VideoMost Space Receives 2012 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

April 2, 2013 – SPIRIT DSP, the world’s #1 voice and video over IP engines provider serving more than 1 billion users in 100+ countries, announced today that TMC, a global media company, has named SPIRIT’s videoconferencing software application, VideoMost Space, as a recipient of its 2012 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award sponsored by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

VideoMost Space is a downloadable multi-point videoconferencing software application that can run on enterprise-premise servers for tighter control and administration or at service provider, or telco-hosted data centers. VideoMost Space complements VideoMost web-version product, delivering high-quality multi-user high-margin software-only videoconferencing for telecom operators, service providers, enterprises and E-learning organizations. VideoMost product allows telcos and ISPs to effectively compete with OTT-services (Skype, Google Talk) and videoconferencing service providers (WebEx, Microsoft Lync, GoToMeeting).

“We are pleased to grant a Unified Communications Product of the Year Award to SPIRIT DSP for VideoMost Space,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “It is hard to exaggerate the important role that modern VVoIP multipoint communication products, such as VideoMost Space, bring to businesses, and to service providers and telcos that are seeking to add valuable over the top services to their product portfolio. Based on SPIRIT’s world-recognized TeamSpirit Voice and Video Engines, VideoMost Space gains a commendable position in the global market.”

“The recognition of VideoMost Space as the Product of the Year by INTERNET TELEPHONY emphasizes that SPIRIT DSP once again innovates product that meets the demand from telcos and service providers to implement high-value business services,” said SPIRIT’s Chairman Andrew Sviridenko. “VideoMost lets service providers generate new revenue, lower operating costs, reduce churn and increase customer satisfaction of their own-branded service offerings, while competing effectively against Microsoft Lync and Webex products.”

About VideoMost

VideoMost is an award-winning massively multipoint web-based videoconferencing software-only product, enabling telecom carriers, service/SaaS providers and enterprises to deliver a self-branded videoconferencing service from the cloud or with on-premise installation. The software is powered by SPIRIT’s TeamSpirit Conferencing , which embraces scalable H.264SVC and VP8 video codecs and SPIRIT’s HD-quality IP-MRTM wideband voice codec (IETF RFC 6262) that automatically adapts video quality to bandwidth and processor power available. VideoMost delivers up to 30 fps and 720p HD-quality calling for each participant in a conference while requiring only 512 kbps of bandwidth.

The VideoMost software server supports an unprecedented 1000 concurrent video channels per $4000 PC hardware server, dramatically cutting down service providers’ costs for hardware server infrastructure. VideoMost is uniquely universal, requiring no special hardware equipment to participate (just internet access, a webcam, a mic or headset) and no registration, allowing participants anywhere to start a videoconference instantly on their PCs, Macs and iPads. It also includes corporate controls with single authorization and corporate contact lists; desktop/file sharing, recording and messaging capabilities; LDAP support; integration with emails and calendars;  SIP support for legacy videoconferencing endpoints; presence and more functions.

About SPIRIT DSP

SPIRIT DSP is the world’s #1 voice and video over IP (VVoIP) engines provider. SPIRIT’s innovative carrier-grade voice and video software platform is used by carriers, OEMs and software developers, web services and social networks, serving more VoIP users than Skype. SPIRIT DSP software platforms serve more than 1 billion users in 100 countries. SPIRIT DSP software powers popular products from global technology leaders including Apple, Adobe, ARM, AT&T, Avaya, Blizzard, BroadSoft, BT, China Mobile, Dialogic, Ericsson, HP, HTC, Huawei, Korea Telecom, Kyocera, LG U+, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Polycom, Reliance Jio, Samsung, Skype, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Viber, ZTE, among more than 250 other hardware and software manufacturers. SPIRIT’s direct OEM customers jointly exceed 60 percent of the global smartphone market share. SPIRIT’s mainstream product today is VideoMost, a multi-point web videoconferencing software solution targeted at enterprise customers in partnership with telcos as SAAS service. SPIRIT offers its multipoint videoconferencing software products to carriers and system integrators around the world who are deploying high-demand cloud videoconferencing and mobile video calling services under their own brands. Videoconferencing services based on SPIRIT software helps operators gain extra revenue and effectively compete against Microsoft Lync and Cisco Webex offerings for the enterprise.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers.  For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.