Cisco Cius Android Tablet supports HD Voice

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 [...]

Orange/France Telecom adds more mobile HD voice phones to portfolio, expects France HD service by “end of July.”

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 [...]

D2 adds Skype support to mCUE Android IP communications stack

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 [...]

And Orange launches HD voice in … Armenia?

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 – [...]

Orange on pace for UK deployment of Mobile HD voice

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.  [...]

GIPS puts HD voice into LG FMC solution

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 [...]

D2 and Beceem release 4G WiMAX Android reference design

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 [...]

After MWC: Placing bets on the next mobile HD voice handsets

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 [...]

MWC: Orange to offer 8 mobile HD voice phones in 1H 2010; all by 2011.

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 [...]

HD voice companies to look for at Mobile World Congress

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 [...]