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30 I ICT TODAY as on a smartphone. Building on Voice over LTE (VoLTE) multi-device network capabilities with enhanced voice services (EVS), several devices can be tied to the same phone number, such as phones, cellular smartwatches, smart speakers and other devices. There are now more than 80 service provider networks with cellular smart - watches enabled with voice services. Video calling over LTE (ViLTE) is now provided in approximately 20 net- works, and there are 395 device models available. Other services based on VoLTE include additional phone lines on the same phone, group numbers, different types of enterprise collaboration services in combination with mobile HD voice, and voice in IoT devices. VoLTE requires a very low latency figure around 10 milliseconds or 0.01 seconds, already sufficient for the health emergency alerts described. As this technology evolves, there may be non-contact monitoring to detect health vitals and issues in one or more people at a time in various locations. This technol- ogy will not be intended to be intrusive but more as a life safety tool, either by a smart device communicating with a central monitoring system in a room or potentially with advanced room detection devices. This application might be seen at the workplace, homes, hotel rooms, and public venues. The more places and the more lives that smart devices monitor will increase bandwidth requirements and shorten allowable latency times not only for feed - back and alerting, but also for the reactive action. FIGURE 3: Novelty to necessity: Real-time data will require near zero latency response as technology evolves and enables next generation applications. When working with an MDC manufacturer, it is wise to choose one that incorporates ANSI/TIA-942-B standards, such as applicable hot/cooling channel isolation, capacity redundancy, emergency backup, and environment online monitoring in the development of the unit. more important over time. Smartwatches today can meas- ure some health vitals, activity, and provide certain levels of feedback based on the technology that currently exists. It has become more than a novelty, but not quite to the level that the user can forego professional health care. In the not so distant future, the measurements will likely be logged as historical information for baselines, predict impending emergency, call for help, and even forward the history that was gathered to the EMTs and the hospital. Eventually, they may be able to preemptively alert others around the user that there is about to be an emergency so they can react (Figure 3). According to the 2019 Ericsson Mobility Report, service providers have already launched voice calling capabilities on smart speakers using the same mobile phone number