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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Skype gives the big F-U to Digium, Asterisk

While Microsoft won’t take control of Skype (www.skype.com) for a while, it looks like the future owner’s disdain for open source is being embraced in advance.  The Skype for Asterisk product will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011, according to a notice on the Digium website.

The Skype [...]

Fraunhofer IIS expands audio labs, adds three professors

The makers of MP3 and AAC are expanding. Fraunhofer IIS has expanded its International Audio Laboratories Erlangen (AudioLabs), adding three professors and looking for “top scientists from around the world.”

All total, there are “more than 20 internationally renowned” scientists at AudioLabs conducting research and development in audio coding, audio signals analysis and [...]

Editorial–Microsoft buys Skype

I hate to be on the “bandwagon” for the Microsoft/Skype acquisition, but it’s just too big not to comment.

According to the bits and pieces I’m seeing, all development work at Skype is being brought to a halt for the next 9 months, including SkypeKit and new SILK licenses, while all the legal/regulatory [...]

Huawei wins UK Orange/DT Everything Everywhere network upgrade–HD voice in mix?

Reports out of the U.K. are crediting Huawei (www.huawei.com) with a big equipment order.  The company appears to have won a four year deal to upgrade Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom.

An officially announcement may be coming today (May 9) out of Huawei’s HQ in Shenzhen, China, reports [...]

TMC, HD Voice News Join Forces to Publish First Comprehensive Report on the Market for Opportunity for HD Voice Technology and Services

Yes, this is the press release verbatim – Doug

NORWALK, Conn. — (April 7, 2011) — Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and HD Voice News today announced the publication of ‘HD Voice 2011: Critical Mass,’ the first comprehensive research report covering the rapidly growing use of wideband voice.

The use of HD voice is [...]

CES 2011–Technicolor talks HD voice hubs, DECT/CAT-iq everywhere

If there’s one company that can claim the the top ring for shipping consumer HD voice hardware, Technicolor (www.technicolor.com) – formerly known as Thomson – is in the mix.  But it’s the future – a CAT-iq loaded future – which is likely to make a large impact across Europe.

Technicolor, under the Thomson brand, [...]

CES2011-D2 Technologies does HD video/voice on Freescale/Android reference design

D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) continues to proliferate its mCUE communications client across Android-based devices.   It’s latest announced deal puts mCUE onboard the Freescale i.MX53 multimedia applications processor.

The Freescale i.MX535 processor is yet-another-one-of-those ARM-based processors floating around today.  The i.MX535 supports 1080p video playback and can show up in a variety of Android-based devices including [...]