Telephone service is now a mess of technologies. There is cellular, SIP, VOIP, and POTS. when Ka-Tel takes over the infrastructure, everything will be moved to cellular or SIP. Anyone using a VOIP provider will continue to receive service from the provider, but Ka-Tel will not provide support for such resources. For POTS, a customer wishing to continue use their phone will have to buy an ATA that supports the open SIP standard. The customer will need to enter the credentials of their phone service for everything to work. If the customer is not able to setup an ATA, then the provider must provide options in receiving an ATA or a basic SIP phone for cost + 15%. Therefore, a $100 phone will cost the customer $115.
For cellular, all new phones must support 5G, and should also support 4G. Any phone relying on technology older than 4G will not be supported. In addition, only smartphones will be supported. This is to move the subscriber to a more digital life by connecting what’s most important to them with the smartphone. For example, it would be much easier to download one’s contacts from a resource than it would be enter everyone on a 12 button phone. For Android phones, the subscriber will likely use Google Contacts. For iOS, they subscriber will likely use their Apple ID or Google Contacts to download their contacts. For connectivity, the provider must support both eSIM, and nano-SIM.
For calls, and date, the provider must allow for incoming calls, calls to government, and calls to toll-free numbers as a free call. With cellular data service, all providers must provide a minimum of 512kbps for any customer that exceeded their data cap. The only time a provider can claim unlimited data is if the data provided does not get throttled after a certain amount. If a carrier throttles after 40GB, then they must advertise that plan as a 40GB data plan.