21 February 2006

Trinity Convergence Expands VoIP Platform For WiFi Devices

Trinity Convergence, Inc., has confirmed general availability of version 2.2 of its VeriCall Edge VoIP software platform.

VeriCall Edge provides original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a turnkey, embedded software platform for designing VoIP functionality into a range of consumer devices and enterprise equipment.  VeriCall Edge is available as an embedded software framework for ARM-based processors as well as DSPs.

Philips has embedded VeriCall Edge software into its VP5500 WiFi videophone which was demonstrated at CES 2006 in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year. It will be launched in the Netherlands as part of Dutch telecommunications operator KPN’s consumer VoIP product InternetPlusBellen.

VeriCall Edge 2.2 software introduces advanced functionality into a high-performance and tightly integrated software platform that enables the delivery of feature-rich, two-way voice and video over IP functionality in consumer devices. In addition to new SIP configuration features, key enhancements to the VeriCall Edge software platform include Secure SIP, extending SIP-based VoIP to users of unsecure networks by supporting encrypted SIP messages using transport layer security (TLS).

It supports GSM-AMR - Global System for Mobile (GSM) Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR), a speech codec standard introduced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a joint development project of various standards organisations, focused on preserving high quality voice transmissions under a range of conditions. In addition it provides integrated support for NAT Traversal, which enables a SIP client to traverse through asymmetric NATs, a common type of NAT used in many residential gateways.

The company also said that it has ported VeriCall Edge to additional silicon platforms, including the Intel PXA270, Philips Semiconductor PNX4008 and Texas Instruments OMAP. These platforms add to currently supported Freescale i.MXL and i.MX21 processors and the Intel IXP425 network processor. The additional silicon platforms will increase the breadth and depth of devices and applications - including voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) and multimedia-enabled WiFi phones - optimised to run VeriCall Edge software.