Comment by raw_anon_1111 2 days ago
Because the airwaves are a shared service license to the carriers. Like someone posted about Australia, there were laws made that if a phone couldn’t make emergency calls. It can’t be used.
There is no monetary reason for Google to forbid a service that could increase its addressable market
Google did this because otherwise carriers would refuse access to Google Pixel phones entirely on their networks. Carriers are legally allowed to refuse access to devices they deem faulty on their networks.
No one said it was the “law” the carriers have certification requirements
I don't follow - you'll have to hold my hand through your argument. You said the airwaves are a "shared service license" to the carriers, and so the carriers "have certification requirements".
If by that you mean the carrier has to be certified by the government for access to the airwaves, then that's just "the law" with extra steps. Nobody has cited a law or regulation that would demand carriers block any device that an end-user can modify to enable VoLTE.
If you mean that the carriers require certain certifications for the devices on their network, and these certifications have no basis in law (i.e. they are permitted to allow VoLTE-capable devices on their network, they just choose not to), then this is just mega-corporations colluding to sabotage consumers.
No one is “colluding” certification means that your phone has to support all of the necessary industry standards. The phone manufacturers certify their phones meet those standards. There is nothing to be gained monetarily by keeping phones off their network.
Just like with any device on any network an out of spec device can cause issues.
Stop pretending Google was legally compelled to do this. So far not a single law against VoLTE has been cited.