AT&T Will Start Rolling Out HD Voice Support Later This Year

A couple of days ago T-Mobile announced that it will be finally offering the iPhone and it will be selling all current models, with the iPhone 5 starting at just $99 down, and will support the handset’s HD Voice (or Wideband Audio) feature.

 Once T-Mobile launch the HD Voice feature later this month, T-Mobile will be the only US carrier to support its HD Voice option. But
it won’t be that way for long. AT&T announced today that it will be
rolling out support for the tech later this year…

AllThingsD reports:

“Speaking on Monday, AT&T senior VP Kris Rinne said
that the carrier will roll-out its own support for the technology later
this year as it begins to route voice calling over its LTE network.

“HD Voice is part of our voice over LTE strategy,” Rinne said,
speaking at th VentureBeat Mobile Summit in Sausalito, Calif. Sprint has
also talked about its plans for HD Voice.”

HD Voice feature will be very great for the users who are talking with people from outside or else, as it extends the frequency range of audio signals transmitted over telephone
lines, resulting in higher quality speech. It requires support from both
the carrier and the devices on each end of the call.

Apple announced support
for the tech in passing during its big iPhone 5 event last September.
At launch, the feature was only supported by 20 carriers around the
globe (none of which were in the US), and it hasn’t gained much traction
since.

But as an AT&T customer it looks like you will have to wait for a few months until the HD voice services come to you. So what do you think ?