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EE doubling UK 4G speed: 80Mbps peak in ten city summer trial

Chris Davies — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:45:27 +0000

4G carrier EE has announced plans to double the speed of its UK LTE network, taking peak downloads to as much as 80Mbps+ in ten locations by summer 2013. The “turbocharged 4G” trial – which, if successful, will see the network boost rolled out to all across EE’s service – should see an average download

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AT&T: Sorry T-Mo, we’ll offer iPhone 5 HD Voice this year too

Chris Davies — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:55:32 +0000

AT&T will enable HD Voice for the iPhone 5 later in 2013, slamming T-Mobile USA’s exclusive on the high-quality voice call system in the process, execs at the carrier have confirmed. News of the incipient tech turn-on came on Monday, with AT&T senior VP Kris Rinne revealing that the network sees HD Voice as “part

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE gets Jelly Bean plus VoLTE

Chris Davies — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:56:29 +0000

Samsung has begun pushing out Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE, the 4G-enabled version of its stylus-toting tablet, complete with simultaneous voice and data support over LTE. The new update - which will initially be pushed out across three South Korean carriers – adds VoLTE support to the tablet, in addition to the niceties the newer version of

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MetroPCS launches world’s first commercially available VoLTE smartphone

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:20:16 +0000

MetroPCS has announced that it is now offering for sale the world’s first commercially available voice over LTE service and compatible 4G LTE smartphone. The smartphone in question is the LG Connect 4G Android device, and it is available in select MetroPCS stores around the country. The wireless carrier says it will continue to roll

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MetroPCS VoLTE delayed

Chris Davies — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:05:51 +0000

MetroPCS has been forced to delay its launch of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) until the second half of this year, having missed its original target of a functioning service in Q1 2012. Ed Chao, senior vice president of engineering and network operations did not give any specific reasons for the postponement when he confirmed the slipped

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Verizon Voice-over LTE in two city trials, full 2013 US launch tipped

Chris Davies — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:49:22 +0000

Verizon is trialling Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) in two cities, with plans for a national roll-out of the 4G voice call support in early 2013, according to industry insiders. Northland Capital Markets analyst Catharine Trebnick spilled the roadmap in a note to investors, Lightreading reports, with the suggestion that a second, anonymous source had confirmed the timescale. Previously, Verizon had said

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