Australia To Block Internationally Purchased 4G/5G Phones As Part of 3G Shutdown - Starting 1st Nov (www.youtube.com)

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If your provider is unable to verify VoLTE support for your device, it may be blocked from Australian networks from the 1st of November 2024.

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[-] Gamers_mate@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Not to mention the E-waste and easily preventable deaths caused by not being able to dial emergency services. This is gross negligence at best and mass murder at worst.

[-] desktop_user 0 points 1 month ago

emergency services is the only excuse I can think of to justify preventing phones without vo-lte from connecting.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As I understand it, 4G and 5G standards only have VoLTE to make phone calls, and VoLTE is not truly standardised.

So, without 2G and/or 3G, you can't be certain any phone can make an emergency call. Even phones that are brand new 4G and 5G only phones.

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