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Ericsson to Enhance Data, VoLTE and RCS for MetroPCS LTE Network

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Ericsson MINI-LINK

U.S. carrier MetroPCS has selected Ericsson as the supplier of equipment and services to transform its distributed nationwide Evolved Packet Core network. The transformation will enhance key services including high-speed data, voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Rich Communication Services for MetroPCS customers across the United States.

D2 Technologies and BroadSoft Successfully Complete VoLTE Interoperability Testing

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Santa Barbara, CA – February 27, 2013 – D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, and BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSFT) today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing for comprehensive Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and IMS MMTEL services over a single platform.

D2 Technologies’ vPort 4G+ Software to Provide VoLTE for NVIDIA LTE Modems

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Santa Barbara, CA – February 25, 2013 — D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, today announced its IR.92 VoLTE software will be used to enable carrier-grade Voice- and SMS-over-LTE capability on the NVIDIA Icera family of LTE multimedia data modem chipsets for mobile devices. <

Aricent Enhances its LTE Portfolio by Adding End-to-End VoLTE Capabilities

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ & MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona – February 25, 2013 – The Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology services company, today announced the addition of end-to-end VoLTE capabilities to its comprehensive LTE offering comprising of IMS Client Application, eNodeB, EPC, and IMS Servers.

Marvell’s Quad-core LTE Platform Will be In Production this Year with Dual Radio Dual Standby and Circuit Switch Fall Back

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Santa Clara, California (February 20, 2013) – Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the availability of LTE TDD/FDD capability on its quad-core world-mode platform, which is designed to provide high performance, low-power mobile computing; support for all global 3G and 4G broadband standards, enabling seamless global roaming; and the latest

Telefónica Announces Multivendor VoLTE to 3G Handover Tests

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Telefonica

Telefónica has demonstrated transfer of voice calls from a LTE network to a 3G mobile network seamlessly and without interruption. According to operator, this handover was achieved in Germany in a test laboratory environment that accurately simulates that of a real mobile network.

Mavenir launches European LTE Centre of Excellence to support recent VoLTE/RCS wins in Europe

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Richardson, TX and Cologne, Germany – January 29, 2013 – Mavenir Systems, a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, today announced that it has launched a European VoLTE/RCS Centre of Excellence in Cologne, Germany.

LTE, Telephony and Battery Life

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In recent media, much attention has been paid to the battery life of VoLTE enabled LTE phones in comparison to existing 2G and 3G circuit switched telephony. This ST Ericsson white paper aims to address the confusion and uncertainty around the topic and demonstrate the true potential of VoLTE.  

Tele2 Tests VoLTE in Live LTE Network

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Tele2

Tele2 has tested voice over LTE (VoLTE) in the live Swedish Tele2 LTE network. During the tests, Operator found much better voice experience in the IP based LTE network compared to 2G and 3G networks.

RCS VoLTE Interoperability Event 2012: Multivendor testing in global RCS/VoLTE Networks

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This white paper provides a summary of the RCS (Rich Communications Suite) VoLTE (Voice over LTE) Interoperability event 2012 which took place from September 24th – October 12th 2012. The event was jointly organised by the Multi‐Service Forum (MSF), European Telecoms Standards Institute (ETSI) and the GSM Association (GSMA).