September 2012 Industry News

Focus on Voice over LTE…

Korea's SK Telecom Launches Commercial VoLTE Service #1

The Republic of Korea's SK Telecom launched commercial Voice over LTE service in August. The company said connections would be made in "less than 0.25 to 2.5 seconds" and feature voice quality 40% better than 3G. More...

Korea's SK Telecom Launches Commercial VoLTE Service #2

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Dallas Area Gets First VoLTE in U.S. from MetroPCS #1

MetroPCS sold its first VoLTE-compatible handset on August 7, officially launching the service in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This also made it the first commercial VoLTE network in the United States if not the world. The company is using rich communication services (RCS) rather than HD Voice. More...

Dallas Area Gets First VoLTE in U.S. from MetroPCS #2

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Manevir Systems Technology Used in MetroPCS VoLTE Launch

Manevir Systems of Texas says its mOne Convergence Platform was deployed as part of MetroPCS's VoLTE launch. More...

Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent Lead LTE Equipment Market

Spending on VoLTE equipment exceeded $200 million over the past year, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Total LTE equipment revenues have tripled in the past year according to the research firm, which places Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as the top two companies in the field. More...

VoLTE Subscriptions Predicted to Pass 100,000 This Year

A new report from Signals and Systems Telecom anticipates quick growth for VoLTE, with subscriptions expected to surpass 100,000 by the end of this calendar year. The report looks at the entire Voice Over Broadband market through 2016. More...

Sprint Handset to Offer HD Voice by End of 2012

The upcoming HTC EVO 4G LTE handset, due from Sprint by the end of the year, will include VoLTE capabilities, the company announced. But there is a major caveat: HD Voice will only be available when both parties on a call are using compatible phones. More...

LG Has Sold 5 Million LTE Smartphones #1

Korea's LG sold one million LTE handsets in July, bringing its worldwide total to 5 million. It currently has two phones on the market that support VoLTE. More...

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Ecrio Delivers VoLTE Test Kit

NTT DOCOMO has taken delivery on a test kit for IMS services, including VoLTE, from Ecrio, Inc. The IMS/VoLTE Test Kit includes a Test Server supporting SMS, VoLTE and RCS as well as Test Tools for analyzing and debugging SIP/IMS protocols, routing of media and signaling packets. More...

Anite Plans Ahead for VoLTE Testing

In an interview with Telecom Lead India, Anite director of handset testing Paul Beaver discusses the importance of VoLTE, the state of the market, and the company's solutions for VoLTE testing. The company has implemented an IP Multimedia Subsystem simulation rather than rely on third-party vendors. Beaver says it is still the "undoubtedly early days" for VoLTE and does not expect "a full-scale commercial service rolled out across multiple networks" until 2014 or later. More...

Lantiq Collaborating with D2 and Ecrio on VoLTE

Lantiq announced that it will offer integration and test support for VoLTE software to D2 Technologies and Ecrio Inc. The goal for the collaborations is faster deployment of wireless broadband-enabled home gateways. More...