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Old 27-07-2016, 12:35
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Did I miss something? I just made a call from a Vodafone account to a Virgin Mobile account and HD voice was enabled on the call. Does anybody know when this started? Apologies if this is old news and I just missed it. It's just the first time I've noticed it today!

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Old 27-07-2016, 21:11
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Did I miss something? I just made a call from a Vodafone account to a Virgin Mobile account and HD voice was enabled on the call. Does anybody know when this started? Apologies if this is old news and I just missed it. It's just the first time I've noticed it today!

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I hope this is the case for EE too! Long overdue if this is happening, last I knew was still same network only.
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Old 27-07-2016, 21:15
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How do you know you're using HD Voice except the quality of the call.
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Old 27-07-2016, 21:36
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How do you know you're using HD Voice except the quality of the call.
Well, the quality difference makes it obvious, so it's academic ?

I've only been aware of high quality calls EE to EE, had a few today, but never ( yet) had a cross network one ( except EE to MVNO Virgin)
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Old 27-07-2016, 22:35
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In the USA for example, the phone app shows HD. I think the UK networks should do this too.
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Old 28-07-2016, 09:01
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In the USA for example, the phone app shows HD. I think the UK networks should do this too.
Phone App ?
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Old 28-07-2016, 10:53
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In the USA for example, the phone app shows HD. I think the UK networks should do this too.
My EE S6 used to do this, on the rare occasions it had enough signal to make a phone call...
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Old 28-07-2016, 10:55
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The dialler, I think, i.e. the app with the phone handset icon

In the US though, isn't the term 'HD voice' often used to describe a network's VOLTE service?
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Old 28-07-2016, 11:07
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I knew it was mentioned about 18 months ago but it all went quiet...
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Old 28-07-2016, 12:13
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Will we ever get HD voice on mobile to landline calls?
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Old 28-07-2016, 12:20
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Will we ever get HD voice on mobile to landline calls?
No, because the POTS landline system uses a fixed low bandwidth.
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Old 28-07-2016, 12:36
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Pretty sure I just had a cross network HD call here from EE to Vodafone.

Is this confirmed as now live nationwide?
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Old 28-07-2016, 13:24
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In the USA for example, the phone app shows HD. I think the UK networks should do this too.
I'm not sure the phone is able to distinguish whether or not the phonecall is connected through HD voice to the other end. The phone will be able to detect what codec it is sending/receiving, but won't be able to tell whether or not it has been decompressed at the network level.

My Three G4 shows a HD calling icon against all contacts when it's on 4G, but obviously the phonecall would only be HD if I were ringing another contact on Three.
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Old 28-07-2016, 13:37
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Just tried an EE to Voda call on compatible devices and I'm not 100% sure it was HD voice...
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Old 28-07-2016, 14:01
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Just tried an EE to Voda call on compatible devices and I'm not 100% sure it was HD voice...
If you're not sure, then it probably wasn't HD. The difference is VERY noticeable.
Also, my BB only shows the HD icon when it really is HD, not just on all 4g calls.
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Old 28-07-2016, 14:07
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If you're not sure, then it probably wasn't HD. The difference is VERY noticeable.
Also, my BB only shows the HD icon when it really is HD, not just on all 4g calls.
I'm 99.9% sure it was. I had a HD call this morning EE to EE and it sounded the same.
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Old 28-07-2016, 20:12
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Just tried an EE to Voda call on compatible devices and I'm not 100% sure it was HD voice...
I have a work vodafone iPhone 6 and a personal EE iPhone 6s, and I'm in good 3G and good 4G coverage on both.

No sign of HD calling between the two networks. Sounds like good quality standard GSM voice as we've had on Orange and T-Mobile for years.

Maybe Vodafone have stopped using the half rate codec in some areas?
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Old 28-07-2016, 20:39
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I'm on Three.
My mum switched to Three two months ago and the call quality was excellent on every call.
She's now switched again, this time to O2, and calls have reverted to normal 'SD' voice.

The difference is very obvious. Wish she was still on Three but her NHS O2 Open discount means it's much cheaper for her to go with O2 than any other network.

(I'd never go with O2 personally. O2's 3G network compared to MBNL's 3G network here in south Wales is truly awful.)
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Old 28-07-2016, 21:22
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I made a Vodafone 4G to an EE 4G call this evening and the quality was amazing. The last time I had a call that good was a 3 to 3 HD voice call about a year ago.
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Old 28-07-2016, 21:35
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Made a Vodafone call to EE number and it was definitely in HD, it has that sharpness to it that goes right through me. Tested on S7 and iPhone 6S, it worked borth ways too.
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Old 28-07-2016, 21:50
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This would be excellent if this is happening. I know that on the same network (Virgin to Virgin, or EE to Virgin) the call quality is very high when on 3G, but haven't tested cross network. Would be excellent if it is implemented though.

Now all they have to do is implement HD Voice on 2G as well and everything will be perfect!
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Old 29-07-2016, 00:10
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This would be excellent if this is happening. I know that on the same network (Virgin to Virgin, or EE to Virgin) the call quality is very high when on 3G, but haven't tested cross network. Would be excellent if it is implemented though.

Now all they have to do is implement HD Voice on 2G as well and everything will be perfect!
They don't have to implement it and they won't either.
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Old 29-07-2016, 00:42
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Good to hear others are confirming this now. Hope the other networks will join the cross-network offering soon!

The call was definitely HD Voice when I started it, as I asked the person I was calling if they had a 3G signal and they did. Half way through the call the quality totally dropped and yes, their phone had dropped to a 2G signal (mine was still on 3G).

I have heard HD Voice on Three to Three and EE to EE calls before now, so I totally know the difference

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Old 29-07-2016, 14:31
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Having done some testing between my iPhone on EE and a Vodafone SIM on my Nexus 5 whilst recording the call data with QXDM from the Nexus, it appears that when a call goes through EE's IMS core (VoLTE or Wifi Calling) it isn't HD voice to Vodafone but only when I dropped my iPhone manually down to 3G did the call become HD Voice / AMR-WB 12.65Kbps.

EE on Wifi Calling first then I went to VoLTE over 2600 then 3G @ 2100 (obviously). Vodafone CSFBed down from 4G @ 800 to 3G900 (2938 ARFCN)
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Old 29-07-2016, 17:27
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