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How to improve call quality on Android
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Make your voice calls sound better on both ends with these tips.
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Here to stay
Here's what you need to know about 4G in India
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One of the key stories in India's digital transformation in 2016 has to do with the launch of Reliance Jio. Here's what you need to know about the state of 4G in India.
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Moto G5 Plus can’t make emergency calls on Verizon’s VoLTE service
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Lenovo has identified a software issue with the Moto G5 Plus that prevents it from connecting to 911 emergency services over Verizon's VoLTE services. They've offered a temporary fix, with a software update coming next week.
VoLTE on Project Fi
Google testing Voice over LTE support for Project Fi
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Google has been quietly testing Voice over LTE (VoLTE), rolling out compatibility to a lucky subset of Project Fi users.
No Soup Can Calls
If you can use VoLTE, you really should be
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VoLTE — or Voice over LTE — is a burgeoning standard becoming popular throughout the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe. Not only does it facilitate much higher call quality between cell phones, but it allows devices to stay connected to LTE while on a call, improving data speeds for everyone.
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How to enable VoLTE on the GS7
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Does your carrier support Voice over LTE, or VoLTE? Here's how to enable it on the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
4G, 4G+, 4G Voice and more!
Understanding 4G in the UK
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Everyone knows 4G comes after 3G. It's faster, better, not to mention more expensive. But "4G" can refer to a bunch of different things, and the various UK operators use 4G in different ways to offer different features to customers.
HD Voice For All!
U.S. Cellular to begin testing VoLTE this year
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Voice over LTE (VoLTE) appears to be the hot new item that all the carriers are looking to implement, and it looks like U.S. Cellular will soon be testing the technology itself. CEO Ken Meyers recently confirmed that the carrier will begin testing VoLTE in a few markets starting this year. The news comes via Fierce Wireless: Speaking at the Citi 2015 Internet, Media and...
Turbo HD Voice
Droid Turbo update brings VoLTE, simultaneous voice and data
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Verizon has announced today that it has begun rolling out an update for the Droid Turbo. If you had your heart set on Lollipop, it doesn't appear that it's coming with this update. Rather, it will bring Verizon's Advanced Calling 1.0, which enables VoLTE and simultaneous voice and data. The announcement was made from Verizon's news center, and the carrier says it will be...
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AT&T and Verizon partner on VoLTE calling
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Soon customers on AT&T and Verizon will be able to call each other with HD voice quality thanks to a partnership that will bring cross-carrier compatibility to each network's Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service. Currently, the higher quality HD voice benefits of VoLTE calls are limited to customers who are in a VoLTE network and who own a VoLTE compatible device where the calls are made...
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Droid Maxx soak test for Advanced Calling in the works
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Droid Maxx owners who have signed up for the Motorola Feedback Network have reported receiving an interesting email today. It seems that the Verizon-only handset is going to be undergoing a soak test for VoLTE in the very near future. This is pretty interesting news, as this would make the Droid Maxx only the fourth phone that takes advantage of Verizon's "Advanced Calling," their...
Can you hear me now?
Verizon starts sending out VoLTE update to some Androids
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Ahead of the iPhone 6 launch with support for VoLTE, Verizon Wireless has upgraded its network to support voice calls over its 4G LTE and XLTE network. Dubbed Advanced Calling 1.0, Verizon is now supporting HD Voice and Video Calling and the carrier is starting the roll out initially to the LG G2 and the Samsung Galaxy S5. With Advanced Calling 1.0, even though voice calls are routed...
EE to begin trials for calls over Wi-Fi
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UK mobile operator EE has today announced trials for calls to be held over Wi-Fi will commence later this year. The trial is part of a £275 million investment in advanced voice capabilities, helping connect more rural parts of the UK who don't have the strongest levels of signal with EE. Launching the trial later this year, EE has also upgraded both 2G and 3G sites to handle the...
Uncarrier
T-Mobile's Data-Strong expansion
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A big part of tonight's T-Mobile Uncarrier 5 announcement was about the new Wideband LTE network and the VoLTE expansion. Apart from all the funny dialog and fancy slides, CTO Neville Ray took the time to tell us exactly where we'll see these big changes. We've posted the lists from his announcement below. Wideband LTE (15+15MHz) is deployed in: Atlanta, GA Birmingham, AL Columbus...
AT&T switches on HD Voice in small test markets for a small phone
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The long road to nationwide HD Voice coverage has begun for AT&T. So long as you live in select areas of Illinois, Indiana, or Minnesota. And have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Yeah, they're starting small with this one. HD Voice is a hot buzzword for carriers these days, but so far their implementations have all varied in ways that have proven to be limited and incompatible. AT&...
Verizon's LTE network 'substantially complete' with 500th city
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Verizon this morning announced that the fine folks of Parkersburg, WVa., are the proud recipients of its 500th 4G LTE market, and that the rollout of its high-speed data is "substantially complete," blanketing 99 percent of its network. Verizon says more than 95 percent of the U.S. population — some 298 million people — have access to its LTE network. (Though obviously they're not all...
Verizon exec expects LTE-only phones in 2014, subsidies to decrease over time
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According to CFO Fran Shammo, Verizon will have LTE-only phones in the market by late 2014 and expects device subsidies to decrease in the next few years. Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2013 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Shammo explained that the move to LTE-only devices in late 2014 will help reduce the cost of smart phones. Presumably if a device doesn't require a CDMA...
Verizon Wireless CTO: Expect VoLTE "by the end of 2013"
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Verizon Wireless held a briefing today here in San Diego as part of MobileCON's day one festivities, citing the inroads it has made with its extensive LTE network. According to VZW CTO Nicola Palmer, Verizon's LTE footprint currently covers 75-percent Americans, and is scheduled to duplicate the 3G footprint by the end of 2013. At the end of September 2012, 35-percent of all of Verizon'...
MetroPCS turns on voice over LTE ahead of the big players
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MetroPCS has become the first operator to enable voice over LTE (VoLTE) service, with the LG Connect 4G in and around Dallas, Texas being the first handset to support it. MetroPCS was also the first carrier in the U.S. to offer LTE data services, ahead of the big names like Verizon and AT&T. Granted, the footprint is tiny and the user base is small, but it's still no easy feat to...
Voice over LTE reportedly launching in South Korea tomorrow on Samsung Galaxy S3
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South Korean carrier SK Telecom will reportedly tomorrow become one of the first in the world to offer a voice over LTE service. While bigger U.S. networks like Verizon are testing the technology, SK Telecom will introduce the "HD voice" service tomorrow and begin selling Samsung Galaxy S3 phones with the feature built in. An update for existing S3 owners on the network is said to be...