TrueNorth Introduces HD Capability Using Digital Audio To Improve Both Voice Calls And Faxes

In connection with the EBACE convention this week, TrueNorth Avionics has introduced HD Voice (HDV), an enhancement to its advanced Simphone OpenCabin system that the company says provides a significant quality improvement over other phone systems on calls made via the Inmarsat Swift Broadband and Swift64 Satcom links. Delivering crystal clear voice fidelity with less delay, TrueNorth's digital HD Voice also claims more robust and reliable faxing over Inmarsat Swift Broadband. The Airbus Corporate Jet Centre is the launch customer for HD Voice aboard its series of A319CJ aircraft, followed by a B777 business aircraft installation performed by AMAC. HD Voice can also be retrofitted to existing Simphone OpenCabin systems, with no additional hardware units required.

"We have heard from our customers that high quality voice calls are important to them, so we developed this breakthrough voice application using digital audio to provide them with crystal clear, low-latency calling. We call this 'HD Voice' because voice calls are so good they're virtually the quality of digital broadcast audio," said Mark van Berkel, TrueNorth's president.

The Simphone¯OpenCabin system uses a suite of enterprise-level software applications to add functionality and growth. The company says the Simphone OpenCabin turns a business aircraft into an extension of a company's corporate IT and telecom networks

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