Kineto Wireless today announced new software for its access gateway that supports voice and SMS services over LTE networks using the VoLGA Forum’s specification. Since LTE is a pure IP technology, traditional voice and SMS services must be implemented over the packet network. The VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) protocol enables LTE operators, like

Ericsson has dropped its support for the VoLGA Forum, which promotes Voice over LTE via Generic Access, as an interim solution to providing voice and SMS services for LTE networks. Erik Ekudden, Ericsson's vice president of technology and industry said "there are no signs that it will be strongly supported" by mobile operators. Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom and Kineto continue to...

Kineto Wireless, which supplies solutions that enable the delivery of mobile services over broadband, has unveiled an access gateway solution which supports the VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) Forum's specification for extending voice and SMS services over LTE...

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and several major international carriers and vendors threw their support behind an IMS-based approach to delivering voice and SMS services over LTE networks. The level of operator support--the approach also is supported by Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera and Vodafone--sits in sharp contrast to another approach, called Voice over LTE via Generic Access, or VoLGA,...

The debate over how voice and SMS services should be transmitted over LTE networks could harm the LTE ecosystem if the issue is not resolved soon, according to new research by Frost & Sullivan. The research firm examined the competing proposals, including Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA), Nokia Siemens Networks' Fast Track solution and the One Voice IMS-based approach. T...

Section: Business News, Communications, Email / IM, VoIP, Mobile, Computers, Software / Applications, Web, Web 2.0, Websites, Online Music/Video When word broke that eBay was considering selling Skype, Google was the first company to come to mind for many.  Google Voice would be a great fit with the VoIP enabled Skype and hopes became high for a nifty solution and good home for the unit, but ...

The Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum has published the first complete set of approved specifications for delivering mobile voice and SMS messaging services over LTE access networks.

A series of leading companies from the telecommunications industry have recently announced that they managed to define a preferred manner in which voice and SMS services on Long Time Evolution (LTE) should be easily introduced on upcoming networks all around the world. Industry leaders developed a technical profile for LTE voice and SMS services, which is known as the One Voice initiative.The new,...

Major wireless carriers and handset makers reach agreement on the technical profile of voice and SMS services over Long-Term Evolution networks.

This is the Nokia concept phone known as the Orion that could put the PSP and DS out of business. Actually, that probably isnt the plan, but you have to admit that gaming on mobile phones is about as good as playing the Atari 2600. Not that it isnt fun, but if gaming