September 2, 2010 by Jenny Sanderson
Telecommunications specialists Orange have announced that they will now be providing HD telephone calls for their customers. The company are now offering an enhanced standard of calls nationally, following a trail to provide HD services for telecommunications customers. The service will be available to anyone in the UK who owns an HD mobile.
Orange trialed HD phone calls over the course of June, and perfected the service. The new technology doubles the range of frequency used to make calls, improving the quality, while making no impact on network services or performance. The technology utilises a speech encoder which was piloted by the Three network earlier this year. It is designed to minimise the impact of external sounds, isolating voice sound from peripheral background noise.
Customers wanting to benefit from the new technology must purchase a new handset which is enabled for it, although existing Orange customers will be getting the new service free. Sony and Nokia are already in the process of installing the software on their handsets, and people currently in possession of mobile styles including the Nokia 5230, Nokia X6, Nokia E5 and Samsung Omnia Pro already have access to the technology.
Although the new service promises to enhance the way calls are made, it will have no effect upon reception for mobiles. This means that there could be a delay before all customers within the UK benefit from the service. Future plans for Orange include the replacement of ISDN lines by audio interviews.
The chief executive behind Orange’s new service commented: “Although what we use our mobile handsets for has evolved significantly in the past few years, the way we make mobile calls hasn’t changed a great deal since the 1990s. We’re offering customers a revolutionary new calling experience.”
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