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.
Vonage (www.vonage.com) says it supports free HD voice phone calls between its Vonage Mobile soft clients on Apple iThings (iPhone/iPod/iPad) and Android devices. Is it G.722 or something else?
The announcement was made (but there’s no press release up on the company’s web site) on Wednesday, February 8. The free app delivers free HD [...]
Miami, FL – Panasonic (www.panasonic.com/sip) has rolled out a $499 7 inch color touch screen Android-based desk phone. But they say they can’t call it Android due to legal headaches with Google.
The KX-UT670 is certified as compatible with a bunch of different SIP-based platforms, including Asterisk, BroadSoft, and Metaswitch. Codecs supported include G.722, [...]
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. [...]
DSP Group has its XpandR® multimedia chipset in a newly released multimedia cordless phone being offered by Deutsche Telekom (DT). It’s an Android fixed-line “hybrid” smart phone, with both DECT/CAT-iq and Wi-Fi.
The Speedphone 700 has a 3.2 inch touch screen with an “icon-grid” user interface. The XpandR chip set supports DECT and [...]
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 [...]
Silent for a while, Cloud Telecomputers (www.cloudtc.com) has started cranking up the volume, announcing certification with Metaswitch, a new CEO and a new board member who was the former President and CEO at Polycom.
Anthony Gioeli has been named President and CEO. Before joining Cloud, he was EVP of sales and marketing at [...]
Movial (www.movial.com) has announced it has put its Communicator application onto Android and iPhone. Further, it is working with “several operators” to launch Android and iPhone VoIP apps and enabling video calling on Android tablets.
The SIP/IMS application for operators provides HD voice, HD video calling, enhanced address book and messaging across a variety [...]
D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) has done an all-stock deal to acquire Taipei, Taiwan-based Webia Technologies.
Webia was one of the first software vendors to roll out Google Android set top box media players and first rolled out the first Android TV solution in 2010. The acquisition gives D2 more depth in embedded multimedia communication [...]
D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) continues to proliferate its mCUE communications client across Android-based devices. It’s latest announced deal puts mCUE onboard the Freescale i.MX53 multimedia applications processor.
The Freescale i.MX535 processor is yet-another-one-of-those ARM-based processors floating around today. The i.MX535 supports 1080p video playback and can show up in a variety of Android-based devices including [...]