But today, it doesn't deliver the best voice quality and it requires a specially equipped phone.
But at the last minute McCaw, finally convinced he couldn't fix the voice quality or data speed, backed out.
Doubly encrypting the calls plus the extra routing did make it initially hard to maintain good voice quality, said Salter.
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Until then, you will need to use an VoIP app like Bria, Rebtel or Skype to get HD voice quality.
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Everything started up and ran perfectly, though once I made my first long-distance call, I found the voice quality lacking.
Available in black, white and pink, Xperia E boasts outstanding HD Voice quality that makes phone calls clearer than ever before.
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During the test, Bigelow found no difference between the voice quality on the DSL lines and those on a regular analog phone.
Customers can also stay in touch via video chat, while enjoying excellent voice quality with reduced background noise through the built-in digital microphone.
Like all the other smartphones on the list, it also had mediocre scores for voice quality, a sacrifice that seems common in the smartphone market.
The project also includes significant improvement in customers' 3G network experience, including expanded coverage, improved network reliability, better voice quality, and faster 3G data speeds.
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Improvements in voice quality using the public Internet are due to more sophisticated software, but the big change has been the increasing use of private networks.
Sprint's Network Vision project also includes significant improvement in customers' 3G network experience, including expanded coverage, improved network reliability, better voice quality, and faster 3G data speeds.
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Among a host of groundbreaking capabilities, the new Aircell Smartphone will provide the best voice quality in aviation through a number of embedded technologies and design features.
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Consumer reports bases its ratings on a number of extensive tests and rates the devices in categories including ease of use, display and voice quality, portability and battery life.
From now on, when a call is made between two HD voice mobile phones from these countries, Orange customers will enjoy crystal clear sound instead of "standard" voice quality.
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The earSmart eS515 delivers the world's first three-microphone technology where all three microphones can be used simultaneously to gather more environmental information around the user and deliver vastly improved voice quality.
As the vibrations cover a wide area of the screen, the user is able to hear clear voice quality regardless of which part of the ear they place the device on.
For the first time in the world, Orange has been able to interconnect these two mobile networks with different infrastructure to ensuring end-to-end HD voice quality from one country to another.
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Unfortunately, the sorry truth is that voice quality, at least in the United States, is not likely to get better until sometime next year, regardless of whether you buy the iPhone 5.
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Natively supported in iOS and Android, the AAC-ELD codec is now readily available to app developers and service providers to offer superior VoIP applications that run at the Full-HD Voice quality level.
We have designed it to also deliver stunning voice quality with smartphone and Skype hands-free calls through adaptive communication technologies that can cancel ambient noise and focusing the microphone-array for accurate voice pick-up.
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PLC, has built a reputation on voice quality.
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As Network Vision continues to rollout across the country, Sprint customers can expect to see significant improvement in their 3G network experience, including expanded coverage, improved network reliability, better voice quality, and faster 3G data speeds.
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Voice quality in normal use was good.
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All Sprint 3G customers in these areas, including the company's prepaid customers on Assurance Wireless, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile, can expect to see better coverage and improved network reliability and voice quality once the improvements come to their areas.
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These schemes are less preferable than building the mechanism directly into the network and may not provide superior voice recording quality, or more sophisticated options.
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From today, Orange customers in Romania and Moldova will be able to enjoy HD quality voice calls between the two countries.
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It requires great skill by an ENT surgeon to strike the right balance where patients can breath more easily but still maintain a quality voice.
And there will be intense media scrutiny of his performance, critiquing everything from the funny sound of his voice to the quality of his answers.
"The cost of quality voice transcription is very high, " says Cavins.
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