----- Original Message ----- > From: "Owen DeLong" <[email protected]>
> > TTBOMK, that isn't *quite* true, yet, Owen. > > > > The only US carrier with LTE deployed is VZW, and their only > > *handset* with LTE is the not-yet-quite-shipped HTC Thunderbolt... > > > That's the US market. We are, as usual, traditionally well behind the > rest of the world. > > > and it is my understanding that their first generation release of > > handsets will > > *not* be doing PSTN voice as VoIP over the LTE data connection; > > they'll be > > dual-mode handsets, using traditional (IS-95? IS-136?) CDMA voice on > > a > > separate RF deck. The two reasons I've heard have to do with battery > > life > > and the immaturity of the protocol stack or its implementations. > > > Sad. There are definitely LTE-data-only VOIP handsets in other > deployments. Of course. Silly me. :-) Cheers, -- jra
