ADTRAN is joining the G.722 HD voice crowd - really.

Without going into details,  sources, or forward-looking statements, ADTRAN is in the process of testing its G.722 wideband firmware upgrade for its handsets.  A formal introduction/release of the firmware is expected “within six months,” according to one account.

ADTRAN’s IP phones were engineered from the start to support G.722, with the company planning to issue a firmware [...]

Next week: Huntsville, AL, home of ADTRAN (and Digium)

Next week this reporter will be a guest of ADTRAN as the company conducts its second annual media event in Huntsville, Alabama.   The telecommunications equipment manufacturer is planning to make at least one announcement relating to unified communications (UC) during the event, but is likely to be more low-key when it comes to its HD voice [...]

Snapshot – HD phones: Enterprise ready; Consumer coming

Enterprise: Ready
Consumer: Coming
SMB: A few
Mobile: Waiting

Vendors discussed/cited:  ADTRAN, AudioCodes, Avaya, Cisco, Gigaset (Siemens), ooma, Polycom, snom

Enterprise: Ready

You don’t have to try very hard to find G.722 support for enterprise-grade IP phones. All of the usual suspects have G.722 codecs in one or more of their handset lines.

Avaya says all of its handsets already support G.722 while [...]