Verizon does not have VoLTE rolled out at the moment, but it will be running on the same band as whatever they have deployed in your city/area.
Yes. All it is, is that the voice will now run on their LTE bands instead of CDMA (Or whatever they had before ). If it's Band 4 in one city it will run on that, whereas it can run on Band 13 in another city.So that means both the b4 and b13 networks?
Interesting. I wonder what this means in terms of voLTE availability to phones that may have only band 13 ( and no Verizon CDMA bands.) Does "open access" mean "open access to network and any technologies that may leverage this network?"
Do any of the current phones only run on one of those bands though?
I know Verizon was holding back on releasing devices that were LTE only because of that as well.
Probably about the same as it meant to analog phones - time to get a newer phone. They may give you a decent trade-in allowance if you're upgrading because your phone doesn't work in your city (and legally you can leave with no ETF, since they're no longer providing you with service you can use), but I don't think they're going to worry too much about it. (But "decent" to you may not be "decent" to them. They offered only $50 for the S60 (if I remember the model number correctly) - a phone that sold for much more than that before they scrapped their PTT plans. Which is why I still have both of mine, for whatever they're worth.)Interesting. I wonder what this means in terms of voLTE availability to phones that may have only band 13
Probably about the same as it meant to analog phones - time to get a newer phone.
Why? Such phones would not be obsolete by any means. Think of a cellular Nexus 7, but as a phone (i.e. therefore able to leverage voLTE.)
Yes. All it is, is that the voice will now run on their LTE bands instead of CDMA (Or whatever they had before ). If it's Band 4 in one city it will run on that, whereas it can run on Band 13 in another city.
On TMO, you basically need two things for voLTE: IMS, and IMEI whitelisting (i.e. TMO's permission to use voLTE.) If Verizon's implementation is also IMS based and the phone is capable--does "open access" usage on b13 extend to IMEI whitelisting for voLTE?
Band 13 is deployed everywhere. Certain towers were updated to support xlte, but I don't believe that there are any xlte only towers (no b13).
You would have to ask Verizon. But my guess would be that they would allow any compatible device, Verizon branded or not.
What's your take on this? Will b13-only phones be able to do voLTE? By b13-only I mean phones/IMEIs/ESNs that are not on the magical approved list, so their only "in" is b13?
Yeah, I guess we'll all find out. Given that voLTE is barely in testing right now, I can't imagine this has come up yet.
Off the top of your head, are you aware of any phones (on any platform) that have b13 but don't have Verizon appropriate CDMA?
Iphone on AT&T. The cdma component is disabled.Yeah, I guess we'll all find out. Given that voLTE is barely in testing right now, I can't imagine this has come up yet.
Off the top of your head, are you aware of any phones (on any platform) that have b13 but don't have Verizon appropriate CDMA?
I think you're right, but I meant one(s) being used on Verizon. Sorry, I should have been clearer.Iphone on AT&T. The cdma component is disabled.
Nexus 7 LTE. I believe they will activate it now. No cdma component.I think you're right, but I meant one(s) being used on Verizon. Sorry, I should have been clearer.