BT: You say HD voice, it says “Hi-dS (High definition sound)” – 2 million endpoints?

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 [...]

Aastra and TurboBridge announce HD voice team-up

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 [...]

GIPS lands HD voice in Turkey

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 [...]

TurboBridge focuses on HD voice conferencing without the whistles

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 [...]

8×8 Hosted HD Voice now available over New Edge Networks

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 [...]

SimpleSignal announces HD voice conference bridge

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 [...]

Recent HD voice pieces published on other news sites

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 [...]

Acme Packet gives lip-service to HD voice in the LTE world

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 [...]

MWC: GMSA awards France Telecom mobile HD voice “Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough”

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 [...]

SMC rolls out DOCSIS 3.0 & HD voice capable gateway

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 [...]