<s>
Global	B-Application
IP	I-Application
Solutions	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
GIPS	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
United	O
States-based	O
corporation	O
that	O
developed	O
real-time	O
voice	O
and	O
video	O
processing	O
software	O
for	O
IP	B-Protocol
networks	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
delivered	O
embedded	O
software	O
that	O
enabled	O
real-time	O
communications	O
capabilities	O
for	O
video	O
and	O
voice	B-Application
over	I-Application
IP	I-Application
(	O
VoIP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIPS	O
was	O
perhaps	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
developing	O
the	O
narrowband	O
iLBC	B-Algorithm
and	O
wideband	B-Algorithm
iSAC	B-Algorithm
speech	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIPS’	O
customers	O
are	O
primarily	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
application	O
developers	O
,	O
and	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
IP	B-Protocol
phones	O
,	O
gateways	O
or	O
voice	O
and	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Global	O
IP	B-Protocol
Sound	O
)	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
July	O
1999	O
in	O
Stockholm	O
,	O
Sweden	O
by	O
signal	O
processing	O
experts	O
Roar	O
Hagen	O
(	O
then	O
GIPS’	O
CTO	O
)	O
and	O
Bastiaan	O
Kleijn	O
(	O
then	O
GIPS’	O
Chief	O
Scientist	O
)	O
,	O
Espen	O
Fjogstad	O
and	O
Ivar	O
T	O
.	O
Hognestad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founders	O
recognized	O
that	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
most	O
VoIP	B-Application
technology	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
circuit	B-Protocol
switched	I-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
were	O
therefore	O
was	O
not	O
suited	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
network	B-Protocol
delay	I-Protocol
,	O
jitter	O
and	O
packet	B-Protocol
loss	I-Protocol
presented	O
by	O
IP	B-Protocol
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
bought	O
GIPS	O
for	O
$68.2	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
proposed	O
standard	O
for	O
pluginless	O
peer-to-peer	O
audiovisual	O
communication	O
between	O
browsers	O
,	O
with	O
GIPS	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
