By Doug Mohney, on January 25th, 2012
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 20th, 2012
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 20th, 2012
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 9th, 2012
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on December 15th, 2011
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” [...]
By Doug Mohney, on November 16th, 2011
Thanks to Michael Graves for the tip
CounterPath is adding the Microsoft/Skype SILK codec to its Bria soft client. The company first let slip the news in a November 8, 2011 blog posting.
The company points out while the SILK codec is free and performs “very well” compared to other similar codecs that are “royalty bearing,” adding [...]
By Doug Mohney, on November 8th, 2011
GENBAND Perspectives 2011, New York, New York – Hardware manufacturer GENBAND and CounterPath Corporation has announced a “strategic, long-term” agreement to provide mobile client solutions for GENBAND’s A2 Communications Applications Server. Since CounterPath’s Bria client supports HD voice via G.722, this makes it an HD voice announcement as well.
The relatonship includes joint development and marekting of [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 12th, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on August 25th, 2011
NXP Software announced Samsung has chosen to load its LifeVibes VoiceExperience software on the Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi tablet. Samsung will offer standard pre-installed VoIP applications on all of its tablets, starting with the Tab.
The software, according to the press release, “sets an industry standard” in speakerphone noise suppression, acoustic echo cancellation and voice quality. Unfortunately, [...]
By Doug Mohney, on August 5th, 2011
D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) has rolled in support for multi-party video conferencing into the mCUE communications client and ported it over to the Apple iOS family (iPhone, iPad). In addition, mCUE will be fully VoLTE compliant by Q4 2011.
COO Doug Makishima said operators are looking for a “good enough” applications solution to put on Android and iOS [...]
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