BridgeCo through HelloSoft Enters VoIP Market with PC Free Telephone to VoIP Converter

BridgeCo, noted for its network enabled digital entertainment chip technology, has moved onward and into the VoIP market. As a result of its cooperation with HelloSoft, the two companies have developed a reference design for OEMs and ODMs to develop secure VoIP Analog Telephone Adaptors (ATA). The adapter will allow consumers to plug any type of phone, whether its a wired or cordless phone, into the RJ-11 jack of the ATA - enabling customers to make free or low-cost Internet based phone calls (domestic or international). As well, the reference design includes both the hardware and software for complete ATA development. BridgeCo points out that the solution does not require a PC. The stand alone solution, which offers an encrypted voice connection, allows calls to be made as easily as your classical land line phone.

The reference design is based on BridgeCo's DM830 media network processor and HelloSoft's VoIP software suited. The complete solution includes a wide number of caller features. Among the many features are DTMF tone detection and generation, multi-protocol vocoders and packet loss concealment.