D2 Technologies Adds Full Skype Support to its mCUE IP Communications Interface for Android-based Devices

D2’s mCUE® now fully integrates with the SkypeKit SDK, enabling Skype interoperability with an advanced user interface and carrier-grade media engine 

Santa Barbara, CA – June 24, 2010 — D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, today announced that its mCUE® product line now fully supports Skype™’s SkypeKit SDK. mCUE gives OEMs and ODMs a quick and economical way to speed Android™ OS-based devices to market that offer a communications client with native Skype interoperability and powerful integrated communication capabilities. Combining the SkypeKit SDK with mCUE’s advanced user interface and high quality media engine offers customers the added benefit of mCUE’s advanced multi-mode, multi-session, multi-protocol engine for full interoperability with multiple carrier and enterprise communications systems and other social networking services.

“Skype has continued to increase in popularity, and with more than a third of its calls today including video, it’s clear that a reliable, high quality media engine is a key component for any new device entering the marketplace,” noted Doug Makishima, chief operating officer at D2 Technologies. “mCUE has been optimized to enable next generation IP communications over the Android operating system on mobile devices and new applications such as digital TV, IPSTB, HD media players, tablets and MIDs, and IP media frame/phone applications. Recent enhancements, such as HD voice via wideband CODECs, video call and multi-radio/multi-network seamless voice call handover, mean that OEMs and service providers can use mCUE with the SkypeKit SDK to economically deliver today’s most in-demand consumer electronics into the marketplace.” 

D2’s patented mCUE is an innovative VoIP and IP communications client that provides users with advanced presence-based and push-to-x control of circuit switched PSTN/cellular and VoIP calls, video chat/call, IM, presence, email, SMS, PBX, and other features typically only available on PC-based unified communications soft clients. Its revolutionary presence-based user interface, built on top of a multi-identity, multi-session, multi-protocol engine, enables flexible interoperability with multiple communications services and, in addition to Skype, social networking services like GoogleTalk, Yahoo!, MSN and AIM. mCUE also provides multi-radio, multi-network seamless voice call handover to provide call cost and voice quality optimization. 

About D2 Technologies 
D2 is the recognized leader in converged IP communications for next generation devices.  Manufacturers and service providers rely on D2 software to deliver carrier-grade IP connections across any network (WiFi, WiMAX, LTE, cellular, broadband, PSTN), service (voice, video, IM chat, SMS, presence/status, etc.) and system (IP PBX, UC, carrier, social network, etc.) for a broad range of fixed and mobile devices.  From processing billions of VoIP minutes each month to adding enhanced IP communications for Android™, learn how D2 software is converging communications at www.D2Tech.com