{"id":119875,"date":"2009-12-31T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/31\/orange-plans-to-bring-hd-voice-calls-to-uk-next-year\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T15:49:24","slug":"orange-plans-to-bring-%e2%80%98hd-voice%e2%80%99-calls-to-uk-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/119875","title":{"rendered":"Orange plans to bring \u2018HD Voice\u2019 calls to UK next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/newsbysector\/mediatechnologyandtelecoms\/telecoms\/6912754\/Orange-promises-end-to-crackly-mobile-phone-calls.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2009\/12\/orange-logo-12-30-09.jpg\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve had some indication that Orange planned to expand its &#8220;HD Voice&#8221; technology beyond the hot testbed of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/09\/11\/orange-introduces-hd-voice-calls-3g-moldovian-citizenship\/\">Moldova<\/a> sometime in the coming year, and it looks like the carrier is now starting to get a bit more specific about when the UK will finally have an alternative to standard definition calls. Apparently, Orange will begin trials of the new and improved, 3G-facilitated service early in the new year, and fully roll it out along with a &#8220;range of handsets&#8221; before the end of the year. Just what can you expect from HD voice? Why, it will make it &#8220;sound as if callers are actually in the same room,&#8221; according to Orange UK chief executive Tom Alexander, who further added that &#8220;HD voice really does inject a level of innovation into mobile phone calls,&#8221; and that &#8220;once people have tried it, they won&#8217;t want to go back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/12\/31\/orange-plans-to-bring-hd-voice-calls-to-uk-next-year\/\">Orange plans to bring &#8216;HD Voice&#8217; calls to UK next year<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:29:00 EST.  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