VoLTE

The telcos tested VoLTE roaming between Japan to Hong Kong Mobile operator 3 Hong Kong has completed a bilateral international voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) roaming trial with Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo. …

AT&T VoLTE service available to 295M pops, supporting more than 27M AT&T Mobility claims its voice-over-LTE service was now available across nearly its entire LTE network, with the IP-based voice …

Huawei ‘4.5G’ tests with STC, Zain both clear 1 Gbps Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei together with Saudi Telecom Company claimed to have successfully demonstrated its so-called “4.5G” technology achieving …

Ericsson and Russian telco MTS have partnered to trial 5G mobile network during global event Russian mobile network operator Mobile TeleSystems and Swedish vendor Ericsson signed a cooperation agreement on the …

China Mobile plans to deploy 300,000 base stations next year, expand VoLTE, carrier aggregation The world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile aims to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the …

If there is one technology that could be considered a wild card in 2016, it’s voice over LTE, with an undercard from voice over Wi-Fi. Mobile carriers and vendors have …

Verizon Wireless is rolling out Wi-Fi calling to some of its customers via a software update this week on two devices. The software update to Verizon’s Advanced Calling 1.0 Voice over …

RCR Wireless News talks with experts across the mobile ecosystem on key trends for the upcoming year, including the impact of new architectures and emerging technologies on networks and the …

The transaction is expected to be completed in Q1 2016 Shareholders of Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia approved the proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of French-based supplier Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia has obtained all …

Voice-over-LTE trial to initially involve 5,000 subscribers French operator Bouygues Telecom launched a pilot voice-over-LTE service, the company said in a statement; the move makes the telco the first operator in …

LTE continues to evolve and present new challenges and opportunities, even as the industry begins to chase “5G” dreams. At last week’s LTE North America event, both the current state …

U.S. carriers serve hundreds of locations that could get better coverage or more capacity from a small cell, but the benefits of adding the technology do not always justify the …

AT&T VoLTE video calling, RCS messaging support limited to just a pair of Samsung devices UPDATED: Story updated to clarify billing for Advanced Messaging service. AT&T Mobility over the weekend …

DALLAS – Signaling is overhead in networks, and signaling challenges in LTE are ramping up as the networks serve more customers and support services such as voice over LTE, according to …

The Spanish-based telecom will focus on E2E customer experience HONG KONG – Within the next five years, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica will focus its efforts on the development of mobile …

Telecom operators have been busy in recent years throwing out diverse rate plans in order to entice increasingly fickle consumers and outmaneuver their rivals. These moves have put tremendous stress …

Tele2 looks to reach nationwide LTE coverage by Q1 2016 Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 launched LTE service in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement. Tele2 Netherlands said its …

Orange has started to deploy an ‘Internet of Things’ national network in France HONG KONG – French telecom operator Orange expects to invest 15 billion euros ($16.3 billion) between 2015 …

Vendor said operators need to focus on user experience to compete with OTT players HONG KONG – In a keynote speech at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Ryan Ding, president …

CellSpot 4G LTE device provides on-demand coverage for T-Mobile US customers In the latest of its Un-carrier amped marketing events, T-Mobile US today announced the 4G LTE CellSpot, which the company …

Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting down voice or data access for …

LTE has been one of the mobile industry’s most rapidly adopted mobile technologies, with deployments coming particularly quickly in the U.S. Voice over LTE, however, has been a comparatively tough …

WASHINGTON – Wi-Fi over the last few years has gone from being something hotels say they have that doesn’t quite work right – but costs a lot – to a …

Google’s recent acquisition of Jibe Mobile is an exciting move in the evolution of rich communications services and promises to be a real step forward in the battle for mobile …