First LTE-only phones will reach Verizon in 2016

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First LTE-only phones will reach Verizon in 2016

<img src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/...This TV Show is available upon demand...This means if you want the download link for this show, you should  reply here and we will reply  for you the download link ASAP...So please if you want to download this please don't hesitate reply here and we will be more than happy to post it for you..../newsimg/14/08/verizon-lte-only/thumb.jpg" width="70" height="92" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>At an investor conference today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told the audience that the first phones to rely solely on the carrier's 4G LTE network for making voice calls are due to arrive in the first half of 2016.

Before that, Verizon is getting ready to switch on Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) functionality towards the end of this year.

This will allow calls to use the high-speed technology, which right now only supports data traffic. However, VoLTE-capable devices will still be able to connect to Big Red's 3G network for both calls and data.

That's all going to change in 2016, when the first 4G-only handsets will become available. This doesn't, however, mean that the company is planning on turning off its 3G network then. It hasn't announced plans for anything like that yet. But starting in a couple of years phones sold by Verizon will require one less radio to be fitted in them, which may or may not make them cheaper - that remains to be seen.

Verizon is taking this long to release 4G-only devices in order to ensure that the voice calls delivered over the LTE network are of the same quality (if not better) than those that use its 3G CDMA-based...</p>

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