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VLI releases Gphone for Windows CE .NET 4.1

WinCE Gphone 1.0 VoIP softphone features SIP and 802.11 WiFi compatibility and 50 ms latency.

Mountain View, CA – March 24, 2003 – VLI, a market leader in VoIP for mobile devices and member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner (WEP) program has released a Windows CE .NET version of its popular Gphone VoIP softphone. VLI’s WinCE Gphone is compatible with Windows CE .NET devices running version 4.1 or higher of the Windows CE .NET embedded operating system. WinCE Gphone will complement VLI’s existing PC Gphone for Windows-based personal computers and Pocket Gphone for Pocket PC 2002-based devices.

WinCE Gphone and Pocket Gphone 2.0 are SIP compliant and maintain an industry leading 50 milliseconds software latency.

For enterprises using Windows CE .NET 4.1based devices with 802.11 networks, WinCE Gphone 1.0 enables real-time, two-way voice communications through IP-PBX’s and other enterprise server products. VLI maintains an office in Shanghai, China to support customization and integration of WinCE Gphone.

Pocket Gphone and PC Gphone have been marketed for the past two years under VLI’s former name Gtony. Since 2000 there have been 6 million downloads of VLI’s VoIP client software for Windows Powered Pocket PC and Windows PCs, of which more than 200,000 users are currently active.

“WinCE Gphone further extends VLI’s leadership in developing lightweight softphones for the Windows CE family of embedded operating systems,” said Bingwei Yao, President and CEO of VLI. “The small footprint, low latency, low bandwidth requirements, and SIP compliance of WinCE Gphone gives OEMs, VARs and integrators a tremendous opportunity to add voice as a differentiator to their Windows CE-based solutions using 802.11 and other wireless networks.”

“VLI’s software will help enterprises rapidly deploy VoIP-enabled solutions leveraging the latest Windows CE .NET technology,” said Scott Horn, director of the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corp.

About VLI
Originally founded in Tokyo, Japan as Gtony in 2000, VLI is now headquartered in Mountain View, CA. VLI is a world leader in SIP compliant VoIP software and services for mobile consumer electronic devices such as PDAs. Five million copies of the company’s peer-to-peer client software have been distributed and there are currently more than 200,000 active users of the Gphone products. VLI’s current product line up includes the award winning Pocket Gphone client software for PDA platforms such as Windows Powered Pocket PC and the Windows CE operating system. VLI also has server technology, which manages IP addresses, buddy lists and online/offline status to create a seamless user experience. VLI’s products are being deployed on 802.11/Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and broadband networks.

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