Orange in “world first” HD Voice interconnect

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Orange said today that it has achieved a world first by achieving HD Voice call interconnect between two networks in different countries. A press release from the company said:

 

 

From  today, Orange customers in Romania and Moldova will be able to enjoy HD  quality voice calls between the two countries. For the first time in the  world, Orange has been able to interconnect these two mobile network  with different infrastructure to ensuring end-to-end HD voice quality from one country to another.
 
This  achievement is the fruit of an international project team's labours,  bringing together key skill sets within the Group, Moldova and Romania.  The success of mobile HD voice in these adjacent countries, alongside  their linguistic and cultural proximity, is at the root of Orange  Romania and Orange Moldova's decision to extend the mobile HD voice  offering between their two countries.
 
“Mobile HD voice offers  noticeably better audio quality, and brings a real satisfaction to  Orange clients. Almost 4 million customers have switched to HD voice in  14 countries, compared to 1 million customers a year ago. This is a true  commercial success and demonstrates Orange’s commitment to give our  customers the best mobile experience available”, said Paul-François  Fournier, Orange’s Technocentre Executive VP.
 
Orange's ambition is to make HD voice calling accessible by 2013. As  the world’s first operator to launch HD voice in Moldova in 2009,  Orange is pursuing a strategy to make HD voice mobile generally  accessible, for it to become the communication standard of tomorrow.
 
Orange  already offers mobile HD voice in 14 countries: Moldova, Armenia,  Belgium, France (Metropolitan and Reunion), Spain (Catalonia), United  Kingdom, Egypt (Cairo), Luxembourg, Mauritius, Romania, Dominican  Republic, Kenya, Uganda and Jordan. Further launches in Africa and the  Middle East are scheduled by the end of 2012.