Ericsson and Qualcomm get excited about voice over LTE-M

The concept of machines wirelessly talking to each other is no longer just a metaphor as the first instances of voice being carried over an IoT technology are announced.
The LPWAN tech in question is LTE Cat-M1, otherwise known as LTE-M and eMTC, which until now had been treated as data-only. But just as with the main flavour of LTE, people figured it would be nice to have a voice option too.
Ericsson and Qualcomm seem to have been the main drivers behind this technology, partnering with Verizon