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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.