GSA has identified a total of 273 operators that are investing in VoLTE in 120 countries/territories), including 224 operators with commercially launched VoLTE-HD voice service in 104 countries/territories.
Since the last report in March 2020, launches have been announced or identified by GSA in the following countries/territories for the first time: Latvia, Tokelau and Gibraltar.
At least 19 other operators are known to be deploying VoLTE and 30 other operators are known to be planning VoLTE or are testing/trialling the technology.VoLTE devices
There are 2983 devices in GSA’s GAMBoD database which support VoLTE technology, of which just over 82% are phones. By end September 2020, GSA had identified 81 commercially launched 5G devices supporting VoLTE (and another 42 pre-commercial 5G devices announced with VoLTE support).
There continues to be an increase in the proportion of non-phone VoLTE-capable devices such as routers and modules. GSA has identified 319 modules and 73 routers/CPE devices that support VoLTE. Other types of device which support VoLTE include asset trackers, fixed-wireless terminals (VoLTE-enabled wireless desktop phones), cameras, Mifi/hotspots, tablet PCs, femtocells, smart watches and USB modems. The total count of devices supporting VoLTE is 360 higher than in March 2020 (a rise of 14% in six months).