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Verizon Confirms That It Will No Longer Activate 3G Phones (Updated)

Kellen July 16, 2018 78

If you are holding onto an older 3G phone from Verizon, hoping that one day you'll activate it and re-live the glory days of tech life where we didn't stare at screens for 5-6 hours per day, it's time to give it up. Verizon is no longer activating 3G-only...

AT&T Says It has More Than 27 Million VoLTE Subscribers, Does Carrier-to-Carrier VoLTE Exchange

Kellen December 29, 2015 76

AT&T announced today that its voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) service is king, at least in terms of subscribers. According to their numbers, their VoLTE covers more than 295 million Americans, even if only 27 million of them are actual signed up for it, which is...

AT&T Launches Advanced Messaging and Video Calling

Kellen November 20, 2015 19

This morning, AT&T announced that it has added Advanced Messaging and Video Calling to its Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform. The new additions join Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), HD Voice, WiFi Calling, and NymberSync. With Advanced Messaging, users can...

Verizon: We Now Have Over 15 Phones With VoLTE, 1 Billion HD Voice Calls Placed

Kellen April 10, 2015 183

Verizon might not have been first to launch Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), but they are ready to talk about how awesome they think their version of the service is, especially with it being nationwide since late last year, while other carriers are still slowly rolling...

Tip: Simultaneous Voice and Data Now Works on Nexus 6 With Verizon

Kellen March 12, 2015 171

Now that Android 5.1 is out and Verizon is officially selling the Nexus 6, we thought we should revisit a pain point that early Nexus 6 adopters had while using the phone on Big Red's air waves - missing simultaneous voice and data. As it turns out, the 5.1...

Latest DROID Turbo Update Isn’t Lollipop After All, Just a VoLTE Fixer

Kellen February 22, 2015 87

Back in late January, Motorola issued soak test invites to DROID Turbo owners who were interested in testing out a new software update. At the time, we just assumed that it would be Android 5.0 "Lollipop," because well, the phone feels long overdue for its...

DROID MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini Receive Update With Advanced Calling 1.0 Fixes

Kellen January 14, 2015 34

The 2013 DROID family - MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini - is receiving an update today from Verizon to version 24.3.7. The update does one thing, so I hope it does it well. The only item listed on the changelog says that this update brings bug fixes and stability...

DROID Turbo Update Adds Advanced Calling 1.0, Verizon’s Version of VoLTE (Updated)

Kellen December 10, 2014 156

Update: It's confirmed. The soak toast began rolling out and Verizon posted the official changelog for build 21.44.8 - the update is for VoLTE and Advanced Calling 1.0. If you were hoping for Lollipop, continue hoping. You can find the full changelog below....