Yettel Hungary has launched its free Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) service for residential customers, starting this month. The service serves as an extension of Yettel's mobile network in indoor settings.
The possibility of high-quality voice calls and SMS messages is now available in buildings and interior rooms where the outdoor mobile signal is already weak or does not reach users.
Yettel's VoWiFi connects to the local WiFi network as the first step, and from there it connects to the service provider's mobile network, thereby significantly increasing indoor network coverage. When the service was launched in March, it was initially available to business customers only.
To use the service, customers have to send a free SMS with the keyword "VOWIFI" to the phone number 1744, which activates the service on the network side. Alternatively, the service can be activated on a VoWiFi-capable mobile after a quick menu setting.
György Koller, Technical Deputy General Manager, Yettel
We are in the midst of a network development investment worth tens of billions of forints, which not only increased the capacity of the nationally available 4G network to 2-3x the previous one, but also paved the way for the spread of 5G, which we currently provide to our customers on more than 700 base stations. Thanks to this comprehensive modernization, in addition to increasingly advanced mobile internet access, we can also offer new capabilities to our customers, so the VoWiFi service can now be enjoyed by all our business and residential subscribers.
