MOSCOW - January 20, 2011 -  SPIRIT DSP, the world's top voice and video over IP engines provider, has announced today that its TeamSpirit 3.1 Voice and Video Engine is now powering a new version of QIP - a unified IM (Instant Messenger), serving about 20 million users in Russia and other countries.

The new version of the IM, called "QIP Infium" allows users to send instant messages and make PC-to-PC and PC-to-mobile IP voice and video calls. QIP Infium is also integrated with popular social networks, and allows sending SMS.

"QIP is a unified Russian IP service that now includes VVoIP-client," says a QIP representative. "Thanks to innovative SPIRIT technologies, QIP offers the full range of cutting edge features for Internet communications via a single application. High quality and reliable performance on any network and with any terminal equipment allows our subscribers to make IP calls wherever they are."

"TeamSpirit is a proven voice and video over IP software platform for cross-terminal unified communication applications, such as QiP Infium and a number of other popular IP services provided by the largest world carriers, including Korea Telecom and China Mobile," said SPIRIT's Chairman Andrew Sviridenko.  "TeamSpirit enables telecom operators and service providers to offer interoperable multipoint videoconferencing IP services for the most popular PC and mobile endpoints, including Windows, Mac, Android and iOS platforms. SPIRIT's record-setting H.264SVC-based video server software supports up to 1000 concurrent video channels on a standard $4,000 PC, drastically cutting down video hardware infrastructure costs and offering HD quality videoconferencing services to millions of users."

About SPIRIT

SPIRIT DSP is the world's top voice and video over IP engines provider. SPIRIT's innovative carrier-grade voice and video software platform allows carriers, OEMs and software developers to deliver superior quality and integrated voice and video over IP services for telcos, cable and mobile service providers, enterprises, internet portals and social networks. More than 200+ million channels in 80+ countries are based on SPIRIT's platforms. SPIRIT software platforms power popular products from Apple, Adobe, ARM, AT&T, Blizzard, BT, China Mobile, Cisco, Ericsson, HP, HTC, Huawei, Korea Telecom, Kyocera, LG, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Polycom, Radvision, Samsung, Skype, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Veraz, ZTE, among 250+ others. SPIRIT's direct OEM customers jointly exceed 60 percent of the global smartphone market share. VideoMost.com is the SPIRIT spin-off for multi-point video-web-conferencing service. SeeStorm.com is the SPIRIT spin-off for 3D video software platform. For more information, visit www.spiritdsp.com.
 
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Contacts:
Terry May
Flashpoint Group
+1 321 632-1690       
terrymay@flashpoint-group.com

Valeriva Iriova
SPIRIT DSP, PR Director
+7 495 661-2178
irikova@spiritdsp.com