Telecom industry interesting news & developments

Been a long time since I wrote my last post, however having been involved with Voice Over LTE(VoLTE) with AT&T as well as reading news articles on how Verizon and T- Mobile have come out in this field decided to summarize the same little bit .... VoLTE:Quick Overview What is VoLTE: VoLTE as the name "Voice Over LTE" implies involves transmitting Voice over LTE Network. Background of Voice and Data currently in 3g and LTE : Currently in 3G and 4G LTE data is transmitted over a packet switched network in packets like in any IP based computer Network. However Voice is transmitted through circuit switched network. In LTE networks when a phone call arrives radio on device falls to 3g and voice goes through 3g circuit switched network . Concept of VoLTE: Like mentioned above VoLTE is Voice over LTE which explains the difference with 3g and LTE networks till now. On a device supporting VoLTE both voice and data is transmitted over packet switched network. VoLTE is teleco...