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Sangoma (www.sangoma.com) Technologies has announced the availability of its NetBorder Transcoding Gateway. The 1U enterprise appliance comes at a good time, as it supports transcoding between narrowband and HD voice codecs, as well as between different HD voice codecs, such as G.722 and AMR-WB. For those on lossy networks, codecs such as iBLC can [...] Press reports out of the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE event say the company will first deliver HD voice over its enhanced/advanced 3G network over CDMA 1X Advanced technology using Qualcomm’s EVRC-NW’s codec – not via LTE. Ain’t that a kick in the pants? Last year, Sprint indicated it would be upgrading its 3G [...] Sprint is turning up the volume on its upcoming LTE rollout, dropping hints that the iPhone 5 will be an LTE device. However, the company also has a CDMA HD voice play as it upgrades its 3G network using Qualcomm chips and the 1X Advanced standard. The path to HD voice through LTE is [...] Out at 2012 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), AETA AUDIO SYSTEMS says it will launch an enhanced version of Scoopy+, a multitasking portable codec device, with new support for LTE. The company says French radio Europe 1 now uses HD voice and the Scoopy+ HD to transmit live from streets of various French cities. [...] When Fraunhofer rolled out its “Full-HD Voice” codec at Mobile World Congress last month, a company official boasted there were “millions” of Full-HD voice calls already talking place. Well, there are, but they all sit on the island of Apple. More specifically, Fraunhofer’s press release said- “Every day, millions of users already make Full-HD [...] One of Michael Grave’s blog readers, has put the MagicJack Plus device under a (figurative) microscope. The device reportedly supports Speex when attached to a computer with the complementary soft client running. Reader “BobB” says when the device is in stand-alone mode, the on-board SIP client only supports/advertises narrowband codecs. When attached to a [...] 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 [...] In addition to demonstrating “Full HD Voice” at Mobile World Congress, Fraunhofer IIS will premiere Extended HE-AAC, the latest upgrade to the MPEG AAC family. According to Fraunhofer, Extended HE-AAC significantly improves the audio quality of music and speech, particularly at very low bit rates of 8 kbit/s and more. It is compatible [...] Continuing to fight its uphill battle against AMR-WB, G.722, and other HD voice codecs, Fraunhofer IIS showcasing AAC-ELD, the “Full-HD Voice” codec. Fraunhofer is conducing a live demonstration of the Full-HD Voice experience using Android mobile phones incorporating the AAC-ELD codec, connected over an LTE network provided Fraunhofer HHI. AAC-ELD operates at bit-rates comparable [...] The Vonage Mobile soft client announced last week uses Google’s iSAC codec for HD voice. No G.722 on the menu. No other detail (i.e. why, future codecs) was given In the brief answer from a Vonage PR spokesperson. Vonage Mobile currently runs on iThings and Android devices, and delivers free HD voice calling [...] |
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