This is simply a giant intentional clustetfuck of an abomination.
If emergency calling is actually the emergency, the standard should be backwards compatible and designed to accept any device.
It kind of does, but the telcos are just playing dirty by excluding devices they don't have control over.
The emergency is the risk to incumbent profit margins.
From the article:
"Why this is a Problem
While the amendments aim to ensure access to emergency services, the changes will have severe consequences for consumers, competition, and the overall accessibility of mobile services. Whilst also not addressing the core technical standardisation failures with VoLTE Calling and Emergency Calling.
This policy essentially penalises customers for using devices that work but were not purchased directly from the telcos or their partners. Once in effect, this would further concentrate profits and market control to the telcos & major handset makers, and severely limit competition & choice in the market.
Under the updated ECSD, telcos must identify and notify users of phones deemed incapable of accessing emergency services, assist them in finding alternative devices, and ultimately cease service to these phones.
This will likely impact devices that have been manually updated to work for VoLTE Calling and Emergency Calling as they aren’t ‘officially’ supported."
why the fuck would you need VoLTE to the emergency services? is the high quality audio really oh so important or what?
VoLTE is needed, because 4g does not have any native calling functionality. Older 4g phones don't have VoLTE, and revert back to 3g when trying to do a phone call. Since 3g is getting shut off, this means those phones will no longer be able to do calls at all, only data and SMS will keep working over 4g for them
I wonder how it would impact custom OSes.
it seems they are not checking on your phone anything. so custom roms would neither fix or break their presumed compatibility
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