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Re: Verizon iPhone and uVerse competitiveness Just because it has LTE doesn't mean it will work completely with Verizon. LTE is data-only, which means Verizon will continue to use CDMA for voice and AT&T will continue to use GSM/UMTS for voice, until a VoIP over LTE standard can be ratified and implemented. |
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 jgkoltPremium
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Lakewood, OH | Regardless on the underlying technology used for voice the device logically makes sense for verizon to launch with the LTE network officially or to bring on a popular phone to strengthen offering for LTE on vzw.
Interesting note though about voice over LTE. |
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said by ravensfan55: LTE is data-only, which means Verizon will continue to use CDMA for voice and AT&T will continue to use GSM/UMTS for voice, until a VoIP over LTE standard can be ratified and implemented. They're working on the VoIP over LTE standard right now. By the time VZW rolls out LTE, they'll likely be using VoIP.
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| T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom is currently the only operator supporting Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA). Every other operator going to deploy LTE appears to be expecting to use circuit switched fallback on their existing 2G/3G networks for voice and SMS/MMS, and of course data as well, where LTE isn't deployed.
This is hardly ideal for a number of reasons: CS fallback is only a short term fix, operators would rather offer VoIP from the get go of LTE launch, and operators want to begin reducing load and investments in old networks as they build out a new one.
The reason this is happening is because IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), won't be fully ready for primetime for some years to come. Light Reading has covered this issue pretty well. |
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