Verizon Rolls Out VoLTE with Advanced Calling 1.0

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	Verizon Rolls Out VoLTE with Advanced Calling 1.0 Verizon Wireless recently announced that it has enabled VoLTE (Voice over LTE) for its wireless subscribers with the introduction Advanced Calling 1.0. The VoLTE service is available across its nationwide network on select smartphones.Advanced Calling 1.0 supports both HD Voice and Video Calling, and the two options are integrated with 4G LTE-compatible smartphones. For example, the contact list on the phone also shows a video camera icon next to the name, displaying who can receive a video call, and a tap or two on the phone starts the call so users can speak to friends and family face-to-face. Video calls can also be switched to a voice-only call with a tap on the phone.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: PC Connection Need to justify a storage refresh? Get SMART, get started. Storage modernization unlocks the full potential of your data center. It increases storage capacity, boosts performance, and reduces costs per gigabyte. Click to continue In this Issue Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 'Google Maps case' With iPhone 6 VoLTE, Apple leads by following Android once again End of an era: Microsoft shuts down research lab, TwC WHITE PAPER: Instart Logic A New, Better Approach for Web Experiences across Devices For media and entertainment companies intent on delivering high definition web experiences across all devices, web performance can make or break their engagement levels. Learn more>> Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 'Google Maps case' Ex-Cisco engineer Brad Cooper, whose first-degree murder conviction for the 2008 strangulation slaying of his wife Nancy was overturned last year based on disputed Google Maps-related evidence, today pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.According to North Carolina media reports, Cooper will be sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison and has agreed to allow the adoption of his two young daughters by Nancy Cooper’s sister. Whether the sentence includes time served was not clear.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Unify Five Reasons to Think Again about UC If unified communications is on your mind, you're probably looking for ways to leverage your current technology investment, flexible deployment options, global support capabilities, a vendor with a clear market vision, and expert advice. Look no further. Click here to learn how Unify can address all of your UC needs. Learn More With iPhone 6 VoLTE, Apple leads by following Android once again Social media and AT&T and Verizon’s mobile ads would lead one to believe Apple invented Voice over LTE (VoLTE.) In reality, it’s the first Apple device consumers can use to both make phone calls and use the internet at fast 4G LTE speeds. The iPhone 5s and 5c and earlier iPhones couldn’t do this on Verizon and Sprint wireless networks, and only on AT&T's network by falling back to dreadfully slow 3G speeds.Android users have long enjoyed simultaneous voice calls and the 4G internet because most Android smartphones have two chips and two antennas, one for the 4G mobile data network and the other for the old GSM/UMTS and CDMA2000 mobile voice networks. Now consumers using the iPhone 6 and Android smartphones equipped with VoLTE capability can make high-definition VoLTE calls and use the fast 4G LTE internet too.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. How to Manage Performance at Each Application Layer Learn how a Unified Service Delivery Management strategy enables IT to efficiently address performance management challenges associated with services spanning both a single tier and multiple tiers of servers, and carried over diverse network tiers. Learn More End of an era: Microsoft shuts down research lab, TwC The shakeups continue at Microsoft, with its Silicon Valley research office being shut down and the Trustworthy Computing group disbanded and its work sent to other groups.The Silicon Valley research group, in Mountain View, was part of a bigger overall campus that includes Microsoft's Mac development team, Xbox developers, Skype and several other groups. All told, Microsoft said there are about 50 research employees in that office that will be offered jobs elsewhere in the company.I visited that office more than once to cover events for another publication. It's a really nice campus. At my last visit for TechFair in 2010, I saw things like real-time language translation, sharing data directly between smartphones, and advanced filtering for Bing.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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