By Doug Mohney, on January 13th, 2010
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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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on December 11th, 2009
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 28th, 2009
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 22nd, 2009
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 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on September 13th, 2009
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 [...]