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 at dmohney@hdvoicenews.com.

Editorial–The uphill battle on HD voice interconnection

One of the two panels I moderated in Austin, TX last week was on migrating interconnections between TDM and IP to IMS (peering), but the real eye opener was talking to some of the hosted VoIP service providers on the show floor.  Most of them didn’t know who Neutral Tandem or XConnect were and [...]

Editorial–Updating the HD voice report

HD Voice News’ first industry report was released in April.  When should the next one come out?

Currently available exclusively through TMC’s website, "HD Voice 2011: Critical Mass,” key findings include:

DECT and CAT-iq 2.0 will play a key role in enabling residential HD voice service. Tier 1 providers are starting to address [...]

Editorial–Reason #36 why I hate the term “HD audio”

Two recent announcements  illustrate why HD audio is a really vague, non-descriptive (i.e. Poor, sucky) term as it applies to HD voice and HD telephony.

VTech Communications recently released a new analog/RJ-11 phone or two that uses “HD Audio Profiles” to clean up sound. But it’s not HD voice or CAT-iq.

When I asked [...]

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 [...]

Editorial: FCC enables cellular roaming; what could they do for SIP peering?

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to require wireless data roaming deals between competitors.

The Order to require facilities-based providers of commercial mobile data services to offer data roaming arrangements to other providers “on commercially reasonable terms and conditions” passed by a 3-2 vote on party lines, with Democratic commissioners and FCC Chairman [...]

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 [...]

Editorial — The report is “HD Voice 2011: Critical Mass”

Here’s a summary of what I hope to have available for purchase via TMC tomorrow–

HD Voice News, in cooperation with TMC as its exclusive distribution partner, is proud to present the first comprehensive report examining the HD voice ecosystem and the growing momentum towards a wideband world.

As the title of the [...]

Editorial: “HD Voice 2011: Critical Mass” report next week?

Final editing is taking place on the HD voice report. I should have a conference call in the next couple of days with TMC to discuss the mechanics of getting it online and available next week.

There’s a lot of stuff in the report.  It’s 78 pages, plus the table of contents and various [...]

HD Voice News 2011 HD Voice Report–Coming Soon (No, really)

The final write-up and editing for the 2011 HD Voice News report (currently at around 65-70 pages) is in process.

With a bit of luck, it should go on sale within the next two weeks over at TMC.