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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 [...] A more in-depth discussion on how the Cisco (www.cisco.com) IME (Intercompany Media Engine) can be found over on TMCNet (www.tmcnet.com). The IME offers an interesting way to bypass SBC-based federation schemes by directly negotiating a “virtual SIP trunk” between two companies to directly exchange SIP traffic for HD voice and video traffic. Of course, the drawbacks [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Washington D.C. — A group of HD Voice industry executives met yesterday to discuss the issues and hurdles facing the widespread and ubiquitous proliferation of HD service around the globe, as well as potential ways the U.S. government could foster the uptake of wideband technology. Discussions were lead by HDConnect Executive Chairman Dan Berninger with participants [...] While Sprint’s Partner Interexchange Network (PIN) is starting out as a VoIP exchange, the company believes the new service has the potential to bring in various types of vertical service providers and leverage its strong IP networking assets. “PIN really came about from a bunch of different factors,” said Joby McDonald, a product manager for Sprint’s [...] 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 [...] At the HD Comms ’09 in New York on Tuesday, Voxbone will announce support for HD calling through its iNum service. Voxbone, a provider of international VoIP services and phone numbers to communication service providers, call centers, and multinational businesses, says that so long as both endpoints are HD-enabled, calls to iNum numbers will “convey a [...] |
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