By Doug Mohney, on July 6th, 2010
Last week, Cisco (www.cisco.com) threw a curve ball into the enterprise space, announcing an Android-based tablet focused on high-quality video conferencing. The “Cius” (See Us) hardware support HD voice both in the tablet form and via the optional docking station that supports HD voice, making it the latest and greatest in recent video announcements that [...]
By Doug Mohney, on June 28th, 2010
Earlier this month, France Telecom (www.ft-orange.com) added two Nokia phones to its France lineup which will support HD voice, with a Sony phone arriving in early July. More importantly, the release-in-translation said that its France network would support HD “by the end of July.”
Introduced on June 10, 2010 and currently available at Orange shops, the [...]
By Doug Mohney, on June 28th, 2010
D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) has added support for Skype’s SkypeKit SDK into its mCUE product line. Expect a lot of Android phones to get Skype-ized.
The mCUE IP communications stack has been optimized for things like Android and been demonstrated on WiMAX and other wireless environments; it supports everything from HD voice via wideband codecs (G.722, with [...]
By Doug Mohney, on June 24th, 2010
Word out of Armenia is France Telecom (www.orange.com) has officially launched mobile HD voice services in that country, making it the second Orange mobile HD voice territory.
PanARMENIAN.Net reports that FT Executive Vice President Olaf Swantee made the announcement at a June 24 news conference in Yerevan, Armenia. The country is only the second – [...]
By Doug Mohney, on June 21st, 2010
Orange (www.ft-orange.com) appears to be on pace with a UK deployment of mobile HD voice, based upon a surge of news out of the blogosphere triggered by a piece in Tech Radar (www.techradar.com).
Tech Radar reports Orange is trialing the service in Bristol, Reading and Southampton and will be “free” to Orange customers with compatible handsets. [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 10th, 2010
Global IP Solutions (www.gipscorp.com) has been selected by LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company (LG) to provide HD voice for LG’s fixed mobile convergence (FMC) solution.
LG is adding HD voice capabilities to its FMC application by integrating GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile, which includes advanced acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) technology. Smartphones that will get HD voice FMC support [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 23rd, 2010
D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) and Beceem (www.beceem.com) have announced a 4G reference design for Android mobile devices that deliver multi-radio VoIP call handover to existing 4G-3G multimode and WiFi solutions.
Beceem’s BCSM250 WiMAX modem provides the 4G wireless capabilities, including 4G-3G multimode and session handover, as well as WiMAX-WiFi “coexistence.” Add D2’s mCUE IP communications stack for [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 18th, 2010
As France Telecom/Orange announced its plans for covering Europe with mobile HD voice service and AMR-WB, a senior company official said Orange plans to offer 8 mobile HD voice phones in the first half of 2010, with “all” of its handsets supporting HD voice by the end of 2011. Which vendors are qualified and which [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 15th, 2010
France Telecom/Orange continues its steamroller push of mobile HD voice service at Mobile World Congress this week. The company says it plans to offer eight (8) mobile HD voice phones in the first half of this year and all of its handsets are expected to support HD voice by the end of 2011.
In an interview [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 11th, 2010
Several requests have come in asking about HD voice companies to look for in Barcelona next week during Mobile World Congress (MWC). Here’s a short list–
Codecs
VoiceAge (www.voiceage.com) – Did you say “AMR-WB”? VoiceAge has formally launched its patent pool for AMR-WB/G.722.2 and made the pricing more end-user friendly from what we can tell. Looks like [...]