IT EXPO East 2012–General Telecom launches HD voice hosted private label solution

Miami FL – General Telecom (www.gentel.net) has joined the hosted VoIP world, offering a “cost effective, scalable” private label hosted VoIP solution.  The white label VoIP solution supports G.722.

The white label VoIP program allows VARs, interconnects, ISPs, system integrations and “other non-traditional service providers” to sell hosted IP PBX and SIP services (Hmm, HD Voice [...]

Heard at IT EXPO East 2012 – Canadian phone companies hurry to eNum registry

Miami, FL – Canadian phone companies are taking efforts to interop very seriously after a January 19 regulatory ruling. The service providers are engaging in discussions on how to set up a national eNum registry as quickly as possible.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wants phone companies “to rapidly adopt Internet Protocol (IP) throughout [...]

Swisscom to launch HD voice on 1 February

Swisscom (www.swisscom.com) has announced it will turn up HD voice on February 1, 2012. It joins Orange Switzerland in offering mobile HD voice service in the country.

In today’s press release, Swisscom says it has the best UMTS coverage in Switzerland (93 percent) so customers can make HD voice calls “almost anywhere.” Customers need to have [...]

KPN starts HD voice trial in the Netherlands; Nokia Windows phone supported

KPN has announced it has started an HD voice trial in the Netherlands, laying claim to being the first official launch of mobile HD voice service in the country. The announcement is especially significant because it includes the Nokia 800 Lumia — a Windows Phone — among the supported device. Kudos to the service provider [...]

At TMCNet.com: HD voice arriving on CDMA this year

HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney writes about Qualcomm saying HD voice will appear on CDMA networks this year on different carriers around the world, with at least one carrier announcing service by the end of 2012.

The full piece can be found at–

http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/hd-voice/articles/258361-qualcomm-hd-voice-arriving-cdma-this-year.htm

Qualcomm says EVRC-NW and 1X Advanced is being rolled into all chips moving [...]

Optimum Lightpath rolls out audio and web conferencing

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 [...]

New Acrobits VoIP SIP iPhone application boasts G.722 support.

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 [...]

HD voice rolls out to two more carriers in Canada: Bell and Virgin Mobile

Thanks to MobileSyrup (www.mobilesyrup.com) for breaking the news, eh?

Bell (Canada) and Virgin Mobile have both launched HD voice this week in the Great White North, joining WIND.  Both launches are on HSPA+ networks.

On Bell’s website, there’s a Q&A page buried in the support section. Currently, both callers must be within Bell 4G HSPA+ coverage; HD [...]

Telstra launches HTC LTE HD voice capable smartphone

Telstra is bragging it has introduced Australia’s first 4G smartphone.  The HTC Velocity is an LTE smartphone with HD voice support onboard.

The Velocity currently runs Android 2.3, has a 4.5 inch touch screen, and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor.  It also has an 8 MP camera, and boasts of built-in HD voice support for “crisper, [...]

Polycom announces cloud strategy for video-as-a-service

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 [...]