Better quality coming for some Skype calls InfoWorld News 2006-08-21 By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service: "Software in the Skype PC client that enhances call quality is now coming to dedicated devices such as mobile phones that use the peer-to-peer voice service.

Global IP Sound Inc. (GIPS) on Monday announced a deal with Skype, a unit of eBay Inc., in which it will license its GIPS VoiceEngine software to manufacturers of Skype-compatible devices. Skype licensed Global IP Sound's technology in 2003 for its PC VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software, but until now, non-PC devices that can make Skype calls haven't had it. The deal will put GIPS VoiceEngine into software Skype provides for devices such as mobile handsets and ATAs (analog telephone adapters), said Gary Hermansen, president and chief executive officer of GIPS, in San Francisco. "