Verizon’s VoLTE, HD voice era to start in the ‘coming weeks’

August 26, 2014

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verizon_VoLTE_calling_app It looks like Verizon is ready to flip the switch on its VoLTE (voice over LTE) and HD voice services. According to Big Red, the initial rollout will take place in “the coming weeks.”

The good news is that it will be nationwide instead of only a few select areas like their competitors. However, it will be limited to select devices and customers will have to opt-in to use the service. VoLTE will work wherever this is LTE-data coverage.

Customers will also get a new video calling service along with VoLTE, which can be initiated during any VoLTE voice call.

Verizon is also launching its HD voice service, but again, will be limited to specific handsets. They decided to go with the 13kbps codec as opposed to something like 24kbps which T-Mobile uses. Verizon thinks anything higher would be an overkill.

source: TheVerge

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

2 comments

Brandon Franklin says:

August 26, 2014 at 1:49 PM

So is this good or bad for Verizon customers?

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Zeus says:

August 26, 2014 at 12:52 PM

Will this be using our precious data and boost our limits or will it be separate, such as back when there were talk/text limits, verizon calls/texts would be free?

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