Orange officially launches mobile HD voice in the UK

It’s official: Orange (www.orange.com) has formally launched its mobile HD voice in the UK. And there’s a new phone manufacturer in the mobile HD voice mix as well.

Covered by BBC News and V3.co.uk, there’s not a lot new, with a rehash of the trials that took place over the summer in the UK and how [...]

Orange: 100% HD voice on its 3G+ network in France by the end of the summer

Thanks to Quentin Pagès for the tip

On its website, Orange says that by the end of the summer, its 3G+ network in France will be “100%” HD voice.

The information is provided on Orange’s mobile coverage web page. It says Orange has 92 percent of France’s population covered with 3G+ – France Telecom-speak for the [...]

AudioCodes adds mobile HD voice client support for Blackberry, Android

AudioCodes (www.audiocodes.com) has rounded out its VMAS family of mobile VoIP solutions to include Blackberry and Android clients. VMAS now covers all “leading mobile operating systems” including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Apple iOS, Blackberry and Android, as well as existing solutions for the PC and web.

VMAS is a complete mobile VoIP/ SoIP (SMS over IP) solution; [...]

And Orange launches HD voice in … Armenia?

Word out of Armenia is France Telecom (www.orange.com) has officially launched mobile HD voice services in that country, making it the second Orange mobile HD voice territory. 

PanARMENIAN.Net reports that FT Executive Vice President Olaf Swantee made the announcement at a June 24 news conference in Yerevan, Armenia.  The country is only the second – [...]

Orange on pace for UK deployment of Mobile HD voice

Orange (www.ft-orange.com) appears to be on pace with a UK deployment of mobile HD voice, based upon a surge of news out of the blogosphere triggered by a piece in Tech Radar (www.techradar.com).

Tech Radar reports Orange is trialing the service in Bristol, Reading and Southampton and will be “free” to Orange customers with compatible handsets.  [...]

Recent HD voice pieces published on other news sites

HD Voice News Editor-in-Chief Doug Mohney has published a handful of pieces at other sites over the past month–

TechEye (www.techeye.net)

The Two Minute Guide to mobile HD voice

TMC (www.tmcnet.com)

A Half-Full Glass of HD Voice from Mobile World Congress – And Getting Fuller

Who is ‘Doing’ HD Voice? Five Companies to Think About

Conferencing: The ‘Killer App’ for [...]

HD voice news wrap-up from Mobile World Congress 2010

When it came to mobile HD voice service announcements out of Barcelona,  Mobile World Congress this year was an all-France Telecom show, despite hints dropped by 3 UK that other providers would announce mobile HD voice services and an AMR-WB peering exchange.

Codec and IP communications stack developers got their share of headlines, with D2 [...]

France Telecom / Orange to blanket Europe with mobile HD voice

France Telecom has dramatically upped the ante in the mobile HD voice arena.  Orange will now launch mobile HD voice service in France, Luxembourg and Spain in 2010, adding to a list that already includes Moldova, the UK, and Belgium.   In addition,  Orange confirmed that the UK customer trial for mobile HD voice will start [...]

Ovum: HD voice won’t bring more money for mobile operators

Ovum is putting its two cents worth in for mobile HD voice – but it won’t be money going to mobile operators.  Instead, call quality might be the business differentiator between carriers for now. The analyst report also confirms an earlier report that mobile operators will make a HD voice interoperabilty announcement at Mobile World [...]

IT EXPO East 2010 – CommniGate going HD voice across the board

Miami – CommuniGate Systems has upgraded its entire Unified Communications product suite to incorporate HD voice and G.722.

Speaking at a afternoon panel at IT EXPO, Vice President Jon Doyle indicated that a formal announcement would be coming soon.  CommuniGate has also posted a note on its website indicating the company will be demoing the new [...]