Verizon announced on Tuesday that it would be rolling out VoLTE, or voice over LTE. The company will call the service Advanced Calling 1.0 and they say it will give Verizon customers HD Voice and Video Calling.

This is good news for iPhone 5 and above phones that use the LTE network to make voice calls. Right now, when you make a call using an LTE-capable iPhone, the call is actually placed over old generation networks like 3G, according to 9to5Mac.

Once VoLTE is streamlined for these LTE-capable phones, including the next iPhone and other newer smartphones, the calls will use the same LTE network that data is processed through. This will likely result in better call quality and even better video calling.

The iPhone 5 has the capability of making LTE phone calls but Apple hasn't allowed it to start happening in there most recent iOS versions. iOS 8 likely will get the feature though.

T-Mobile and AT&T are already starting to support VoLTE, but without Apple's iOS support, it will not work. Verizon's confirmation that they will be rolling out the service in the coming weeks seems to point to Apple supporting VoLTE with iOS 8.

On Verizon's official announcement, they say video calling will be easier and clearer with VoLTE:

Video Calling is simplified when using VoLTE technology. The contact list in the phone clearly shows, with a video camera icon next to the name, who can receive a Video Call, and a tap or two on the phone starts the call so you can speak to friends and family face-to-face. Customers control Video Calls, easily switching to a voice-only call from a Video Call and back with a tap on the phone. The audio portion of a Video Call is delivered in HD Voice.

Voice chatting with HD capabilities sounds pretty awesome. We'll have to wait and see how well Verizon and the other carriers handle the advanced technology.

Verizon notes in their official announcement that both customers must be in an LTE area and have an LTE-enabled phone for the VoLTE to work.