mike28

Metro is working toward Volte advancement as well
MetroPCS: We'll launch VoLTE in all LTE markets in 4-6 months - FierceWireless

Flat-rate player MetroPCS (NYSE:PCS) said it will take four to six months before it launches Voice over LTE service in all 14 of its LTE markets as it works through the technical challenges of deploying VoLTE technology.

MetroPCS launched VoLTE service first in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market, and the carrier wants to use VoLTE as a way to refarm the spectrum it uses for CMDA service for LTE. Mavenir, Acme Packet, Amdocs, Genband, Hewlett-Packard and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) have been among the vendors MetroPCS has worked with to deploy VoLTE.

"There are a number of changes that need to be made in base station optimization in Dallas," CEO Roger Linquist said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference. "This is not your grandfather's Buick. This is a different animal." He said the transition to VoLTE is obviously possible but does take time, and that VoLTE customers in Dallas were experiencing better call quality than on CDMA.



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THE W

voLTE coming this spring..cool.

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mike28

Yeah also all phones that are not VoLTE now will upgradable kind of like an ota thing that's nice that means our s3 will be upgraded to volte

PRkid

Metro is on a roll! I'm glad I stuck with the underdog.

Speeds03

Lets hope they keep their promises.

mike28

So far they have this year last year it was full of false promises this year they have turn things around

Jeyd02

I hope they really include the esteem as it supposedly is one of their LTE handset

mike28

Yes don't know if you remember but the esteem was suppose to be volte ready so yeah I will say the esteem will receive an ota update to volte

Jeyd02

I remember , because they tested with the revolution but I really hope they do it with every single VoLTE capable phone. I'm saying this because sometimes they have tendency of ignoring some dev support.

Joshuah22a

MetroPCS: We'll launch VoLTE in all LTE markets in 4-6 months - FierceWireless

THE W

sure is

Volte news!

(mod note from Early - threads merged )

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mike28

Nice to see Metro on bgr.com they rarely make it on this website
MetroPCS: VoLTE service coming to all LTE market in 4 to 6 months