On Twitter: CounterPath to support Opus across its softphone line

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A tweet using the #HDvoice hashtag says soft client maker CounterPath will support Opus across its entire line of softphones “in just weeks.”

The move shouldn’t be that surprising, since the CounterPath Bria clients are able to support multiple codecs already.  Opus would be a drop-in/upgrade to existing software.

CounterPath’s line of VoIP/UC [...]

France Telecom’s Libon gets cute about its HD voice support–AAC?

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Libon, France Telecom’s shiny new free app for the iPhone and coming soon to Android, is getting a lot of Twitter buzz for supporting HD voice.  However, the PR firm and the Libon Twitter account aren’t saying what codec is being used, other than hinting it is something beyond the “standard” HD voice experience.  [...]

Line2 officially adopts Opus codec

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Over-the-top provider Line2 (www.line2.com) has officially rolled in the Opus codec into the latest version of its Apple iOS communications app.  Line2 is incorporating the IETF certified codec into all of its future apps for 2013 release.

The announcement came in an October 18, 2012 blog post. Line2 version 9.0 for the iPhone, [...]

CEVA and NXP Partner for HD voice solution on DSP

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CEVA and NXP Software have teamed up to integrate NXP Software’s LifeVibes VoiceExperience software with the CEVA-TeakLite family of DSPs.  The fully optimized solution running on the CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP is already deployed “with a major handset OEM” for its smartphone product lines.

The CEVA-specific implementations of NXP Software VoiceExperience enable CEVA customers to [...]

Metaswitch highlights HD voice in intro remarks

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Metaswitch CEO John Lazar mentioned the company is rolling in more support for HD voice and video into its products, with various demonstrations highlighting the technologies in the vendor demo area.

Details weren’t provided, Given an emphasis on the Perimeta Session Border Controller (SBC) and running functions such as transcoding and encryption on [...]

D2 Technologies and Sequans announce reference solution for LTE at Mobile Asia Expo

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D2 Technologies is announcing (yet another) partnership with a 4G chip manufacturer.  Sequans Communication is offering the SQN3110 baseband chip pared with D2’s mCUE 4G mobile communications client for VoLTE and RCS video calling apps. 

The SQN3110 is the “heart” of Sequans’ second generation Andromeda LTE platform.   ODMs and OEMs [...]

Brother OmniJoin video conferencing uses Opus codec

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Brother joins the line of hardware-adding-services companies, but instead of a label-maker, the company now has the OmniJoin web and video conferencing service for desktops.   A spokesperson for the company says the service uses the Opus codec for both voice and video transmissions.

OmniJoin Online Meetings web conferencing, yet another cloud service (YACS), [...]

Vonage Mobile HD voice soft client hits 1M downloads

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Since launching in February 2012, the Vonage Mobile soft client has racked up over a million downloads.  The app enables users to make free iSAC HD voice calls and texts via Wi-Fi.

In a press release this week, Vonage also boasted over half a million of its customers signed up for its Vonage [...]

Vonage Mobile HD voice soft client hits 1M downloads

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Since launching in February 2012, the Vonage Mobile soft client has racked up over a million downloads.  The app enables users to make free iSAC HD voice calls and texts via Wi-Fi.

In a press release this week, Vonage also boasted over half a million of its customers signed up for its Vonage [...]

D2 Technologies rolls in with SRVCC for NVIDIA

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At CES, D2 Technologies was talking up IMS.  In Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress, the company announced it is working with NVIDIA to implement SRVCC for HD Voice.

NVIDIA’s Icera 410 LTE modem is loaded with D2’s mCUE 4G client to deliver a complete solution with Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) [...]