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GIPS Extends the Standard for Voice Quality on Instant Message Platforms to India and Beyond

Geodesic Information Systems Selects GIPS VoiceEngine to Offer Millions of Mundu Messenger Users in India and Abroad Superior Voice Quality

Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP (VoIP) market, today announced that Geodesic Information Systems Limited, a Mumbai, India-based messaging software firm, has joined the ranks of leading instant messaging providers using GIPS VoiceEngine to maximize voice quality in its applications. The company, which is setting the bar for IM-technology users in India, will incorporate GIPS VoiceEngine technology in its Mundu Messenger instant messaging platform.

"Our solution clearly stands out as the world's first truly interoperable instant messenger, and we needed every aspect of the software, especially the voice quality, to meet the standard of excellence that our users have come to expect from us," said Kiran Kulkarni, Managing Director, at Geodesic Information Systems. "GIPS VoiceEngine has been adopted as the voice infrastructure of choice for just about every major player in the IM category. This solution was a clear-cut choice for us and we know that GIPS will help us further entrench our solution with our Symbian, Pocket PC and PC customers."

Mundu Messenger is an "Interoperable Instant Messaging" tool that not only lets users communicate with one another, but also instantly and seamlessly communicate across other major instant messaging services including AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo. The solution supports a broad range of instant messaging clients on several platforms, including Windows, Unix, Pocket PC, Symbian and Palm. For these platforms, Geodesic has adopted the full range of GIPS VoiceEngine solutions, including GIPS Voice Engine Mobile, GIPS Voice Engine Embedded, and GIPS Voice Engine PC Advanced. Geodesic will integrate VoiceEngine to support push-to-talk communication that will run on any platform.

Geodesic is poised to make a huge mark in the rapidly growing worldwide enterprise instant messaging market. Currently, the company's Mundu Messenger has gained the loyalty of over 5.3 million users. Today, over 50.6 million business users worldwide are utilizing enterprise-messaging products, and will send nearly one billion messages each day in 2005, according to market research firm Radicati Group. The growing popularity of adding VoIP to these services can now be seen as a worldwide phenomenon, as most major instant messaging companies throughout the U.S. and Asia employ voice communications in their solutions. Geodesic extends GIPS' dominance of this market to a new corner of the globe, and proves that GIPS is dedicated to serving its customers wherever they may be located.

"As the market for instant messaging technology expands worldwide, the interoperability that Geodesic provides will be a huge adoption driver for the solution," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO of Global IP Sound. "Meanwhile, particularly in the international marketplace, the inclusion of VoIP technology is quickly becoming critical to the success of any solution. By utilizing GIPS technology, Geodesic will be able to deliver high quality voice to its customers in India and around the world, and in doing so is a prime example of how GIPS is quickly becoming the standard for all VoIP solutions around the globe."

Mundu Messenger will be able to leverage GIPS voice processing technology to deliver high quality voice across platforms, as well as to other messaging solutions, many of which also use VoiceEngine. VoiceEngine allows software and hardware developers to quickly and effectively implement comprehensive and state-of-the-art voice technology, while focusing their energies on enhancing their products to meet the needs of their end users. The solution allows users to maintain their competitive position in their own marketplace by bringing these solutions to market quickly and affordably, while also delivering the highest quality voice available.

About Global IP Sound

Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing technologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPS SoundWare(TM) provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare(TM) products include Nortel Networks, Skype, WebEx, MSN, AOL, EarthLink and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel® PCA Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum Partners and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Stockholm, Hong Kong and Boston. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com.

About Geodesic Information Systems Ltd.

Geodesic Information Systems, which employs nearly 100 employees, maintains offices in India, Singapore, the United States and Sweden. Incorporated in 1999 as a software solutions company, Geodesic has had a history marked with bright ideas, breakthrough thinking and path-breaking achievements. Geodesic focuses on delivering high-performance and cost effective IT solutions to customers and develop innovative products for the web. For more information on Geodesic or any of its products, visit the company's Web site at www.geodesiconline.com.

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