Motorola cable–Yes we use Intel Puma 5 chipset. No, nobody’s asking for HD voice

One of the loose ends from The Cable Show (#cable11) last month was if Motorola was going to support the software upgrade for HD voice in its set top boxes, like Arris and SMC.

A Motorola spokesperson said the company’s set top boxes did use the Intel/TI Puma 5 chipset, but there have [...]

The Cable Show 2011/#cable11–SMC details analog/G.722 HD voice solution for cable boxes

Arris won’t be the only cable box manufacturer offering HD voice via a software upgrade to existing hardware.  SMC Networks offered more details on how the solution is built around the Intel Puma 5 family of chips.

SMC VP of Engineering Pete Quigley said Intel had recently sent out a software update for the [...]

The Cable Show 2011/#cable11–Comcast demos business HD voice offering

While nobody at Comcast was ready to talk about HD voice on the consumer side, the company was demonstrating in plain sight the capability to support it and videoconferencing on the business side.

 

The “Managed Business Class Voice” demonstration featured Polycom’s poster-child VVX video phone to do point-to-point video calls in Comcast’s [...]

@Cableshow tweets about HD voice exhibits at The Cable Show 2011

According to the Twitter representative (tweeting? Tweeter?) of The Cable Show (2011.thecableshow.com), Metaswitch Networks and CableNET – the technology showcase area for CableLabs – will both be featuring HD voice.

@Cableshow sent the following tweet in response to a @DougonIPComm message earlier in the day wondering if cable execs would be talking about HD [...]

The Cable Show 2011–“Talk About a Dream: New Directions in Cable Voice”

When The Cable Show (2011.thecableshow.com) arrives the week of June 13, will cable companies open up about HD voice?   Representatives from Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, and the FCC will “Talk About a Dream: New Directions in Cable Voice” on Tuesday. A session description is below–

Cable’s emergence as a mainstay provider of residential and business [...]

September 2011 CAT-iq Developers Conference–Call for a cable speaker

The 2nd annual CAT-iq Developers Conference (http://cat-iqconference.com/) will be held on September 20-21, 2011 at the High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  Conference organizers are looking for a speaker from a North American cable company to participate.

The conference will cover–

CAT-iq profiles (2.0, 2.1) in depth. On integration with Service Providers infrastructures/services. [...]

HD voice surge in next three years: Verizon, cable companies to lead deployments

Alexandria, VA — (April 7, 2011) — HD voice is expected to grow significantly over the next three years as Tier 1 service providers such as Cincinnati Bell, Comcast, France Telecom, and Verizon offer the technology to business, residential, and wireless customers. Already, seventeen mobile carriers have either operational service or announced plans for [...]

DECT Forum certifies first CAT-iq 2.0 handsets: Gigaset, Samsung, VTech

The DECT Forum has issued CAT-iq 2.0 certificates for three different cordless phones and vendors.  Gigaset Communications, Samsung Electronics and VTech Telecommunications all had a product that made it through the qualifications process.

CAT-iq handsets certified are the Gigaset C300H iq, Samsung SMT-W3510 and the VTech Advant 5000; yesterday VTech was claiming the Advant [...]

Ditech Networks officially launches its Virtual HD Voice solution

Voice quality company Ditech Networks (www.ditechnetworks.com) has officially unwrapped its Virtual HD Voice solution for cable, mobile and VoIP network operators; news on the product announcement foreshadowed earlier in the week in the company’s “We’re demoing stuff at MWC” announcement.

In an interview with HD Voice News, Ditech Network CEO Todd Simpson noted that [...]

ITEXPO East 2011: Are cable companies fully SIP peering? The $250M question

Has the cable industry gone all-SIP when it comes to full-blown SIP peering? One source says “Yes,” and said Comcast and the rest of the cable industry is saving big bucks on termination and per-minute charges.

One of the presenters at the VIP Peering conference said – but HD voice has not be able [...]