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 [...]

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 [...]

ZTE plugging HD voice from the get-go at Mobile World Congress

Out of the rush of new phone announcements coming out of Mobile World Congress, ZTE (zte.com.cn) has captured the essence of plugging HD voice early and often in its rollout of new mobile handsets targeted at worldwide markets.

Leading the pack is the ZTE Era, a 7.8 mm thick device incorporating NVIDIA’s Tegra [...]

Rogers launches LTE network in Newfoundland, adds LTE Windows phone, HTC One X

Up in the Great White North, Rogers Communication has announced it has expanded its LTE network to St. John’s.  The company now covers Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver with coverage to 11 million Canadians.  Rogers expects to expand its LTE network to more than 25 cities in 2012.

In addition, Rogers added the Nokia [...]

Globe and Mail covers mobile HD voice in Canada

The Globe and Mail newspaper recently published a piece on Canadian wireless carriers deploying HD voice.  It’s an interesting piece for several reasons – including the fact that Google’s search engine didn’t highlight it.

“With HD voice wireless firms dial up call quality,” published on February 10, does a discussion on mobile services vs. [...]

NXP Software makes vague HD voice reference for Mobile World Congress

Next week at Mobile World Congress, NXP Software says it is going to demonstrate “software-based HD voice enhancements” with its LifeVibe solutions. 

What exactly that means is anyone’s guess, because NXP does not provide further detail in its press release here and does not supply anything more than a generic press contact for [...]

Ericsson, Qualcomm to demo VoLTE to WCDMA voice handover via SRVCC

At Mobile World Congress next week, Ericsson and Qualcomm will conduct a live demo of seamless voice call handoff between LTE to WCDMA voice networks. 

The SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity) demo highlights the ability to use fewer radio components to hand off calls between LTE and WCDMA networks.   A demo illustrates [...]