Vodafone rolls out VoLTE services in UP, plans to extend to other key cities

India's second largest telecom service provider Vodafone has rolled out its VoLTE services in several cities of Uttar Pradesh West circle, and the key cities are Meerut, Agra, Dehradun, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Haldwani & Moradabad.

With this launch, Vodafone is the first GSM service provider in the circle to enable VoLTE services, the company claims.

Vodafone SuperNet 4G customers can access VoLTE for no additional charges and all calls will be billed as per existing plan or pack benefits, thus experiencing the best from Vodafone's Data Strong Network.

"We have been making significant investments to expand, upgrade our network and to deploy new technologies, so as to ensure that we provide the finest service experience to our valued customers. We are delighted to inform that Vodafone is the first GSM service provider to launch VoLTE services in UP West circle beginning with Meerut, Agra, Dehradun, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Haldwani & Moradabad," Dilip Kumar Ganta, Business Head - UP West, Vodafone India.

He said, "These services will soon be extended to other key cities. Vodafone VoLTE is a big step towards further enhancing our customer experience and enabling our customers in UP West to explore newer possibilities with their smart devices."

The telco has recently launched its VoLte services Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharastra & Goa, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, UP East and will be extended across the country in a phased manner over the next few months.

How to use Vodafone VoLTE

1. Customers can access Vodafone VoLTE services on all VoLTE enabled devices. To check if you can enjoy Vodafone VoLTE on your handset, you can click on the link - www.vodafone.in/volte
2. Upgrade the mobile device's OS to the latest version
3. Ensure the device has a Vodafone 4G SIM
4. Customers with Dual-SIM handsets have to ensure that the Vodafone 4G SIM has been inserted in the data SIM slot/slot 1 and network mode has been set to "4G/3G/2G (Auto)".

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The company further said that Vodafone VoLTE will be available on all VoLTE devices like Oneplus 3, Oneplus 3T, Oneplus 5 Oneplus 5T, Honor View 10, 9i, 7X, 8 Pro, Honor 6X, Honor 9 Lite,Redmi 4, Mi Mix 2, Mi Max 2, Redmi Note4, Nokia 5, 8, 6, Samsung C9 Pro, Samsung J7 Nxt and M7Power.

The VoLte war has started in India and three of the popular telecom companies are already offering the same and now we can expect public sector utilities like BSNL and MTNL may come up with VoLte services soon.