By Sharla SikesCounterPath Corp., a provider of desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, has recently made a few major purchases.

CounterPath announced acquisitions of BridgePort Networks, Inc., a designer of Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions and FirstHand Technologies Inc., an innovator in extending enterprise telephony features to smart phones and dual-mode handheld devices over WiFi and cellular networks.

Buying BridgePort Networks gives CounterPath the ability to add carrier-class FMC solutions to CP’s softphone and business products.

“We are rapidly executing on the new strategy and vision that started with our acquisition of NewHeights Software, that is, to transform CounterPath from a leading desktop softphone company to an innovative ‘one-stop shop’ VoIP solutions company,” said Greg Pelling, Chief Executive Officer of CounterPath. “Our acquisition of BridgePort Networks builds on the value of our most recent acquisition of FirstHand Technologies, a leader in Enterprise FMC. By adding BridgePort’s unique carrier-class FMC offerings, we now become the industry innovation leader for service providers, enterprises, small and medium businesses and consumers as the only company offering a tailored platform that seamlessly bridges voice, text messaging, multimedia, video and presence-based applications between virtually any networks - fixed or mobile.”

BridgePort’s mobile convergence enabling IP Multimedia Subsystem and pre-IMS applications will boost CounterPath’s plan for world domination—well, VoIP world domination, at least. The purchase will allow CounterPath to make good use of BridgePort’s products to offer voice, text and multimedia applications on both broadband and mobile networks; market CounterPath as a provider of solutions; expand CounterPath’s patent, pre-IMS and IMS product portfolio; and bring in new employees with new skills and experiences.

CounterPath’s purchase of FirstHand Technologies came only a few days before, laying the groundwork to buy BridgePort.

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