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Optimum Lightpath has rolled out a Conference Bundle, a full line of conference services including “enterprise-class” audio and web conferencing. The service provides support for HD voice if the customer has it. Features of the conference bundle include support for up to 300 audio only or 125 web and audio participants; a “Connect Me” feature to automatically [...] From the Czech Republic, Acrobits has released the latest versions of its iPhone client. Both versions support G.722 in addition to a “SmoothFlow” video technology for video calling. An Android client is expected to launch in the the second quarter of this year. Consumers will get SIP Phone while business users can buy Groundwire. The SIP Phone [...] 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 [...] Las Vegas – Line2 (www.line2.com) said it is looking upmarket to larger business customers and will be adding some new HD voice codecs in the future. However, CEO Peter Sisson initially sounded lukewarm to the idea of adding G.722 to the mix. Currently, Line2 operates as a softclient for Android and iThings (iPhone/iPad), adding a virtual line [...] Polycom’s new Microsoft’s Lync solutions don’t speak Microsoft RTA. Instead, the SIP standard devices and phones will all talk through Lync using G.722 and G.722.1 (Siren) for HD voice support. Polycom announced “the broadest ranges of UC solutions” interoperable with Microsoft’s UC platform last week, citing over 40 systems, including a “custom-built” video collaboration solution, the [...] Verizon Business has expanded its VoIP solution to the Asia-Pacific region through its global network. The company has also finally added inter-company HD voice and video (i.e. SIP interop) for “select” VoIP customers that use Verizon’s opt-in VIPER IP-to-IP routing feature to skip out on per minute domestic and international charges on calls. “Verizon is also adding [...] Use of biometric voice ID – a subject the HD Voice News editor-in-chief presented at Black Hat once upon a time – in New Zealand government may encourage mobile carriers to move to HD voice, speculates Waikato Times. Several New Zealand government agencies are moving ahead of banks in utilizing voice ID to authenticate individuals. The [...] Virtual PBX (www.virtualpbx.com) announced the latest enhancements to its hosted PBX service, VoIP Anywhere. The service can be accessed through any standard softphone, including clients on Android and the Apple iOS family. Devices appear as VoIP extensions in the Virtual PBX system, so calls made include full access to all system features, including business caller ID [...] Austin, Texas – 8×8, once upon a time the poster child for business hosted HD voice, bought yet another cloud computing today. 8×8 is acquiring privately-held Contactual, a provider of cloud-based call center and customer interaction management (CRM by any other name) solutions, in an all-stock transaction not to exceed 6.7 million shares of common stock. [...] Last month, Siemens Enterprise Communications announced the OpenStage 5 SIP phone. The SIP-only phone, along with the other members of the OpenStage family supporting SIP, includes G.722 and “AudioPresence™ HD.” The AudioPresence™ HD package includes best-in-class speaker, microphone, and acoustic components, advanced noise rejection and echo cancellation. OpenStage5 is an entry-level phone with 8 programmable key; it [...] |
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