Nearly 700,000 users in Shanghai already benefit from VoLTE technology
SHANGHAI – Nokia and China Mobile at Mobile World Congress Shanghai showcased an end-to-end voice-over-LTE optimization technology, which has already allowed the Chinese operator to rollout high-quality voice services over 4G in Shanghai.
Working with Shanghai...
The telco aims to launch VoLTE in 300 cities this year
SHANGHAI – China Mobile expects to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the end of this year, according to the operator’s president and CEO Li Yue, speaking during a keynote presentation at this week's...
IHS expects VoLTE subs to reach 310M by the end of 2016
The number of Voice-over LTE users worldwide is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020, according to research firm IHS, which said there were 185 million VoLTE users at the end of last year....
Sixty-five percent of network operators are doing more network testing now than they were a year ago, according to recent research commissioned by Amdocs.
The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, involved surveying around 80 network operators around the world. Nearly 70% of operators reported that...
KDDI customers set for access to Verizon VoLTE network this month, Verizon customers to be reciprocated capabilities later this year
Verizon Wireless customers may still lack formal nationwide voice-over-LTE roaming, but are expected to gain capabilities later this year when traveling to Japan.
Verizon Wireless and...
All four nationwide U.S. carriers now offer Wi-Fi calling, but not for all smartphones. AT&T Mobility, for example, only offers Wi-Fi calling on select versions of Apple's iPhone. Verizon Wireless lists 13 devices on its website that support Wi-Fi calling.
Carriers can use authentication, authorization...
A conversation about Wi-Fi Calling with Mark McDiarmid, VP of Radio Network Engineering and Development, T-Mobile US
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With over half of voice...
A conversation about Wi-Fi Calling with Christian Daigneault, CTO, Smartfren
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Smartfren is the first mobile operator in Indonesia to deploy LTE...
LTE-A set to bring 375 Mbps speeds to more cities in Germany
Vodafone Germany announced plans to roll out LTE-Advanced technology by the end of this year to around 50 cities across the country, supporting network speeds of up to 375 megabits per second. The...
A conversation with Mark Grayson, Distinguished Engineer, Office of Mobility CTO, Cisco about expanding wi-fi to enterprise
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VoLTE and VoWi-Fi will...
Despite the fact that voice does not boast the same traffic growth as data and accounts for less than 10% of mobile, it still plays a crucial role in mobile operators’ networks. In this webinar we review trends in the adoption and technology developments...
A conversation about voice quality with Al Balasco, Senior Director of Product Management, Radisys
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In our conversation with Al Balasco, Senior...
A conversation with Terry McCabe, CTO, Mobile Division, Mitel
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With VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling, the role and reach of voice is changing...
A conversation about voice testing with Robert Bichefsky, Senior Manager, and Jagdish Vadalia, Senior Manager, GL Communications
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In this conversation, we talked...
Here are five trends set to impact growth in the smart home M2M market in APAC through 2020.
The smart home machine-to-machine market in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) is set for fast-paced growth. Analysts firm Technavio forecasts the market will grow at a 41% compound annual growth rate...
VoWi-Fi and VoLTE news from APAC region
Singapore telecom operator M1 Limited said it launched the country’s first voice-over-Wi-Fi trial, bolstered by heterogeneous network technology. The service provides for voice calls using a handset’s native dialer and direct access to the device’s contacts list without...
A conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies about VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling
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In this conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran,...
Here are five smart home M2M trends that will impact growth in the smart home M2M market in APAC through 2020.
The smart home M2M market in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) is set for a fast-paced growth. Analysts firm Technavio forecasts that this market will grow...
Internet of Things VoLTE applications
Voice over LTE, or VoLTE, is in some ways the final frontier for LTE. Most voice calls still use 3G networks, but mobile operators are expected to transition more voice service to LTE in the years ahead. At the same...
Internet of Things VoLTE applications
Voice over LTE, or VoLTE, is in some ways the final frontier for LTE. Most voice calls still use 3G networks, but mobile operators are expected to transition more and more voice service to LTE in the years ahead....
A conversation about expanding voice and video with Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio Access Network and Device Design, AT&T
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Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio...
A conversation with Michael Campbell, Director of Service Assurance, EXFO
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Ensuring a good voice quality experience with VoLTE requires a robust...
A mobile network should draw lessons from cloud providers to adapt to new traffic, application and service demands that threaten to destabilize quality of experience, and limit opportunities for growth.
Although trends are emerging, MNOs are still unsure how applications (video, IoT, wearables, etc.) will impact...
Sequans claims LTE Cat-1 products are first to be certified for VoLTE support, look to bolster Verizon IoT strategy
Verizon Wireless continues to find value in its chipset partnership with Sequans Communications, with the carrier recently certifying the chipmaker’s Calliope LTE Cat-1 product to support...
