SPIRIT DSP announces that its TeamSpirit 3.1 Voice and Video Engine is now powering a new version of QIP – a unified IM, 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.”