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 [...]

HDConnect discusses benchmarks for HD voice service

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 [...]

Sprint PIN SIP exchange – voice now, HD & video down the road

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, 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 [...]

Voxbone plays HD card at HD Comms '09

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 [...]