SVLTE
Simultaneous Voice and LTE (Long Term Evolution)
A transitional standard that allowed a phone to simultaneously use a CDMA network for voice and a 4G LTE network for data.
Not all CDMA/LTE phones supported SVLTE.
SVLTE was only designed for 4G LTE networks. A different but related standard — SVDO — applied to 3G CDMA EV-DO data networks.
See: SVDO
SVLTE was important because 4G LTE networks were initially only built to handle data, not voice. Without SVLTE, the LTE data network is unavailable during a CDMA voice call.
SVLTE was replaced by VoLTE (voice over LTE), which allowed both voice and data to operate on the LTE network.
See: VoLTE
Last updated Jan 22, 2022 by Rich Brome
Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.
