CounterPath Bria 3.0 for Mac User Guide – Enterprise Deployments - Manual (Page 5)

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1 Introduction
Read this manual if you who are working in an enterprise and your system administrator. It is assumed that your
system administrator has either configured Bria on your behalf or has give you instructions on configuring it
yourself. If you are not working in an enterprise, read the user guide “Using Bria for Mac – for Retail
Deployments”.
Bria is a softphone from CounterPath that enables you to make VoIP voice and video calls, send and receive
instant messages, share online status (presence) information, and exchange files. Bria implements SIP-based
standards for phone calls, IM and presence, allowing you to work with different VoIP service providers. Bria
also uses XMPP-based standards for IM and presence.
Standard Telephone Features
The CounterPath Bria 3.0 for Mac softphone has all standard enterprise telephone features, including:
• Call display and Message Waiting Indicator (MWI).
• Speakerphone and Mute.
• Redial, Hold, Do Not Disturb.
• Call history – list of received, missed, and dialed calls.
• Call forward.
• Call transfer.
• Call record.
• Auto answer.
• Six-party audio conferencing.
• Three-party video conferencing.
Enhanced Features and Functions
Bria also supports the following features and functions:
• Video
• IM and presence using the SIP SIMPLE protocol or the XMPP protocol.
• Contact list containing the individual user’s contacts
• File transfer via an XMPP account.
• Automatic detection and configuration of audio and video devices.
• Acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control, voice activity detection.
• Support for DTMF (RFC 2833 or inband DTMF).
• Support for the following audio codecs:
DVI4, DVI4 Wideband, G.711aLaw, G.711uLaw, G.722, G.729, GSM, iLBC, L16 PCM Wideband, Speex,
Speex FEC, Speex Wideband, Speex Wideband FEC.
• Support for the following video codecs:
H.263, H.263+ 1998, H.264.