The next generation of VoIP sound: wideband voice from snom

Published 13th June 2008

Berlin/Germany, London, 9 June 2008 +++ snom technology AG, leading developer and manufacturer of advanced Voice-over-IP phones for the commercial and residential markets (www.snom.com), announced today the next generation of voice: snom klarVOICE. This wideband handset, which can be adapted to all snom VoIP telephones, allows the capture of more than twice the spectrum of voice frequencies captured by standard phones.

“Telephones have remained unchanged for so long, most people have no idea what limitations they have lived with,” explains Dr. Michael Knieling, Executive VP of Marketing and Sales. “But VoIP also lays the groundwork for a revolution in the quality of voice we communicate with!”

The new snom klarVOICE handset works with the codec G.722.2 PSTN. This codec is able to shrink the bit rate of the voice channel down to 12.65 kbps, offering excellent quality. In standard narrowband VoIP calls, the voice signal is sampled at 8,000 Hz, resulting in an effective voice pass-band of about 200 to 3,300 Hz. The new wideband handset offers a doubled sample rate, providing an effective pass-band of 50 to 7,000 Hz.

Use of snom klarVOICE results in a much higher fidelity voice call, more akin to talking to someone in the same room rather than over a phone. snom klarVOICE will be available for purchase in June 2008.

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About snom
snom technology was founded in Berlin/Germany in 1996 and provides products in the area of Voice-over-IP, primarily on the basis of the open standards SIP. snom‘s partner in Australia is Enabled Networks Pty Ltd in South Melbourne. snom products stand out due to their high security standards and a multitude of functions that make everyday communication in the business area considerably easier. The devices are suitable for use in small and medium-sized enterprises, home offices, and for Internet Service Providers, carriers, and OEM customers. With its sales network, snom is represented in over 20 countries. The Linux-based VoIP telephones support, in addition to the common standards, the most modern technologies such as STUN (Simple Traversal of UDP through NATs), NAT (Network Address Translation) und ENUM (telephone number mapping). With the technical implementation of the current specifications through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), snom is also setting standards in matters of security. Due to the two VoIP security standards sips (RFC2246) and SRTP (RFC3711), the unwanted tracking or eavesdropping of conversations between snom telephones and other compatible terminals is practically impossible. The Executive Directors of snom are Dr. Christian Stredicke, Alexander Khan and Dr. Michael Knieling. Members of the Supervisory Board include Prof. Harald Melcher, Klaus Füting and Yukio Shimada.


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