October 27, 2009 Talking super-wideband with Skype
Jonathan Christensen of Skype announced in March 2009 at eComm the royalty free licensing of its super-wideband codec, SILK. To this end, all Skype calls to +883 iNum numbers are now available in high definition.
Skype’s user base of 480 million users brings HD calling to all of iNum’s partner networks. From retail users to enterprises, call centers to call conferencing services and not forgetting the plethora of innovative voice applications available through Voxeo: using iNum they can all be reachable from Skype’s new HD platform.
High definition is made possible because such calls do not travel over the PSTN, ensuring end-to-end wideband capability. The PSTN supports 8,000 audio samples per second, whereas the new SILK codec supports between 16,000 and 24,000 samples per second. This greater sampling rate enables the caller to hear more detail in the conversation: regional dialects and subtle consonantal sounds are represented more clearly on a HD call.
Background noise however is also more easily picked up, and this is why HD requires a better quality microphone and speaker set than traditional PSTN telephony. For HD to work, all components on the voice path need to support high definition.
Tags: HD voice, iNum, SILK, Skype, wideband
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Mash123 » Global Phone Number Provider iNum Brings HD Voice Calling To Skype Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
[...] VoIP origination services and telephone numbers Voxbone will be officially announcing that its global phone number service iNum now supports high-definition voice calling [...]
steve marcus Says:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
i need a number that is local everywhere on the planet and goes to my device wherever i ma on same planet..a guy in la or miami or tokyo dials the same exact number from every country and it comes to my gizmo5 skype gtalk or whatever.
not 2 steps.
Fuzzuy Says:
November 13th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Hello,
I love this service but there use to be a access number from Pakistan which is not seen any more any idea about that ??
Tim Behrsin Says:
November 13th, 2009 at 10:59 am
The PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) has decided to suspend all foreign IP telephony services using Pakistan numbers. Despite multiple discussions and escalations we have not obtained the needed confidence that the regulatory environment would evolve positively for IP telephony services.
Therefore Voxbone has decided to suspend services in Pakistan indefinately.
Techno Information » Blog Archive » Global Phone Number Provider iNum Brings HD Voice Calling To Skype Says:
November 18th, 2009 at 9:22 am
[...] of international VoIP origination services and telephone numbers Voxbone will be officially announcing that its global phone number service iNum now supports high-definition voice calling between Skype [...]
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August 17th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Skype is very useful in making long distance calls.