Verizon Wireless today said its prepaid subscribers will have access to VoLTE services, including HD Voice and video calls, starting September 25.
Prepaid customers will need to add HD Voice to their account before they can make HD calls, but the add-on will be free. Calls are routed over Verizon’s LTE data network rather than Verizon’s legacy voice network.
HD Voice supports six-way conference calls, one- or two-way video calls, and WiFi calling. Of course, both the handset making the call and the handset receiving the call need to have the feature enabled and must be connected via LTE for HD Voice to work properly.
Verizon said its prepaid customers HD Voice is available to more than two dozen newer iOS and Android smartphones.
All WiFi calls made to U.S. phone numbers are free, but calls made to foreign numbers are billed at international long distance rates.
