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First VoLTE call made on live LTE infrastructure

The IMTC says the first-ever VoLTE call has been made on a live LTE infrastructure

June 9, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver

The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) has completed what it says is the first ever voice over LTE (VoLTE) test on a live LTE infrastructure. The test, which took place at the SuperOp annual telecoms testing event in Hawaii, involved key industry players Ericsson, Huawei, Samsung, Intel Mobile and ST Ericsson, among others.

Tags; Ericsson, ETSI, Huawei, IMTC, Intel Mobile, MSF, Samsung, ST-Ericsson, SuperOp, VoLTE, LTE, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Test & Measurement, Vendor

Mobile standardization headache could stall the future

November 16, 2009 Written by Kris Szaniawski

Operator and vendor frustration with the European mobile standardization environment seems to be coming to a head.

Tags; ETSI, EU, standards, Europe, Networks, Opinion

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Features

Social spending

Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.

Tags; Social Networking, Content & Applications, Features, Money

The Magic Touch

Global sales of NFC-enabled handsets increased ten-fold in 2011

SIM-based NFC remains the holy grail of mobile payment for cellular operators. The NFC community has its sights set far wider than simple mobile financial services, but it is taking time for the technology to get to market.

Tags; NFC, Cloud, Features, M2M, Money