CounterPath Awarded Patent Enabling Business Users to Access Enterprise Telephony Features on their Mobile Devices

U.S. Patent 8,165,576 "Method and System for Extending Services to Cellular Devices" enables enterprises to move services such as 4-digit extension dialing, ad hoc conferencing, call transfers and more, to mobile smartphones and tablets

VANCOUVER, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ - With consumerized handsets penetrating IT departments, enterprises are more than ever looking for ways to converge services between their enterprise communication systems and employees' mobile devices. This, coupled with the growing tendency for employees to bring their own device (BYOD) to the office, is impacting the way IT managers address convergence and their control over the devices that connect to their networks. CounterPath (TSXV: CCV) (OTCBB: CPAH) today announced that its suite of SIP-based enterprise communication solutions, backed by several patents including a newly acquired U.S. Patent 8,165,576 for "Method and System for Extending Services to Cellular Devices", enables enterprises to move services such as 4-digit extension dialing, ad hoc conferencing, call transfers and more, to mobile smartphones and tablets, arming the enterprise workforce with the tools they need on the devices they want to use.

CounterPath's standards-based suite gives enterprises convenient new options for managing their voice, messaging and video communications applications, including provisioning calling features and managing user accounts. With CounterPath's suite of Bria softphones and server applications, IT managers have increased flexibility to implement VoIP and IP PBX strategies that take advantage of smartphones and tablets, including employee-owned devices.

CounterPath's solutions also help enterprises minimize their communications expenses by giving them the option to automatically route calls over low-cost networks, such as corporate Wi-Fi and approved hotspot providers. Products such as Bria enable fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), including seamless handovers between cellular, Wi-Fi and wired networks.

"According to the International Telecommunication Union there are 6 billion mobile subscribers in the world or, in other words, 87% of the world's population have a mobile phone," said Michael Doyle, Vice President of Technology for CounterPath. "Mobility is only going to increase and nowhere more than in the enterprise because increased mobility has the potential to positively affect the bottom line. Some of our customers have told us that as 40% of all enterprise mobile phone calls happen within the office while users are at their desks or within coverage of enterprise Wi-Fi, moving enterprise features to mobile devices will become more prevalent. Supported by our intellectual property portfolio which includes several proprietary technologies and methodologies surrounding mobility and fixed-mobile convergence, CounterPath's enterprise solutions seamlessly extend the enterprise telephony experience to the user's mobile device, providing tangible productivity and cost-efficiency benefits, and increased value for enterprises, IT managers and end users."

With the new patent, CounterPath's intellectual property portfolio now includes 20 patents, patent applications and exclusive patent rights. To learn more about CounterPath's enterprise solutions and patent portfolio, visit http://www.counterpath.com.

About CounterPath
CounterPath's SIP-based VoIP softphones are changing the face of telecommunications. An industry and user favorite, Bria softphones for desktop and mobile devices, together with the company's server applications and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions, enable service providers, OEMs and enterprises large and small around the globe to offer a seamless and unified communications experience across both fixed and mobile networks.  Standards-based, cost-effective and reliable, CounterPath's award-winning solutions power the voice and video calling, messaging, and presence offerings of customers such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Verizon, BT, Mobilkom Austria, Rogers, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco Systems, GENBAND, Metaswitch Networks, Mitel and NEC. For more information, visit www.counterpath.com.

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