Editing Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (section)

==Deployment==
AMR-WB has been standardized by a mobile phone manufacturer consortium for future usage in networks such as [[UMTS]]. Its speech quality is high, but older networks will have to be upgraded to support a wideband codec.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

In October 2006, the first AMR-WB tests were conducted in a deployed network by T-Mobile in Germany, in cooperation with Ericsson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashphone.com/74/5630.html |title=T-Mobile and Ericsson conduct world's first field trial with AMR Wideband - SlashPhone.com |access-date=2006-11-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929045642/http://www.slashphone.com/74/5630.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.t-mobile.de/unternehmen/presse/0,1807,17596-_,00.html |title=T-Mobile press release (in German) |access-date=2006-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212091243/http://www.t-mobile.de/unternehmen/presse/0,1807,17596-_,00.html |archive-date=2007-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007 an end-to-end AMR-WB TrFO capable 3G & VoIP product line was commercially released by [[Nokia Siemens Networks|NSN]] (M13.6 [[Network switching subsystem|MSS]], U3C [[Media gateway|MGW]]). AMR-WB TFO support was commercially released in 2008 (M14.2, U4.0). End-to-end TFO/TrFO negotiation and mid-call optimization (e.g. on [[handover]], [[Call forwarding|CF]] or [[Call transfer|CT]] events) was released in 2009 (M14.3, U4.1).

In late 2009, [[Orange UK]] announced that it would be introducing AMR-WB on its network in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2009/12/31/orange-to-launch-mobile-hd-voice-in-2010-a-new-standard-for-the-uk-telecoms-industry/ |title=Orange newsroom |access-date=2009-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104032426/http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2009/12/31/orange-to-launch-mobile-hd-voice-in-2010-a-new-standard-for-the-uk-telecoms-industry/ |archive-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Orange to launch mobile HD Voice in 2010</ref> In France [[Orange S.A.]] and SFR are using AMR-WB format on their 3G+ networks since the end of summer 2010.

WIND Mobile in Canada launched HD Voice (AMR-WB) on its 3G+ network in February, 2011. WIND Mobile also announced that several handsets will support HD Voice (AMR-WB) in the first half of 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-04|title=CNW {{!}} WIND MOBILE ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL 4G LIVE TRIAL|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/wind-mobile-announces-successful-4g-live-trial-507591171.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204031118/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/wind-mobile-announces-successful-4g-live-trial-507591171.html|archive-date=2018-12-04|access-date=2022-01-25|website=CNW}}</ref> with the first one being Alcatel Tribe.<ref>WIND Mobile press release, Feb 3, 2011</ref>

In January 2013, T-Mobile became the first GSM/UMTS based network in the US to enable AMR-WB.<ref>http://www.anandtech.com/show/6594/tmobile-announces-amrwb-hd-voice-calls-active-on-its-network T-Mobile Announces AMR-WB (HD Voice) Calls Active on its Network</ref>

In Feb 2013, Chunghwa Telecom became the first GSM/UMTS based network in  Taiwan to enable AMR-WB.
<ref>[https://archive.today/20130418194156/http://www.ithome.com.tw/itadm/article.php?c=78703]</ref>

In August 2013 the AMR-WB standard was introduced in Ukraine by Kyivstar.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/kyivstar-launches-hd-voice--960156 |title = Kyivstar launches HD Voice - Telecompaper}}</ref>

[[Nokia]] developed<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-07-21|title=Nokia - Ready for deployment: First wideband speech codec for 3G CDMA2000 networks - Press Releases - Press - About Nokia|url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200407/953215_5.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817040405/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200407/953215_5.html|archive-date=2007-08-17|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Nokia.com}}</ref> the [[VMR-WB]] format for [[CDMA2000]] networks, which is fully interoperable with 3GPP AMR-WB. AMR-WB is also a widely adapted format in mobile handsets for ringtones.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-03-11|title=Nokia - Nokia transforms the mobile music experience with the Nokia 3300 - Press Releases - Press - About Nokia|url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200303/894893_5.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605165656/hittp://press.nokia.com/PR/200303/894893_5.html|archive-date=2003-06-05|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Nokia.com}}</ref>

The AMR wideband speech format shall be supported in [[3G]] multimedia services when [[Wideband audio|wideband]] speech working at 16&nbsp;kHz sampling frequency is supported. This requirement is defined in 3GPP technical specifications for [[IP Multimedia Subsystem]] (IMS), [[Multimedia Messaging Service]] (MMS) and Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service ([[3GPP PSS|PSS]]).<ref>ETSI (2009-04) [http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/26234.htm ETSI TS 126 234 V8.2.0 (2009-04); 3GPP TS 26.234; Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Protocols and codecs] Page 58. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.</ref><ref>ETSI (2009-01) [http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/26140.htm ETSI TS 126 140 V8.0.0 (2009-01); 3GPP TS 26.140; Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS); Media formats and codes] Page 11. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.</ref><ref>ETSI (2009-01) [http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/26141.htm ETSI TS 126 141 V8.0.0 (2009-01); 3GPP TS 26.141; IP Multimedia System (IMS) Messaging and Presence; Media formats and codecs] Page 10. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.</ref> In 3GPP specifications is AMR-WB format also used in 3GP container format.