XConnect announces AudioCodes G.722/AMR-WB transcoding for its customers

XConnect (www.xconnect.net) is touting an AudioCodes HD voice transcoding solution between wireline and wireless networks for its HD Alliance customers.  The Alliance is an IP-based federation with 11 service providers.

The new capability uses XConnect’s carrier-ENUM registry and IP interconnection services along with AudioCodes’ Mediant 3000 transcoding solution.  XConnect says the solution has been [...]

Neutral Tandem talks about HD voice interconnect service

Founded in 2003, Neutral Tandem (www.neutraltandem.com) routes over 10 billion minutes of traffic per month and as a neutral exchange platform, it moves traffic for over 110 major wireless, CLEC, cable service providers on an all-IP scalable network. The company was kind enough to provide a briefing last week under embargo to HD Voice [...]

Neutral Tandem launches HD Voice interconnect; 8×8 signs up

Neutral Tandem, a leading provider of global interconnection services, has announced the launch of HD Voice Interconnect, a wideband voice interconnection solution for the competitive carrier market.  No ENUM registry required. First announced customer is the largest G.722 shop in North America – 8×8.   Yes, this is a big deal.

The service is aimed [...]

Sybase survey finds IP Exchange (IPX) necessary for mobile operators, opens up HD voice

Mobile operators around the world “consider IP Exchange (IPX) an essential ingredient for next generation wireless services,” according to a study commissioned by Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc.  And they expect IPX service providers to offer VoIP and HD voice.

IPX has multiple benefits, with the main “pluses,” security and manageability.  Operators [...]

Verizon, Tata SIP peer/federate

Verizon and Tata have agreed to SIP peer/federate to enable access to the other’s telepresence suites, making the two carriers the first to officially do so.  How the agreement works at the network level is unclear; specifically, does it just apply to telepresence apps or to all SIP traffic.

From a customer perspective, this [...]

France Telecom releases onslaught of HD voice news–1 million mobile HD voice users

France Telecom has launched a major offensive for HD voice today, declaring it wants to “open up” the use of HD Voice communications by 2013.  The company says it now has  one million (1M) mobile HD voice users, and has further launches planned this year, particularly in the AMEA (Africa, Middle East, and Asia) [...]

Verizon Wireless chats about HD, VoLTE, and SIP

Verizon Wireless (www.verizonwireless.com) should support HD voice across a number of LTE devices and users will ultimately be able to exchange wideband calls within and outside of Verizon’s network.

“The initial devices we’ll support [AMR-WB] are smart phones for sure,” said Verizon Wireless Marjorie Hsu, VP Technology Development. “Other devices on the road map, [...]

CableLabs announces HD Voice interoperability event–11 participants

CableLabs (www.cablelabs.com) announced the results of a recent interoperability testing event focused around HD voice (“wideband High-Definition Voice”, if you prefer).  The standards lab for the cable industry also announced a collaboration agreement with the DECT Forum.

Held on December 6-10 (And where was HD Voice News’s invite?), eleven (11) industry suppliers participated in [...]

IT EXPO – HD voice talk with D2, XConnect

Los Angeles, CA – D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) and XConnect representatives gave hints of HD voice advancement around the globe.

D2 will have a “major customer” in Asia deploying its VoIP middleware stack on Android devices, including tablets, with HD being a major piece of the offering.  D2 says most of the action its been [...]

Cincinnati Bell: Other Tier 1 carriers discussing HD voice peering

Cincinnati Bell’s Evolve hosted HD voice service is currently a stand-alone island, but other carriers – outside of the usual suspects – are starting to kick around the idea of peering HD voice calls directly.

Mike Herman, product manager for Evolve, said that conversations about HD voice peering had literally started in “the last [...]