Are there lessons to be learned for the HD communications community in the recent conversion from analog to digital TV? Robert Graves, Chairman of the ATSC Forum and a 22 year veteran of the journey from SDTV to HDTV. had a front row seat on the journey from”standard” definition TV to HD and will [...]
President Obama’s embrace of technology innovation should include an upgrade of the Moscow hotline. Implementation of HD voice represents the best way to honor the legacy of President Kennedy’s hotline as it approaches 50 years of service. The type of emergencies justifying use of the hotline do not arise [...]
Word out of the CableLabs conference is Franch Telecom has embraced the CableLabs CAT-iq handset standard for its HD Voice service going forward, making it the first non-cable company to get on board.
Previously, FT/Orange had been sourcing hardware from three vendors – Sagem, Thomson, and Siemens, with a DECT base station plugging into [...]
The current pool of IPv4 internet addresses is going to run out in the next 24 months, providing some dramatic implications for anyone rolling out new services over the next year.
John Curran, long-time Internet “gray beard” and current President and CEO of ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) thinks that device manufacturers of [...]
SMB : Working, but who’s using? Enterprise: Cued from the top
3 providers queried: Citrix Online/Highdefconferencing.com, Global Crossing, ZipDX 2 providers responded: Global Crossing, ZipDX
A number of conferencing providers are offering HD voice support, primarily through SIP dialing and G.722. However, it is not clear at this point in time that offering HD [...]
The HD Connect Logo Committee has published Version 1.0 Guidelines for the incorporation and use of the HDConnect logo.
The purpose of the HDConnect logo and publication of the guidelines is to enable end-users the ability to quickly and easily make and receive high-quality voice calls over the Internet using VoIP — no legacy [...]
2 providers queried/spoken to: ooma, Vonage 1 provider to offer HD voice service 3Q09: ooma 1 provider not currently planning to offer: Vonage
For Internet Telephone Service Providers (ITSPs), the consumer mass market is not a place for the faint of heart. Margins are slim, millions of customers are [...]
Admittedly a bit weighted to the existing HD Connect leadership at this point in time (Looking for other, vendor-neutral pieces, hint-hint), this list presents various thought pieces discussing HD Communications, including HD voice and its applications.
Dan Berninger
The Promise of High Definition Voice Beyond Skype (pulver.com)