Ericsson releases white paper on HD voice

Ericsson has released a new white paper on HD voice.  “HD Voice: It speaks for itself,” available here, covers the role HD voice will play with operators and users of both fixed and mobile networks.

Among the interesting tidbits Ericsson presents include is a chart ranking call quality of an HD device to a non-HD device [...]

Ericsson claims its due in Australia mobile HD voice rollout

In a press release sent to Reuters and making the rounds in other distribution circles, Ericsson is defining its role in the mobile HD voice rollout in Australia, “the world’s largest HD voice network.” Telstra has turned up HD voice services covering over 2.1 million square kilometers, according to the release. 

Ericsson supplied a software upgrade [...]

HD Voice session at TIA 2011 on May 18 @ 8:30 am

TIA 2011 (www.tia2011.org) has HD voice in its sessions this week.

“HD Voice: Implementing the Advantages” is taking place on May 18, 2011, from 8:30 to 9:15 am in Grapevine 3 at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas.

Presenters include Doug Mohney, Editor in Chief, HD Voice and Kjell Johanssen, Director, Communications Service Solutions, Region North America, with the [...]

TIA 2011 featuring HD voice session

Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney will be one of the presenters at TIA 2011 in mid-May. The event is being held at the Gaylord Texas in Dallas, TX.

“HD Voice: Implementing the Advantages” takes place on Wednesday, May 18 from 8:30 am – 9:15 am. From the TIA 2011 website description.

HD voice — also known as wideband voice – [...]

Ericsson demos HD voice on CDMA–but will it sell?

Today, Ericsson (www.ericsson.com) announced a successful demonstration of a an HD voice call CDMA using the EVRC-NW (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec-Narrowband-Wideband) codec in a lab environment using Ericsson CDMA gear, claiming a technical first for the CDMA industry. It’s an interesting release since Qualcomm been demoing HD voice for year and the Ericsson release cites cooperation [...]

More mobile phones shipping HD voice enabled: Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

In a report released on March 9, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) (www.gsacom.com) declared more handset manufacturers are shipping mobile phones with HD voice activated as default.

Phones listed in the report with AMR-WB (Or W-AMR, as the new marketing-speak term appears) turned on from the factory include Nokia C3, C6, C7, E7, N8 and X3, [...]

India to get mobile HD voice through Tata DOCOMO 3G rollout this month; others to follow

According to news reports out of India, Tata DOCOMO 3G will support HD voice service when it turns up on November 5 across the country in nine telecommunications zones (“circles”).

The Tata DOCOMO 3G rollout is a HSPA+ 3G network – or a “3G+” network in FT/Orange terms — supporting speeds up to 21 Mbps as well [...]

MWC: Ericsson pumps HD voice in Barcelona

Ericsson is not taking a subtle approach to HD voice.  The company, in league with Orange, is providing and promoting HD voice service across Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress event this week.  It’s a move that might wake up some other network equipment manufacturers to the prospects of using HD voice as an opportunity for [...]