Vodafone Australia has announced it plans to commence the rollout of VoLTE in December to offer advanced calling experience, including video calling. Vodafone will start offering the VoLTE service to its postpaid customers using select capable devices, initially the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge + and Note 5, before Christmas, it said.
The operator's existing customers will be able to receive the settings for the feature Over The Air (OTA) if they have a capable device or via a software upgrade of their smartphones.
Vodafone New Zealand expects the introduction of VoLTE to bring a number of improvements to its network, including enhanced spectral efficiency with 2.3 times more users per MHz and support for re-farming of spectrum from 3G to 4G for it to continue providing great data speeds as traffic grows. It also expects the number of customers with VoLTE-capable devices to increase rapidly over the next few years as more smartphone manufacturers incorporate the feature into new models.
Benoit Hanssen, Chief Technology Officer
VoLTE not only allows users to stay on 4G during a voice call, they can also multi-task by continuing to use 4G data services such as web browsing while making or receiving a call.
