Sprint boasts HD voice in 2012, HTC 4G LTE as “First HD Voice-capable” smartphone in U.S.

Sprint is playing up HD voice – both in its network and phone “capabilities” in the roll out of its latest HTC Evo.  The HTC EVO 4G LTE will be available in “the second quarter” for $199.99, with pre-orders starting on May 7.

The HTC EVO 4G LTE has Android 4.0 with HTC [...]

Telstra International is “looking into” HD voice functionality for IPX service

Korean-based SK Telecom and Hong Kong-CSL have announced a LTE roaming agreement using Telxtra’s IPX interconnect service.   But there’s more to come, says a Telstra official.

“Leveraging QOS enabled networks allows Telstra International to control the quality of the voice call from the origin to the destination across markets in Asia, Europe and US,” [...]

Sprint has two paths to HD voice–1X Advanced and LTE

Sprint is turning up the volume on its upcoming LTE rollout, dropping hints that the iPhone 5 will be an LTE device.  However, the company also has a CDMA HD voice play as it upgrades its 3G network using Qualcomm chips and the 1X Advanced standard.

The path to HD voice through LTE is [...]

AETA launches Scoopy+ hardware codec device for LTE, professional audio hardware

Out at 2012 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), AETA AUDIO SYSTEMS says it will launch an enhanced version of Scoopy+, a multitasking portable codec device, with new support for LTE.  The company says French radio Europe 1 now uses HD voice and the Scoopy+ HD to transmit live from streets of various French cities.

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KPN tweeting up HD voice with Sony Xperia S handset giveway

Having declared HD voice operational on its network, it appears KPN is doing more than sitting on its laurels.  A look at tweets using the #HDvoice tag shows almost the exact same tweet coming from three different users over the past week.  It doesn’t hurt that the carrier is offering a chance to win [...]

KPN declares mobile HD voice service permanently available.

Netherlands-based KPN has declared its pilot of mobile HD voice over, and the service permanently available on its entire UMTS / 3G network.

A blog posting on KPN’s website says network quality and the new technology were both closely monitored.  With a noticeable improvement in sound quality, KPN decided to make the technology permanently [...]

Glensound Electronics mobile HD voice presentation at BVE UK broadcaster show

UK-based Glensound Electronics recently touted the wonders of HD voice for broadcasters at the BVE show (www.bvexpo.com) in London.  The company has passed along a copy of its Powerpoint presentation in Adobe Acrobat format  for review and sharing.

You can find the file here, and Glensound provides the following description–

HD Voice Presentation by [...]

Acer introduces CloudMobile HD voice smartphone

Acer is a name more associated with PCs and laptops and the dead netbook in my office. At Mobile World Congress (MWC), the company showed off a pair of fancy new Android phones, the CloudMobile S500 and Liquid Glow S330.  

The CloudMobile has a 4.3 inch 1280×720 touchscreen display, 1.5 GHz Qualcomm dual-core [...]

IDG News spots HD voice at Mobile World Congress

“More Phones Are Getting HD Voice,” by Mikael Ricknas of IDG News is now making the top of the search engines this moment.

The story notes the proliferation of HD voice support across a range of GSM networks around the world and handsets – plus  some annoyance at Apple for not getting on board [...]

Orange announces Intel-based Santa Clara HD voice phone

Bucking the ARM trend, France Telecom/Orange has announced it will roll out an Intel Atom-based phone to customers in the UK and France.

The currently code-named “Santa Clara” will run Android and is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design.  It includes an Intel Atom Z2460 processor, plus an Intel XMM 6260 platform for [...]