By Doug Mohney, on January 12th, 2012
Las Vegas – Ooma (www.ooma.com) has officially announced the HD2 handset while sources familiar with the company say it it is working on a home automation/monitoring service to layer on top of its base station.
The HD2 Handset boasts a two-inch color LCD screen and the ability to support picture caller ID and integration with Facebook [...]
By Doug Mohney, on September 28th, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 24th, 2011
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, [...]
By Doug Mohney, on April 7th, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on April 4th, 2011
Here’s a summary of what I hope to have available for purchase via TMC tomorrow–
HD Voice News, in cooperation with TMC as its exclusive distribution partner, is proud to present the first comprehensive report examining the HD voice ecosystem and the growing momentum towards a wideband world.
As the title of the report implies, key technologies [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 23rd, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 2nd, 2011
Miami, Florida – Here at ITEXPO, snom (www.snom.com) has officially rolled out the m9 DECT phone. The m9 supports four concurrent calls and the ability to interconnect nine handsets at once.
Targeted at the SMB market, the m9 uses DECT to provide cordless mobility in an office. DECT is increasing in popularity because it operates on a [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 16th, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 8th, 2011
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 7th, 2010
Los Angeles – AudioCodes (www.audiocodes.com) has announced an expansion of its product lines and markets in one fell swoop with the MediaPack 252 Multimedia Home Gateway. The device – picked up by at least one service provider – integrates an ADSL2+ router, an 802.11n WiFi access point and CAT-iq “compliant” DECT for HD voice (or, if [...]
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