team of telecomms engineers with another 30 VoIP software professionals by Q4 2005, as a part of the corporate strategy aimed at the further strengthening of Spirit's leading positions in the voice processing market. Spirit's technological leadership in sophisticated voice processing is based on 12 years of practical experience gained in over 250 successfully completed projects for the global telecomms leaders.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 July 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Today Spirit applies its deep expertise in embedded voice to all major communications platforms - PCs, PDAs and 3G handsets - focusing on the hot VoIP market.
Spirit's flagship field-proven and award-winning product, TeamSpirit multipoint voice conferencing engine, has practically no real alternatives in the global market for enterprise-grade multipoint full-duplex software voice engines.
TeamSpirit is the only voice engine enabling complete high-quality multipoint voice conferencing functionality within integrated communication and collaboration server solutions.
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TeamSpirit efficiently handles all the issues of voice communication over packet networks, including being robust to 30% packet loss and delays.
TeamSpirit provides superior voice quality not only in peer-to-peer talk, which is now available from a number of vendors, but also in a conferencing with many participants, which is critical for enterprise customers with distributed offices and/or mobile workers.
Spirit's voice engine is highly optimised to meet the tough requirements to voice quality, fidelity, reliability, security, functionality and cost saving.
Unlike any competitor, TeamSpirit engine delivers full-duplex voice in hands-free, and more importantly headset-free scenario on PC and mobile platforms.
'TeamSpirit multipoint voice conferencing engine is now in high demand by enterprise customers, so Spirit is growing to continue be global number-one multipoint voice conferencing engine', said Andrew Sviridenko, Spirit's founder and Chairman.
'Professionals are the main asset of technology innovator like Spirit, so the money will be put into attracting the best telecomms talents and brains to reinforce Spirit technological advantage'.
'Spirit is now already active in mobile and video markets, and Spirit sales are strong and growing in both US and Asia'.
'In 2004 Spirit executed over 100 new licensing contracts'.
'Several US enterprise collaboration and conferencing software customers, including Oracle and Macromedia, as well as several Asia-based mobile OEMs are deploying Spirit-enabled products in 2005'.
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