Editorial – The HD Voice YouTube Video that Polycom needs to film

[Scene:  In the distance, a man is playing a concert piano, with the beautiful sound of a classic music piece becoming louder as the camera zooms in on...

Polycom CTO/founder JEFF RODMAN.  He lifts his hands from the keyboard and turns to the camera]

“The human ear is a wonderful thing and can hear all [...]

Polycom CTO’s Top 10 reasons for HD Voice

Polycom CTO Jeff Rodman provides 10 reasons why you need to learn about and try out HD Voice.  Rodman, along with numerous other telecommunications luminaries, will be presenting at the HD Voice Summit at 2010 CES on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

More information and registration for the HD Voice Summit [...]

Too early to talk HD Voice M&A?

With this weeks rush of acquisitions and investments in the IP communications space, one has to wonder who is looking at whom in terms of an acquisition or investment within the HD voice space. Two companies that immediately come to mind are AudioCodes and Polycom; Dialogic might be worth a look as well.

AudioCodes brought in [...]

Polycom's other HD voice release at VoiceCon

This week at VoiceCon, Polycom also underlined the use of its Siren 14/G.7221C voice codec by Vivox.

Vivox, the market leader in providing voice services for developers of online games, virtual words and “the social web,” said it delivers voice chat to over 16 million users and support billions of minutes of chat per month.  The [...]

HD Voice Summit at 2010 CES – Bookend Jeffs

The HD Voice Summit at 2010 CES will be opened by a Jeff and closed by a Jeff. More specifically, Internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Jeff Pulver and Polycom co-founder and CTO Jeff Rodman.

The first Jeff will open the HD Communications Summit with remarks discussing “Our HD Voice Future.”  Pulver,  quite possible the very first [...]

Polycom rounds out HD Voice portfolio at VoiceCon

At VoiceCon, Polycom announced that it now has a full portfolio of HD voice phones, adding on two under $200 phones, one specifically optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator.  The announcement fulfills the company’s pronouncement in the spring that all of Polycom’s products would support HD Voice by the end of the year.

The Polycom SoundPoint IP [...]

Phone.com launches hosted HD Voice service for SMBs

Editor’s note: Phone.com and ooma are sponsors of www.hdconnectnow.org

Phone.com has announced the introduction of its new HD Business Phone service, adding to the company’s portfolio of VoIP Virtual Office Services.   Businesses can purchase their own HD IP phones to complement their Phone.com Virtual Office account or purchase a phone from phone.com to use the service.

This [...]

AstriCon 2009: It is all HD voice (handsets)

Glendale, AZ – Walking the exhibit floor, it was difficult to find a handset that didn’t have HD voice embedded in it.  Well-known names such as Cisco, Panasonic, Polycom, and snom, as well as newcomers Aksys Networks and Yealink all had G.722 handsets available for viewing.

Cisco’s line of SPA5xx IP phones — including a $130 [...]

And HD VoIP is just HD VoIP – no trademarks

AudioCodes also wants to clear the air about HD VoIP.  It has not trademarked “HD VoIP” but has registered the phrase “HDVoIP Sounds Better (AudioCodes).”

This follows the discussion with Polycom clarifying the use of “HD Voice” and how Polycom has its own unique trademark of “Polycom HD Voice”

Net-net:  HD voice and HD VoIP are generic [...]

HD voice – It's ok to use "HD Voice"

It is OK to use the generic “HD voice” in normal conversation, advertising literature, and any other discussions.

Polycom has trademarked the phrase “Polycom HD Voice” and has made it clear that simply using the phrase “HD voice” is something that is OK, fine, and will not get you in trouble with the company lawyers…