In the latest of a rash of VoLTE announcements,
French carrier Bouygues Telecom said it would start carrying the first
voice and video calls over LTE later this year with a view to commercial
launch of the service in 2015.
Bouygues talked up the benefits of the service such as HD (high
definition) voice, which is significantly clearer than conventional
voice, along with shorter call set-up times and enriched IP-based
communication services such as video calling.
Swedish vendor Ericsson has been selected to provide key components
of the IMS solution for VoLTE including the Multimedia Telephony
Application Server, Session Border Gateway, Home Subscriber Server and
User Profile Gateway, as well as software upgrades to the installed base
of Ericsson LTE radio access network and Ericsson Evolved Packet Core.
Ericsson has also been chosen to complete the IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) network integration in its multi-vendor environment and thereby
guarantee network reliability and service quality for Bouygues.
Jean-Paul Arzel, head of the networks division at Bouygues, said:
“Bouygues Telecom is proving the capabilities of its 4G/LTE network to
support the latest advanced technologies and services. Commercial
service roll-out is scheduled for 2015 and our network will be carrying
the first voice and video calls over LTE later this year.”
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