Just a few weeks after the HD Voice conference organized by pal Jeff Pulver, comes news from New York area cable operator Cablevision that they are rolling out an HD Voice platform for business on their Optimum Lightpath platform that is built for business.
While other operators like client Junction Networks’ OnSip platform already offers HD capability as well, and its likely any pure SIP provider can offer this with the right endpoints, Cablevision’s foray into the HD Voice market, coupled with a rollout of Docsis 3.0 means that business in the New York area have a reason to think about something other than Verizon on a serious level.
This makes me think that Verizon, with an aggressive plan to push FIOS to its limits, likely will roll out an HD Voice platform too.
This is counter to AT&T’s efforts with UVerse, which the analyst community is saying is slowing down the rollout.