Global IP Solutions (also known as GIPS) was a

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-based corporation that developed real-time voice and video processing software for IP networks, before it was acquired by Google in May 2010. The company delivered embedded software that enabled real-time communications capabilities for video and voice over IP (

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). GIPS was perhaps best known for developing the

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iLBC and

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iSAC

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s. GIPS software was generally delivered as “engines” that packaged together voice and video processing components for smoother integration and better performance. GIPS’ customers are primarily service providers, application developers, and manufacturers of IP phones, gateways or voice and video conferencing systems.

History

The company (formerly known as Global IP Sound) was founded in July 1999 in

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experts Roar Hagen (then GIPS’ CTO) and Bastiaan Kleijn (then GIPS’ Chief Scientist), Espen Fjogstad and Ivar T. Hognestad. The founders recognized that, at the time, most VoIP technology had been developed for

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networks, and were therefore was not suited to handle the

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and

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presented by IP networks. In May 2010,

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bought GIPS for $68.2 million. In June 2011, Google released WebRTC, a proposed standard for pluginless peer-to-peer audiovisual communication between browsers, with GIPS technology.Google WebRTC FAQ
Are the WebRTC components from Google’s acquisition of Global IP Solutions?

References

External links

iLBCfreeware site

Global IP Solutions Website
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