Desktop Video Conferencing White Paper Published by Global IP Solutions

It’s Better Than You Think - Ready For Every Desktop Today, and in High Definition Tomorrow Accompanying Video Demo Illustrates the DVC Experience

San Francisco — Oct. 29, 2008 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, announced today the availability of a white paper entitled, “Desktop Video Conferencing: Better Than You Think - Ready For Every Desktop Today and in High Definition Tomorrow.”

This white paper, written by Jon Arnold, an independent telecom analyst, has been prepared to explain the technology advancements and value proposition behind desktop video conferencing (DVC) in line with other solutions, such as telepresence. Supporting this is an analysis of the trends that collectively create the momentum that will make DVC a strong and possibly ubiquitous market opportunity for years to come. To download the white paper for free, visit http://gipscorp.com/wp.

The white paper outlines the complex challenges around desktop video conferencing, and the role that Global IP Solutions (GIPS) plays to enable a high-quality end-user experience, and the progress to support enhancements such as High-Definition video (HD) and mobility. The paper is accompanied by a video demonstration that illustrates the DVC experience, giving readers ‘life-like’ examples of traditionally poor quality vs. excellent video conferencing at the desktop.

“Video conferencing, in various forms, has been with us for many years, but has never shown as much promise as today,” said Jon Arnold, Principal at J Arnold & Associates. “There is a favorable alignment of trends driving both supply and demand that translates into a healthy market opportunity, particularly for desktop video conferencing, and will extend further to mobile devices.”

”To date, the desktop video conferencing market has held limited appeal due to poor experiences resulting from technology limitations,” said Joyce Kim, GIPS’ Chief Marketing Officer at Global IP Solutions. “Today, the underlying technologies have evolved to where they can now deliver a high-quality end-user experience. As the focus on great user experiences continues to advance, it will be even better with the growth of HD desktop video conferencing.”

The overall market opportunity for desktop video conferencing is substantive:

• The global market for videoconferencing endpoints was $1.1 billion in 2007, and will grow to $3.9 billion in 2014, according to Frost & Sullivan.
• The Unified Communications markets’ global revenues are estimated to grow from $22.6 billion in 2007 to $48.7 billion in 2012, according to Data from In-Stat and Wainhouse Research.
• The North American web conferencing market revenues are estimated to increase from $632 million in 2007 to $1.5 billion in 2012, according to Frost & Sullivan.

About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment vendors. Its customer list includes Nortel, Oracle, Samsung, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video over IP markets. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Stockholm, Boston and Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.gipscorp.com.

John Gallagher
GIPS, USA
+1 (415) 746-1155
ir@gipscorp.com

The following files are available for download:

Press release in HTML format.
Press release in PDF format.

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