XConnect is announcing a four-company initiative to promote HD voice adoption among U.K. service providers. This follows on the news they announced at TMC's ITEXPO where XConnect announced the world's first HD voice peering federation, in the U.S., with the goal of incrasing global HD voice uptake.
In summary, XConnect is announcing that it is joining with Polycom, BroadSoft and Dialogic to launch an educational and marketing campaign to reach U.K. operators. Secondly, XConnect is opening its HD voice peering federation to service providers globally and announcing initial U.K. participants. This expansion will broaden the delivery of HD voice traffic across networks, and continents.
Full news announcement going out tomorrow:
HD Voice Peering Federation Extended to Include U.K. Participants
XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, today announced an initiative with leading technology companies Polycom, BroadSoft and Dialogic to promote the adoption of high-definition (HD) voice by service providers in the United Kingdom.
The initiative was launched in response to U.K. service providers' interest in HD voice services, reflected in discussion during a recent Internet Telephony Service Providers Association (ITSPA) meeting. Through workshops and cooperative communication and marketing, the HD initiative is designed to raise awareness and educate service providers about the benefits of HD voice and help them resolve implementation challenges.
The companies joining XConnect in the initiative are market leaders in their sectors of the HD voice ecosystem. Polycom set an early stake in the ground through its SoundStation®IP conference phones and SoundPoint® desktop phones featuring Polycom HD Voice™ technology. BroadSoft is the leading global provider of IP-based communications services to the telecommunications industry. Dialogic is a prominent provider of multimedia and signaling technologies and platforms.
As part of the initiative, XConnect announced that the XConnect Global HD Voice Federation is now open to HD voice-enabled service providers globally, following its successful launch in the United States.
First to join from the U.K. are service providers Simwood, SureVoIP and thevoicefactory.
The federation enables the exchange of HD voice calls among all participants, all interconnecting through XConnect's carrier hub and routing through phone-number lookups via its carrier ENUM registry.
HD voice enables users to experience clearer, higher-quality and more effective voice communication through the use of wideband codecs on IP networks. However, in most cases, to benefit from improved sound quality, callers must be on the same network. XConnect has established the HD federation to allow cross-network support for HD voice and potentially for multimedia IP-based services, such as presence and video.
"The U.K. is ripe for HD voice due to increasing migration to IP and the quest among service providers to differentiate their offerings and deliver greater value to their customers," said XConnect CEO Eli Katz.
He added, "We are delighted to have facilitated the world's first cross-network international HD voice calls via a federation - a step that paves the way for global mass-market adoption of HD voice."
Explaining why his company has joined the HD federation, thevoicefactory CEO Martin Sims said: "We realise that to compete effectively where broadband is a given, we have to move ahead of the pack. In a business market where many different languages and accents are the norm, high-definition voice will help us add value to our services."
For more information on HD voice, please visit www.xconnect.net/hd.
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