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Fraunhofer IIS and Viasat demonstrate bi-directional Voice Call over Satellite using Fraunhofer NESC AI-Voice Codec

Fraunhofer IIS and Viasat, Inc. demonstrating a bi-directional voice call over Viasat’s geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite.

February 6, 2026
NAB Show 2014: Stay Informed Whenever, Wherever with the Emergency Warning Feature EWF for Digital Radio | ©Fraunhofer IIS
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NAB Show 2014: Stay Informed Whenever, Wherever with the Emergency Warning Feature for Digital Radio

Thanks to its unmatched coverage, high reliability and failure safety in disaster situations, digital radio is ideally suited to alerting and informing the public in affected areas. A leader in the field of audio research, Fraunhofer IIS works on new technologies in the field of digital broadcasting and as a result its technologies can be found in a wide range of broadcasting equipment and receiver devices. At NAB Show Fraunhofer IIS presents “Emergency Warning Functionality” (EWF), a...

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Next tradeshow coming up: CCBN in Beijing

One of the reasons why we exhibit in China is the continuous growth of the internet community in East Asia. The 33rd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China of the Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) from the end of December 2013 confirmed a rapid increase of internet users in China. In 2013, the number of internet users reached 618 million and a 45.8 % penetration rate. 500...

Bringing Fraunhofer technology to India – Fraunhofer IIS conducts workshop on audio coding for digital TV broadcasting | ©Fraunhofer IIS
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Bringing Fraunhofer technology to India – Fraunhofer IIS conducts workshop on audio coding for digital TV broadcasting

Providing more than 7 billion devices worldwide with excellent audio quality, HE-AAC has become one of the most important enabling technologies for state-of-the-art multimedia systems and is also the established codec for streaming and broadcasting. Fraunhofer IIS conducted the workshop “Audio Codec Technology for Digital TV Broadcasting in India” in order to encourage a deeper understanding of audio coding in general and, in particular, of HE-AAC. The event, supported by Broadcast...