X-Lite 3.0 is based on eyeBeam 1.5, CounterPath's carrier grade commercial SIP softphone, and offers such functionality as automatic configuration, high quality audio and video, presence and instant messaging, and a comprehensive address book.

The previous version of X-Lite was launched in April 2003, and has since been downloaded and used by companies “looking to test, build and deploy SIP-based products,” company officials say.

X-Lite 3.0 can be downloaded from CounterPath's Web site. Company officials say it lets users “experience the benefits of softphones for free, as part of CounterPath's drive to accelerate mainstream adoption of VoIP.”

"By providing X-Lite 3.0 free of charge, we are extending the benefits of softphones to as many people as possible, as part of our commitment to driving widespread VoIP adoption and to ongoing innovation in the SIP-based IP communications space," said Donovan Jones, President and COO at CounterPath.

Jones says many of the current users of X-Lite are using it in conjunction with PBX products such as Asterisk and with the resulting enhanced usability and performance. “We expect to see significant additional deployments of this complementary pairing,” he said.

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