Wind Mobile to use Huawei core for HD voice

Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is using Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s HD Voice services to its customers. Wind Mobile is the first wireless operator in Canada to use the service, Huawei said. The company also introduced a cloud computing strategy aimed at its customers in North America.
The announcements come on the heels of Huawei’s announced joint innovation center partnerships with Bell Canada (BCE) and Telus Corp. (TU) . Huawei, which has struggled to get contracts with tier-one operators in the United States, is having better luck up North.
The HD Voice services Wind is using brings better quality voice to end users, the companies said. The service, called wide Band AMR, operates in the core network. “Our shared commitment to providing the latest technology innovations to our customers made Huawei the clear partner to drive our business forward,” said Marius Armeanca, CTO, Wind Mobile. “Huawei was instrumental in helping us create a technology that will do for phones what high-definition did for television. With the customized Wide Band AMR Service, our customers will realize superior voice quality and an improved overall experience.”
Wind Mobile is the brand name for Globalive Communications Corp., which won AWS spectrum in 2008. The company is affiliated with Greek and Italian mobile operator Wind Telecommunications, and selected Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent to build out its HSPA network.
Huawei said its cloud computing strategy would be supported through an efficient and would be open to partner cooperation to build a sustainable ecosystem, citing the need for good performance as well as vast, inexpensive storage services.