By Doug Mohney, on March 11th, 2010
BT (www.bt.com) does indeed provide G.722 HD voice through various consumer products. However, there’s no mention of G.722, HD voice, or wideband voice on the BT website; BT’s marketing speak calls it “Hi-dS (High definition sound)".
Sources working with BT say the carrier has purchased and deployed up to 2 million HD voice endpoints, but the [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 10th, 2010
Aastra (www.aastrausa.com) and TurboBridge (www.turbobridge.com) have announced a bundling/trial deal for Aastra SIP phones. Look for smiles from both parties.
The two are offering a 60 day free trial of the TurboBridge “HD audio” conferencing service to Aastra SIP phone customers, carriers, and resellers. Aastra supports G.722 via its Hi-Q audio technology and G.722 is the [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 9th, 2010
Global IP Solutions (www.gipscorp.com) has secured Argela Technologies, a subsidary of Turk Telekom, as a customer for VoiceEngine Mobile to insure “excellent” call quality on TT’s WiRO mobile soft client.
TT WiRO works like most other soft clients these days, allowing customers to avoid international roaming charges by using WiFi and a broadband connection. Customers can [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 4th, 2010
With many participants in the conference services game, TurboBridge (www.turbobridge.com) has decided to keep its approach simple, sticking to SIP-based conferencing, a service “priced to sell” and all-you-can eat conferencing plan.
“Consumers are numb to the ‘better message’,” said TurboBridge CEO Chris Koehncke, “The HD message falls on deaf ears, it’s not until people experience it [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 3rd, 2010
New Edge Networks, the business services side of Earthlink, has announced that 8×8 has joined its “ecosystem” of business applications. New Edge business customers can access 8×8’s hosted HD voice network via MPLS and 8×8 customers can ride New Edge’s MPLS network with all the advantages it carries, such as end-to-end traffic prioritization and predictable [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 2nd, 2010
SimpleSignal has added an HD voice conference bridge solution to its list of hosted PBX calling features and voice apps. Cost for the new service is a flat rate of $29 per month for up to 100 calls to participate in unlimited HD audio conference calls – volume discounts available.
Use of the HD conference [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 1st, 2010
HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney has published a handful of pieces at other sites over the past month–
TechEye (www.techeye.net)
The Two Minute Guide to mobile HD voice
TMC (www.tmcnet.com)
A Half-Full Glass of HD Voice from Mobile World Congress – And Getting Fuller
Who is ‘Doing’ HD Voice? Five Companies to Think About
Conferencing: The ‘Killer App’ for [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 18th, 2010
In a column at RCR Wireless News, an Acme Packet (www.acmepacket.com) employee drops one of our most favorite phrases – ironic, given the major role Acme Packet’s SBC hardware is supposedly playing in SIP/HD voice peering.
Looking at “Voice over LTE: How soon is now?,” Solutions Marketing Director Kevin Mitchell notes that the LTE camp has [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 17th, 2010
The GSMA (GSM Association) recognized France Telecom – nice someone did, since nearly all the media covering MWC media were frothing over Yet Another App/App Store — for its implementation of mobile HD voice.
France Telecom received the “Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough” in the course of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards during the presentation in [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 16th, 2010
SMC has released its latest and greatest DOCSIS 3.0 gateway. Among the many features the new SMCD3USG supports is HD voice in the form of CAT-iq, said a spokesperson.
More specifically, the device supports MoCA, DECT, and 802.11 “interfaces” for distribution of content to IPTVs, VoIP and DECT phones, computers, hard drives and gaming consoles. It [...]
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