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GSMA adopts work of One Voice Initiative and announces new membersFeb 15, 2010 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- The GSMA announced on Monday it has adopted the work of the One Voice Initiative to drive the global mobile industry towards a standard way of delivering voice and messaging services for Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The One Voice Initiative was a collaboration between AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and Sony Ericsson that used current open standards to define the minimum mandatory set of functionality for interoperable IMS-based voice and SMS over LTE. The GSMA's Voice over LTE (VoLTE) initiative has the backing of over 40 organisations from across the mobile ecosystem, including mobile operators, handset manufacturers and equipment vendors, who support the principle of a single, IMS-based voice solution for next-generation Mobile Broadband networks. The GSMA will also lead the development of the specifications that will enable interconnection and international roaming between LTE networks and will complete that work by Q1 2011. The organisation also announced that mobile operators China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless have gained membership to the GSMA following their commitment to deploy commercial services based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The CDMA operators plan to begin the commercial deployments of LTE as early as 2010. In addition, Qualcomm Inc (Nasdaq:QCOM) has joined the GSMA as an associate member and will work with the operators to aid the smooth integration of LTE with existing Mobile Broadband technologies. The GSM Association (GSMA) is a global trade association representing the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] |