Verizon to Support Simultaneous Voice and Data Transmission?
We have been told that when the mythical Verizon iPhone materializes, assuming it's not a LTE unit, it might launch with VoRA; Voice over Rev. A. According to our source, Verizon has been testing VoRA as a precursor to VoLTE, and as long as the network upgrade timeline and iPhone release are aligned, we should see this happen.
Implementations of the CDMA2000 standard currently used by many carriers around the world, including Verizon, do not support simultaneous voice and data, a drawback viewed by many as significant in comparison to the UMTS standard employed by AT&T and all other current iPhone carriers.Top Rated Comments
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23 months ago
If this happens, I will leave AT&T whether or not Apple has a Verizon iPhone or not.
23 months ago
Thought that only applied to EDGE/GPRS? If you are on 3G, you can receive phone calls while surfing the net right?
23 months ago
Thought that only applied to EDGE/GPRS? If you are on 3G, you can receive phone calls while surfing the net right?
That's for GSM. No current Verizon 3G phones can do voice and data at the same time. Their current network setup isn't capable.
23 months ago
Verizon costs way to much.
In my city, they aren't any better than AT&T. Just did carrier testing for work.
Verizon customer service, whom I have to call everyday for work, blows.
No SIM cards.
I'll stick with AT&T. Maybe jump to T-Mobile if they get an iPhone down the road. Which will probably be the same time, if not sooner than Verizon due to SIM cards.
In my city, they aren't any better than AT&T. Just did carrier testing for work.
Verizon customer service, whom I have to call everyday for work, blows.
No SIM cards.
I'll stick with AT&T. Maybe jump to T-Mobile if they get an iPhone down the road. Which will probably be the same time, if not sooner than Verizon due to SIM cards.
23 months ago
This is all the more proof that Verizon is getting the iPhone at some point in time. Can't wait for AT&T to plumit!
23 months ago
That's for GSM. No current Verizon 3G phones can do voice and data at the same time. Their current network setup isn't capable.
Close, the network can, it's the handsets that can't.
23 months ago
Why is it important that voice and data be performed simultaneously? I have never come across a time in which I "needed" both.
23 months ago
Close, the network can, it's the handsets that can't.
I believe there's actually a SV-DO chip that's ready to ship. It's just looking for a handset.The existence of this technology does not prove that the iPhone is coming to Verizon in the near future.
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