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Deutsche Telekom (DT) this week has officially rolled out an Android DECT phone with native G.722 support, plus there’s an iPhone G.722 SIP client for in-home WiFi use. It’s the latest move by DT to expand its HD voice support in the consumer world. The Speedphone 700 is an Android-based home phone with an 8.1 inch [...] Irish VoIP service provider Blueface (www.blueface.ie) has announced a Panasonic handset promotion with HD voice threads. Customers purchasing a Panasonic HD voice capable TGP 500 handset for 99 euros will get an extra handset free; the handset is listed at a value of [...] Ericsson has released a new white paper on HD voice. “HD Voice: It speaks for itself,” available here, covers the role HD voice will play with operators and users of both fixed and mobile networks. Among the interesting tidbits Ericsson presents include is a chart ranking call quality of an HD device to a non-HD device [...] Two vendors supplying hardware to Deutsche Telekom (DT)have touted their support for HD voice over CAT-iq, but it isn’t clear if DT is formally supporting HD voice via broadband. Today’s announcement from DSP Group and a May announcement by Lantiq touting CAT-iq 2.0 means the company is deploying HD voice-capable equipment, but there are few references [...] DSP Group has its XpandR® multimedia chipset in a newly released multimedia cordless phone being offered by Deutsche Telekom (DT). It’s an Android fixed-line “hybrid” smart phone, with both DECT/CAT-iq and Wi-Fi. The Speedphone 700 has a 3.2 inch touch screen with an “icon-grid” user interface. The XpandR chip set supports DECT and CAT-iq 2.0 , [...] 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 Puma 5 that [...] France Telecom has launched a major offensive for HD voice today, declaring it wants to “open up” the use of HD Voice communications by 2013. The company says it now has one million (1M) mobile HD voice users, and has further launches planned this year, particularly in the AMEA (Africa, Middle East, and Asia) region. And [...] Metaswitch Networks (www.metaswitch.com) has added CommPortal Communicator to its growing portfolio of “We’re here to help the service provider” software applications. The customizable UC client includes support for G.722. CommPortal Communicator is available on Windows PCs, Apple i-devices and Android platforms. The software is designed to be a managed UC client for use by service providers and [...] 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 HD voice [...] 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 was the Very [...] |
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