LTE Vs VoLTE : Difference between LTE and VoLTE?

  

The full form of LTE is 'Long Term Evolution'.  Generally LTE is also called 4G.  Airtel launched the first LTE network service in India in 2012.  

The full form of VoLTE is 'Voice over Long Term Evolution'. It also supports 4G networks.  

In VoLTE, you can also enjoy data connectivity while making calls. Reliance Jio introduced the first VoLTE service in India.

What is the difference between LTE and VoLTE?

At present, the whole world is living in the era of information technology revolution.  The total internet users in the world are 4.57 billion by 2020.  

China has the largest number of internet users at 85 crore, while India has 56 crore internet users and is followed by USA with 31 crore internet users.

As we know that most countries of the world have internet available at the speed of 4G, which is also known as LTE in their country.  

But there is another word VoLTE which confuses many people.  So in this article we have published the differences between these two key words.

But before explaining the difference between LTE and VoLTE, we need to understand the meaning of both words separately.

What is LTE?

The full form of LTE is 'Long Term Evolution'.  Generally LTE is also called 4G.  During this service, internet runs at 4G speed in your smartphone. In this network you can enjoy internet with high speed bandwidth.

However, the drawback of this network is that if you are using it on your smartphone and someone calls on your number, then the internet connectivity stops. 

But this problem has been solved by VoLTE connectivity.  Airtel launched the first LTE network service in India in the year 2012.

What is VoLTE?

The full form of VoLTE is 'Voice over long term evolution'.  It also supports 4G networks.  Like LTE, you can also enjoy high speed internet in it.

This network has solved an LTE problem.  In this network you can enjoy high speed internet service, even if you get someone's call on your phone during internet usage, your internet connection will not be interrupted. 

Reliance Jio launched a full-fledged VoLTE service in India in 2016.

Thus VoLTE is capable of managing and improving high-speed voice and data services, especially on 4G, LTE networks.

Difference between LTE and VoLTE:-

LTE	VoLTE
1. Its full form is 'Long Term Evolution'.	1. Its full form 'Voice over Long Term Evolution'.
2. Users have to have an external software such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype etc. to make video calls on LTE network.	2.  Its users do not need to install a separate external software to make a video call, just a phone number is required.
3. It may or may not support voice calls and data services simultaneously.	3. It supports voice call and data services simultaneously.
4. It only works to increase data speed over 4G bandwidth.	4.It works to run both internet data and voice calling simultaneously without affecting each other.
5. इसमें 3G It takes about 7 seconds to connect the call over 3G network.	5.It only adds users in one or two seconds if both users are on the VoLTE network.
6. Airtel started it in India.	6. It was started in India by Reliance Jio.
7. It was launched in 2012.	7. It was started in 2016.

LTE is the next generation of mobile technology that provides high speed data transfer.  

The term 4G is synonymous with LTE which is capable of providing download speeds of up to 100 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 50 Mbps.

Thus the above interpretation shows that VoLTE is much better than LTE in terms of internet speed, connectivity, battery life and call set-up etc.

I hope that after reading this article you will have understood the difference between LTE and VoLTE. This topic is very important for UPSC and State PSC Main Examination.