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Fraunhofer IIS at CES 2027 – Where Sound Meets AI

Join us at CES from January 6-9, 2027. Fraunhofer IIS showcases how intelligent audio technologies are transforming everyday life, from crystal-clear communication to immersive entertainment and enhanced accessibility. Meet us in our two suites on Floor 29 of The Venetian Hotel.

November 2, 2026
Products & Technologies

EVS now available in Japan: NTT DoCoMo introduces new VoLTE service

Only a few weeks after T-Mobile USA introduced EVS into its LTE voice call system, we are pleased to announce that Japan based NTT DoCoMo launched its EVS powered VoLTE service on May 19th. This is the second operator to officially proclaim their use of EVS. The first mobile phones to support NTT DoCoMo’s VoLTE service including EVS are Sony Xperia X Performance, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and Sharp AQUOS Zeta. Please click into the video to watch NTT DoCoMo’s complete announcement. Link...

Events & Tradeshows

Experience the Feeling of “Being There” – Fraunhofer presents Audio Technologies at NAB 2016

At NAB 2016, the two main topics of Fraunhofer’s Audio & Multimedia divison were authentic Virtual Reality audio as well as immersive 3D sound for TV and streaming. In the following video Fraunhofer reps Julien Robilliard and Stefan Meltzer provide updates on the audio technologies Fraunhofer Cingo and MPEG-H Audio. Both enable the full audio immersion of their audiences, resulting in the...

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T-Mobile USA launches EVS service

EVS is the new 3GPP audio codec for Voice over LTE services with superior speech and audio quality co-developed by Fraunhofer IIS and is the latest upgrade to T-Mobile USA’s network. It offers substantial improvements in the quality of voice calls compared to regular or HD Voice calls. T-Mobile USA is the first operator in the world to announce the introduction of EVS in its VoLTE network. With the launch of the first EVS enabled smartphones at Mobile World Congress in February, the...