2009
HD Communications Summit Helps Drive Momentum for HD Voice
On May 21st, industry visionary Jeff Pulver hosted the first HD Communications Summit in New York providing an opportunity to explore the issues associated with the widespread deployment of HD VoIP while bringing vendors, businesses and consumers together in a concerted effort to reboot the telecommunications industry.
Leading vendors in the HD space like Polycom, Global IP Solutions, snom and Audiocodes were in attendance leading panel discussions on HD codecs, quality and its potential impact in the broadband, digital phone, mobile and enterprise arenas. At one of Jeff's recent social networking breakfasts he assured me that he never left the telecom space, but there was a void whether real or perceived, that's certainly been filled today. There is no mistaking that Jeff's back in full force and form doing what he does best, which is sharing his vision and bringing the industry together as it crystallizes an emerging technology.
The range of the human voice extends from 80 hertz to 14,000 hertz, whereas traditional, or narrowband telephone calls, limit audio frequencies to the range of 300 to 3400 hertz. HD voice or wideband audio eliminates the majority of bandwidth limitations and transmits in the range of 30 hertz to 7,000 hertz or higher resulting in a much richer and fuller conversation.
Click on the following player to experience the audio quality and clarity difference between a traditional narrowband voice call and one in HD wideband audio:
HD wideband voice results in a richer, fuller and more natural conversation that helps to bridge the gap that a lack of physical presence introduces.
In the coming months IVR Technologies, Inc. will be introducing HD voice capabilities to its flagship product Talking SIP, the fully integrated application, media and billing solution, with HD integration to all of Talking SIP's enhanced voice services and ultimately its new web-managed multi-party conferencing engine.
During the HD Communications Summit Jeff announced the formation of a new HD VoIP marketing association, HD Connect and his plans to go to Wall Street to help educate the Buy Side and Sell Side about the possibilities of HD Voice. Jeff also shared his plans to reach out to the FCC later this year in support of a High Definition Voice/HDV initiative and announced the next HD Communications Summit will be taking place September 15-16th with plans underway for both a European and an Asia Pac event for later this year.
Welcome back Jeff, we missed you!
