What Does G.726 Mean?
G.726 is an ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) standard for speech compression and decompression introduced in 1990. G.726 is used in digital transmission systems to code analog signals into digital signals. It is an adaptive differential pulse code modulation for transmitting voice at rates of 16, 24, 32 and 40 Kbps.G.726 has its roots in the public switched telephone network and is primarily used for international trunks to save bandwidth.