October 17, 2005
Tipic Inc. launches the first Open Source, P2P, VoIP and Video conferencing solution for XMPP/Jabber.
NEW YORK, October 17 - Tipic Inc. announces the immediate availability of an Open Source, peer to peer (P2P), VoIP and video conferencing solution for XMPP/Jabber. This first-of-its-kind implementation is now available for Tipic's XMPP client, TipicIM, and its XMPP server, TIMP.NET. The solution runs on both Windows and Linux and is completely Open Source, allowing companies to add it to their instant messaging clients and servers. It can be integrated with a variety of proprietary and Open Source software that supports SIP or H323 protocols, allowing the integration of voice and video with instant messaging in a company's VoIP infrastructure.
The P2P implementation is based on a NAT friendly protocol, so as to allow for the establishment of the P2P channel even under the most difficult conditions.
“Tipic Inc. is a pioneer of open protocol and open source solutions that integrate Web, IM, voice and video communication and presence. We develop state-of-the-art products, such as IM servers and wired and wireless clients, and integrate them into our blog and social network platforms (www.motime.com and www.splinder.com, the leading Italian blogging community),” said Marco Palombi, President of Tipic Inc., adding, “We welcome all Open Source developers to contribute to our P2P, VoIP and video conferencing projects, adding new features and capabilities”.
The platform can be tested by downloading TipicIM, the XMPP client, from Tipic’s website or by opening an account on www.motime.com, where these features have been fully integrated. The source code is available as a tgz and a wiki/svn site will be ready shortly.
Tipic Voip/audio implementation is based on the following Open Source projects:
- http://iaxclient.sf.net: Basic VOIP stack. Tipic added video, wideband audio and support for echo cancellation.
- http://www.speex.org: Default audio Codec. Tipic sponsored the echo cancellation improvements.
- http://www.theora.org: Default Video Codec.
- http://www.libsdl.org: Video visualizzation in TipicIM.
About Tipic
Tipic Inc. was among the first companies to develop XMPP solutions. It was first to market with an IM server for Windows and developed the first wireless client based on J2ME/Personal Java. Tipic, Inc. develops network independent IM platforms based on open protocols for wired and wireless devices. Focused on security, scalability and usability, Tipic's products allow its customers to reduce development, administration and training costs. Tipic's products are used by major corporations, organizations and ISPs worldwide. Additional information about Tipic, Inc. can be found on the Web at http://www.tipic.com.
