Wayne, N.J. — Taking steps to remove licensing fees for codecs in PacketCable network designs, Cable Television Laboratories Inc. said last week that it has selected low-bit-rate compression codecs ...

The age of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) is here, bringing together telephony and data communications to provide packetized voice and fax data streamed over low-cost Internet links. The ...

It’s late Tuesday afternoon, and you get a call from one of your show’s producers. There’s an expert guest on the other coast, and he’s planned a long-form interview with her tonight. The studio she’s ...

German audio codec manufacturer Mayah Communications has introduced a new product family of C11 audio codecs — including the SPORTY Reporter Codec and FLASHMAN II Recorder/IP Codec. The C11 family ...

This double, full-duplex codec complemens the IP link with one X21/V35 and one ISDN interface. The Stratos comes with the same features for IP as the Phoenix Venus, but adds the multiple telecom ...

Embarking as the latest member of the dual-channel subscriber line interface circuit (DuSLIC) family for voice and VoIP-enabled devices, the DuSLIC-xT is an energy-efficient CODEC/SLIC that reduces ...

PERTH, AUSTRALIA — codec manufacturer Tieline has confirmed that the new Gateway Multichannel IP audio codec is now available to purchase and is now shipping. The Tieline Gateway is a DSP-based 1RU IP ...

In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer get service. With telcos pushing everything into ...

Following up on the VoIP quality issues that we discussed in last week’s newsletter, this week we’d like to take a deeper dive into some of the possible problems that can make VoIP call quality ...

One of the big advantages of VoIP vs. PSTN voice is VoIP’s capability to offer high definition or wideband voice– providing a fuller and richer sound quality that is similar to the leap made between ...

This article is also available as a download that includes an Excel template you can use to run your own calculations. VoIP bandwidth consumption over a WAN (wide area network) is one of the most ...