SPIRIT - Top 10 VoIP Leaders

Website: www.spiritdsp.com

What makes it a fierce leader: SPIRIT used to bill itself as "the Bell Labs of Russia," but these days prefers to be known as the Intel of voice technology--its core technology powers many of the voice chips that now populate the world's VoIP phones and much of the conferencing and audio applications. Based in Moscow --with over 80 engineers--the company has been deep in the voice space since 1992 and continues to be a powerhouse in the voice engine arena.
SPIRIT only serious competitor is a West Coast start up, Global IP Sound, which initially made inroads into Spirit's market, taking with it both Skype and Google talk.
What to look for: SPIRIT has continued to stay focused on its core voice and video engines and as the mobile world moves to data based telephony is well positioned to be the engine of choice. SPIRIT also is uniquely ready for the expected voice 2.0 transformation - where voice becomes embedded in most business processes and where conversation moves from a one to one paradigm to a multi-party construct.