At TMCNet.com: HD voice arriving on CDMA this year

HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney writes about Qualcomm saying HD voice will appear on CDMA networks this year on different carriers around the world, with at least one carrier announcing service by the end of 2012.

The full piece can be found at–

http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/hd-voice/articles/258361-qualcomm-hd-voice-arriving-cdma-this-year.htm

Qualcomm says EVRC-NW and 1X Advanced is being rolled into all chips moving [...]

Optimum Lightpath rolls out audio and web conferencing

Optimum Lightpath has rolled out a Conference Bundle, a full line of conference services including “enterprise-class” audio and web conferencing.  The service provides support for HD voice if the customer has it.

Features of the conference bundle include support for up to 300 audio only or 125 web and audio participants; a “Connect Me” feature to automatically [...]

New Acrobits VoIP SIP iPhone application boasts G.722 support.

From the Czech Republic, Acrobits has released the latest versions of its iPhone client.  Both versions support G.722 in addition to a “SmoothFlow” video technology for video calling.  An Android client is expected to launch in the the second quarter of this year.

Consumers will get SIP Phone while business users can buy Groundwire.  The SIP Phone [...]

Deutsche Telekom adds broadband HD voice with Speedphone 700, iPhone SIP client

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 [...]

CES 2012: D2 Technologies dives into IMS-based VoLTE and RCS

D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) demonstrated the latest version of its mCUE software, showing live VoIP and video calls over LTE in Las Vegas, including RCS calling using an IMS-based platform.

The mCUE 4G software is optimized for Android to deliver carrier-grade voice and video over smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. The software recently completed its first [...]

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 [...]

CES 2012 – Line2 talks enterprise, new HD voice codecs

Las Vegas – Line2 (www.line2.com) said it is looking upmarket to larger business customers and will be adding some new HD voice codecs in the future.  However, CEO Peter Sisson initially sounded lukewarm to the idea of adding G.722 to the mix.

Currently, Line2 operates as a softclient for Android and iThings (iPhone/iPad), adding a virtual line [...]

Why Earthlink doesn’t currently support HD voice on its new business voice service

EarthLink’s rollout of a new "Complete” suite of business voice, data, and Internet solutions doesn’t include HD voice out of the box.  And it all comes down to software support in Metaswitch’s Media Gateways, according to an EarthLink executive.  But a fix should be in by the end of Q1 2012.

“The G.722 codec which supports HD [...]

FYI–“Cheap” Nokia phone HD voice support

Thanks to Nok VoIP for the tip.

This might be “old news” to some, but a number of low-cost Nokia SIP-capable phones support HD voice over VoIP using AMR-WB as the speech codec.  The S40 models, including Asha 303, C3-01 Gold, C3-01 T&T, X3-02 T&T all support AMR-WB via SIP.

A list is available [...]

iPhone HD voice round-up: Invoxia, TeamViewer

Invoxia (www.invoxia.com) has announced the NVX 610, a VoIP phone with an iThings (iPhone/iPhone/iPad) dedicated app to enable dialing from the iThing, plus facilitate “mobile convergence.”  You can receive calls to an iThing mobile as well as VoIP based calls.

The big draw/brag with the NVX 610 is a total of eight 8 mics and 8 “high-quality” [...]