Trends: Wainhouse Research predicts increased demand for better sound

Thanks to Jeff Rodman for the tip

As one of it’s “WR’s Dozen: 12 Predictions for 2012,” Wainhouse Research (www.wainhouse.com) there will be increased demand for better “sound” in the conferencing experience.

“We’ll see increased demand for better sound in the conferencing experience, as end users finally realize that the image —whether it’s [...]

TurboBridge licenses HD voice conferencing solution to Broadvox

Broadvox (www.broadvox.com) becomes the latest public licensee of TurboBridge’s (www.turbobridge.com) HD voice conferencing system. 

TurboBridge, started up in 2010, previously announced relationships with Aastra and SimpleSignal, with other companies having quietly white-labeled the service.  The audio conferencing service supports G.722 and boasts a patent-pending “TurboSound Enhancement Technology” to adjust and balance sound.

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MWC 2011: Sonus Networks announces new HD voice support

Sonus Networks (www.sonusnetworks.com) has released a software update adding support for “key” HD voice codecs for its media gateway, network border switch, and PSX products.  One “of the top five mobile operators” in Europe is reportedly trialing Sonus’s new software to support an HD voice service for its mobile customers.

The latest release adds [...]

Simple Signal, TurboBridge come out on HD voice conferencing

SimpleSignal (www.simplesignal.com) and TurboBridge (www.turbobridge.com) have officially announced their partnership on HD voice conferencing.  The service supports the G.722 codec.

Wayy back in March, SimpleSignal announced a HD voice conferencing bridge service. Several sources indicated that SimpleSignal had white labeled the TurboBridge HD voice service back then, so the two companies are now publicly [...]

Metaswitch Forum: HD voice on the roadmap, including conferencing

Orlando, FL – At today’s presentations at the Metaswitch Forum (www.metaswitch.com), HD voice got some love (i.e. slides) on the product roadmap, including support for HD voice conferencing by the end of the year.

“HD voice is one of the few tricks that VoIP does that you can’t do with POTS,” said Metaswitch [...]

UK’s Simwood announces HD Voice support

UK wholesale VoIP service provider Simwood (www.simwood.com) has announced support for HD voice and a partnership with ZipDX.

In an email to customers, Simwood said it is offering HD voice support on a “request basis” for all of its numbers.  It will offer HD codecs – G.722, AMR-WB, and G.711.1 are cited in the [...]

Verizon VIPER looking at HD voice support by end of year

Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) introduction of VoIP Enterprise Routing – VIPER, not to be confused with Cisco’s VIPR – means no-toll domestic or international per-minute charges when calls are made between two Verizon VoIP customers in either the U.S. or Europe who are signed up for the feature.  Yes, it’s an all-SIP, no PSTN service [...]

Phone.com trunks to TurboBridge HD voice conferencing service

Phone.com (www.phone.com) is turning on a HD voice audio conferencing bridge for its business customers, with services provided by the very-busy TurboBridge (www.turbobridge.com).

Phone.com customers can get their own dedicated conference access number as well as speed dial access from their PHone.com Virtual Office phones to their own dedicated conference bridge.  Initially, TurboBridge [...]

VoiceCon: Polycom refreshes iconic conference phone with HD voice, better price

Orlando, FL – Polycom (www.polycom.com) has rolled out the SoundStation IP 5000 Conference Phone, a device with a tweaked look and a MSRP of $599.

Needless to say, the IP 5000 features Polycom HD Voice (i.e. G.722) and is designed for private offices and small meeting rooms. SIP 

Polycom dominates the conference phone [...]

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 [...]