Polycom announces cloud strategy for video-as-a-service

Like everyone else on the planet, Polycom (www.polycom.com) has announced it is adding a service/cloud model rather than simply sticking to a hardware/software sales strategy.  In this case, Polycom will be providing RealPresence Cloud, a wholesale, carry-ready offering to enable service providers to bring Video-as-a-service (VaaS) offerings quickly to market.

RealPresence Cloud solutions are designed to deliver [...]

Ireland business VoIP provider partners with Panasonic for HD voice

Irish VoIP service provider Blueface (www.blueface.ie)  has announced a Panasonic handset promotion with HD voice threads.  

Customers purchasing a Panasonic HD voice capable TGP 500 handset for 99 euros will get an extra handset free; the handset is listed at a value of [...]

ILT Optics gets an Switchvox/Cisco HD voice solution from TelOnline

An ophthalmic producer and supplier focusing on the Latin America market is buying a Switchvox solution with Cisco HD voice capable phones.  Integrated Lens Technology (ILT) has contracted with TelOnline to put in business phone/unified communications solutions into Miami, Costa Rica, Argentina, Columbia, Ecuador and 14 countries in Latin America, according to the press release

The solution [...]

GENBAND, CounterPath announce HD voice UC client deal

GENBAND Perspectives 2011, New York, New York – Hardware manufacturer GENBAND and CounterPath Corporation has announced a “strategic, long-term” agreement to provide mobile client solutions for GENBAND’s A2 Communications Applications Server. Since CounterPath’s Bria client supports HD voice via G.722, this makes it an HD voice announcement as well.

The relatonship includes joint development and marekting of [...]

France Telecom-Orange acquiring 100% of Congo Chine Telecom (CCT)

In a two way deal, France Telecom-Orange (FTO) is buying 100 percent of Congo Chine Telecom (CCT), a mobile operator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

FTO is paying $10 million for ZTE’s 51 percent share of CCT’s equity and $7 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the government 49 percent share [...]

Sponsorship deals available around CES 2012, next report

HD Voice News is entertaining offers for sponsorship deals around CES 2012 and the 2012 edition of the HD Voice report scheduled to come out in the first quarter of 2012.

Interested parties should contact Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney [...]

Snom scores distribution deal with BT

Snom has signed a distribution deal with BT’s IT hardware, software, and services business, BT Business Direct.  The deal will allow BT’s business customers to purchase snom’s “extensive range” of products, including IP phones and IP PBX solutions (!), directly through the BT Business Direct online store.

BT customers will be able to get an exclusive [...]

Big River Telephone announcing wholesale HD voice services at cable show

Missouri-based Big River Telephone Company (www.bigrivertelephone.com) is rolling out its HD voice service for its wholesale partners next week at The Independent Show, a summit of independent cable operators from around the country.

HD voice service is now available to all current and future Big River Telephone wholesale partners when HD Voice-supported equipment is purchased and installed, [...]

ZipDX files with FCC to put HD voice provisions on AT&T/T-Mobile merger

ZipDX CEO David Frankel has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the AT&T/T-Mobile merger unless HD voice requirements are put onto AT&T as conditions it needs to meet once it completes the deal.  

Frankel briefed FCC officials from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the Office of General Council, and the Consumer & [...]