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While nobody wants to talk about it on the record, turning up HD voice for residential customers over the existing cable infrastructure is not simple. Issue stem from legacy equipment in existing networks, compatibility issues between IP phones and even between manufacturer implementations using the same chipset. The biggest issue is working with [...] Comcast has been busy this week with new voice services. The company has enabled unlimited free text messaging on its customers’ home phone numbers. Currently supported via web portal, iThings app, and Android app, the new service may hint at the forthcoming arrival of CAT-iq 2.0 devices and HD voice. Or not. When [...] Two years after starting operations, CableLabs has officially announced the PeerConnect registry, a service to facility end-to-end IP communications. The service provides a telephony number translation service for IP, enabling cable companies to distribute numbers and other IP session routing information to enable direct IP voice, video, SMS, and other SIP-based communications forms. Comcast, [...] Missouri-based Big River Telephone Company (www.bigrivertelephone.com) is rolling out its HD voice service for its wholesale partners next week at The Independent Show, a summit of independent cable operators from around the country. HD voice service is now available to all current and future Big River Telephone wholesale partners when HD Voice-supported equipment is [...] One of the loose ends from The Cable Show (#cable11) last month was if Motorola was going to support the software upgrade for HD voice in its set top boxes, like Arris and SMC. A Motorola spokesperson said the company’s set top boxes did use the Intel/TI Puma 5 chipset, but there have [...] Arris won’t be the only cable box manufacturer offering HD voice via a software upgrade to existing hardware. SMC Networks offered more details on how the solution is built around the Intel Puma 5 family of chips. SMC VP of Engineering Pete Quigley said Intel had recently sent out a software update for the [...] Chicago, IL – Arris has over 15 million HD voice-capable cable endpoints deployed, according to a senior executive for the company. The catch is that the interface is analog-based. Arris Senior Vice President Derek Elder said the company had embedded hardware in its line of EMTAs and other devices some time ago to support [...] When The Cable Show (2011.thecableshow.com) arrives the week of June 13, will cable companies open up about HD voice? Representatives from Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, and the FCC will “Talk About a Dream: New Directions in Cable Voice” on Tuesday. A session description is below– Cable’s emergence as a mainstay provider of residential and business [...] The 2nd annual CAT-iq Developers Conference (http://cat-iqconference.com/) will be held on September 20-21, 2011 at the High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Conference organizers are looking for a speaker from a North American cable company to participate. The conference will cover– CAT-iq profiles (2.0, 2.1) in depth. On integration with Service Providers infrastructures/services. [...] |
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