Thomson has shipped the first of its latest Home Hub Wireless DSL Gateways to BT for BT’s Total Broadband service, launched last June.

The BT Home Hub supports all four of BT’s key services: wireless VoIP telephony through a DECT cordless handset (BT Broadband Talk); Fixed Mobile telephony convergence (FMC) through the BT Fusion service; Video-over-IP through the BT Vision service that launches in the autumn, and BT’s current videophone service; and wireless DSL.

The hub includes a new protocol that will enable BT to automatically update all devices to support new services. It also supports ‘HD Sound,’ wideband audio technology which offers near CD-quality sound for telephone and video calls.

Thomson said the BT Home Hub is unique in its combination of DECT, FMC and wideband audio technology.