DSP Group announces design wins with Gigaset, Sagemcom DECT, CAT-iq desktop phones

DSP Group (www.dspg.com) announced silicon design wins with Gigaset and Sagemcom DECT phones, including CAT-iq 2.0 certification for the Sagemcom phone.

The Gigaset SL901/SL901A and DX800A incorporate DSP Group’s XciteR ARM-based silicon running Linux and a “strong” DSP processor, according to the company.   XciteR is also incorporated into Gigaset’s DX600A, DL500A, and DECT IP C610/C610A IP.  The [...]

Editorial: Two conferences to look at this Fall–CAT-iq and IIT RTC

Two conferences I wish I could go to this fall would be the CAT-iq Developer Conference in the Netherlands on September 20-21, 2011 and the IIT Real Time Conference (RTC) in Chicago in October.

The International CAT-iq Developers Conference 2011 (www.cat-iqconference.com) will be covering the latest CAT-iq profiles (2.0, 2.1) and integration of the tech with [...]

SMC Networks to talk about DECT at CAT-iq developers conference

SMC Networks (www.smcnetworks.com) plans to talk about why and how the company plans to incorporate DECT into its home gateway solutions at the CAT-iq developers conference on September 20-21, 2011 in The Netherlands.

The second annual conference (http://catiq-conference.com) has a number of interesting speakers scheduled to discuss all things DECT and CAT-iq, including appearances by Uniden America, [...]

Lantiq CAT-iq 2.0 certification leads to Deutsche Telekom HD voice on broadband

Lantiq (www.lantiq.com) has announced its XWAY and COSMIC chipsets have been incorporated into the first home gateway certified as CAT-iq  2.0 compliant by the DECT Forum.  Deutsche Telekom will upgrade its Speedport W 504V home gateway to be CAT-iq compliant in its service area – Germany – beginning this summer.

The Lantiq COSIC Modem is an integrated [...]

September 2011 CAT-iq Developers Conference–Call for a cable speaker

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.
Open API for CAT-iq [...]

HD voice surge in next three years: Verizon, cable companies to lead deployments

Alexandria, VA — (April 7, 2011) — HD voice is expected to grow significantly over the next three years as Tier 1 service providers such as Cincinnati Bell, Comcast, France Telecom, and Verizon offer the technology to business, residential, and wireless customers. Already, seventeen mobile carriers have either operational service or announced plans for HD voice [...]

DECT Forum certifies first CAT-iq 2.0 handsets: Gigaset, Samsung, VTech

The DECT Forum has issued CAT-iq 2.0 certificates for three different cordless phones and vendors.  Gigaset Communications, Samsung Electronics and VTech Telecommunications all had a product that made it through the qualifications process.

CAT-iq handsets certified are the Gigaset C300H iq, Samsung SMT-W3510 and the VTech Advant 5000; yesterday VTech was claiming the Advant was the Very [...]

CES 2011–DSP Group pushes CAT-iq potential, additional HD voice capabilities

Off the hype-laden floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center, DSP Group (www.dspg.com) was across the street showing off its vision for DECT through CAT-iq and the use of its chips in a multimedia, multi-screen home environment.    However, the company is also quietly rolling in numerous improvements to its voice offerings with more wideband codecs and [...]

CES 2011–Technicolor talks HD voice hubs, DECT/CAT-iq everywhere

If there’s one company that can claim the the top ring for shipping consumer HD voice hardware, Technicolor (www.technicolor.com) – formerly known as Thomson – is in the mix.  But it’s the future – a CAT-iq loaded future – which is likely to make a large impact across Europe.

Technicolor, under the Thomson brand, has so far [...]

CES 2011-Gigaset announces new HD voice DECT CAT-iq phone, bringing SMB HD voice handset to U.S.

Las Vegas – Gigaset Communications (www.gigaset.com) announced a new HD Voice/DECT phone at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and plans to import a pair of SMB-style desktop phone currently shipping in Europe to the U.S.

Gigaset Product and Marketing Manager Tony Stankus said the new C610A IP incorporates a list of features specifically requested [...]