Editorial–Recovering from CES 2012

I am (once again, damn you annual severe airplane cold) recovering from CES.  There’s a backlog of at least 2-3 stories from last week, plus a bunch of significant material flowing from announcements this week.

Bits from last week include–

D2’s move into LTE
Ericsson’s embrace of G.719 and priority queuing for gaming as a cloud service to sell [...]

CES 2012 meeting schedule for HD Voice News

HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney will be on site at CES in Las Vegas from Sunday, January 8 through Wednesday afternoon, January 11.  

Sunday, January 8

CES Unveiled, 4-7 PM, The Venetian Ballroom D

Monday, January 9

Various press conferences at the Venetian, 8 AM through approximately 4 PM. Some time available during the day.

Sony LVCC press conference, [...]

CES 2012–Tuesday, January 10: Hilton Suite day, ShowStoppers

At CES 2012, HD Voice News will be making the “suite circuit” at the Hilton Hotel on the morning of Tuesday, January 10 and attending ShowStoppers on Tuesday evening

Anyone looking for a briefing at CES who is in a Hilton suite should get in touch with HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney at moo@vegascommando.com to set [...]

Editorial–Why CES 2012 should count big time for HD voice

This year’s CES (more formally, the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012) should be a Big Deal for HD voice in the mobile and cable space.

Mobile and AMR-WB should get solid play, between the proliferation of HD voice among carriers in Europe and the forthcoming arrival of VoLTE in North America for Verizon Wireless.  AT&T and Sprint [...]

Planning now starting for CES 2012

HD Voice News is starting preliminary planning for CES 2012 in January.   With the impending introduction of LTE into North America, continued proliferation of HD voice in 3G and other markets worldwide, and growth of CAT-iq, we expect a number of companies to discuss and debut products at the show.

Tentatively, HD Voice News will be in [...]

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 [...]

CES 2011–Ooma adds mobile HD voice client for Android, iPhone

Las Vegas – Ooma (www.ooma.com) is now offering a mobile HD voice soft client to its Android and iPhone/iPad/iPod customers.

The Ooma Mobile HD app leverages a while-label version of the MailVision (AudioCodes) software client to use the Ooma service to make domestic and international calls from Android or Apple iOS devices over any WiFi or [...]

A 1Q 2011 Travel Schedule for HD Voice News

HD Voice News is currently or tentatively scheduling the following events for visits –

1Q 2011 

The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, January 4-7, 2011, Las Vegas

CES Unveiled, Tuesday, January 4, The Sands Convention Center, 4-6 PM

Digital Experience, Wednesday, January 5, Caesars Palace, 7 PM-?

Lunch at Piero’s, Thursday, January 6, Piero’s, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM.

ShowStoppers, January 6, Wynn, 7 [...]

HD Voice News at CES 2011 next week–There Will Be News

Expect to see a lot of news around CAT-iq and AMR-WB next week. 

If you want the latest and greatest, you can find/follow DougonIPComm for info about HD Voice and IP communications news; Foursquare location posting will be duplicated onto that account. 

Email me directly Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney at moo@vegascommando.com.

Be forewarned, however, that due to a [...]