Cisco IME vs. SBC – The SBC strikes back

While Cisco’s Intercompany Media Engine (IME) has received a lot of coverage, it also has detractors who believe the device has “a number of drawbacks” for enterprises looking to federate services.

Objections against the Cisco IME include–

1. IME only works with Cisco CUCM or Session Manager Express (SME) and ASA firewalls – even though Cisco has [...]

XConnect announces participants in HD voice peering trial

XConnect (www.xconnect.com) has announced the initial participants in its HD voice peering trial. The list includes “the usual suspects” plus a couple of new names.

Telephony providers participating include Alteva, Broadvox, Phone.com SimpleSignal, State 2 Networks and Telesphere. Consumer provider/phone maker Ooma is participating, even though the company isn’t yet officially supporting HD voice for its [...]

VoiceCon Orlando: Cisco’s magic SIP interoperability box

Cisco (www.cisco.com) has announced the Intercompany Media Engine (IME), a box that being called unified communications (UC) for its ability to enable secure business-to-business HD voice and “enterprise” video from video-enabled devices by simply dialing standard phone numbers.

For VoiceCon, Cisco announced it has conduced the first intercompany “UC” calls (because that’s cooler than simply [...]

Editorial – The return of Enterprise federation (again)

COMPTEL PLUS, Nashville, TN – The demand for seamless enterprise connectivity via SIP for applications such as HD voice and videoconferencing is driving Cisco and other enterprise vendors to solicit third-party solutions for business SIP interoperability.  “Federation” is back again and it might have a better chance of sticking this time around.

Enterprise federation – call [...]

Dialogic sponsors TMC webinars on HD voice

Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney is being compensated by TMC for his participation in the webinars.

TMC is putting on a pair of HD voice webinars in March and April, with sponsorship being provided by Dialogic.

“The Year of HD Voice” will take place on Tuesday, March 9 at 2 PM ET and will discuss the surging use of HD [...]

XConnect provides more detail on HD voice peering trial

XConnect has divulged more information about its HD voice interoperability trial and a company official indicated that over “15 to 20″ U.S. service providers are interested in participating, including cable service providers and CLECs in North America, and service providers in Norway, Holland and Korea.

Operators wishing to participate in the HD voice trial must be [...]

IT EXPO East 2010 – XConnect formally announces trial of HD Voice peering federation

After testing the waters at the HD Voice Summit at CES earlier this month, XConnect has formally announced its free trial for its HD voice peering federation.  The trial, open to “qualified operators,” waives sign-up and monthly fees during a run from April to June.

Under the trial, multiple providers will be able to test interoperability, [...]

Phone.com discusses challenges to building a public HD voice network

Note: Phone.com is a sponsor of HD Voice News

Fresh off the HD Voice Summit at 2010 CES (Consumer Electronics Show), Phone.com CTO Alon Cohen has blogged “How to Solve the Biggest Challenge to Building a Public HD Voice Network.”

Cohen argues that HD voice interconnection between service providers is essential, but codec patent holders should [...]

CES 2010 – XConnect talks HD voice interconnect trials

HD Voice Summit at 2010 CES, Las Vegas — XConnect released some information on a free trial for HD voice providers to the company’s Global Alliance platform and said more details will be defined and announced by IT EXPO.

The announcement by XConnect Vice President Mark Benisz was greeted with a call for applause by Polycom [...]

Alteva, SimpleSignal announce SIP peering alliance

Alteva and SimpleSignal have formally announced the creation of an IP Peering Alliance.  While the two companies are the first hosted business VoIP service providers to publicly announce a relation to interoperate at the VoIP and SIP level, a number of other companies are reportedly considering joining up. Direct video calls between the two company’s [...]