Jabber to enter the softphone market

Remember the new open-source softphone I recently promised would announce its plans very shortly? In my prior blog post I mentioned I didn't want to steal TMCnet's Robert Lui's thunder, since he had the scoop on this story. Well, Robert has just posted the story to TMCnet.

The company I "teased" you about a week or so ago is Jabber - the very same Jabber that had its XMPP protocol embedded into Google's softphone, aptly named Google Talk

Let's just hope this new Jabber softphone client is more like Skype in terms of the GUI and functionality than it is like Google Talk, which I was a bit disappointed with when I took it for a test drive.

Anyway, here's an excerpt from Jabber - Reluctant Voice Player:

Jabber plans to integrate
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) directly into voice capabilities of its core Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) – occasionally referred to as the “Jabber” protocol – by next spring, TMCnet has learned. more...

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Jabber to build VoIP into IM = Softphone? from SIPthat.com - Erik's daily musings on VoIP and IP Communications on September 9, 2005 12:52 PM

Tom makes mention of a fellow TMC-er getting the scoop on Jabber's intentions to get into the VoIP space. Excerpt: Jabber: the Reluctant Voice Player By ROBERT LIU TMCnet Wireless and Technology Columnist Jabber plans to integrate Session Initiation Pr... Read More

Some news to share confirming TMCnet's scoop on Jabber offering a softphone client and now we have a face to go with the name Actually, we now have a name to go with the product - Jabber's VoIP client is... Read More

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