maybe u can post what the article is saying because I tried to read it an it says i have to log in an be a member of the site. so if u can post what the article is saying we can discuss it.

Not to me. Here is what it said.

"Verizon Wireless Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. will share a $26 million contract to supply cellular phones, walkie-talkies and related services to state workers, the Department of General Services said Thursday.
The two companies edged out rival Cingular/AT&T Wireless, which had together previously controlled half of the state's wireless communications business.


Verizon and Sprint Nextel will supply basic equipment for free, and the state will pay for service plans and extra equipment, General Services spokesman Matt Bender said.
The contract begins immediately and will roll out as departments' existing contracts expire. The state currently has about 40,000 mobile communication devices, including...
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Since Cingular will have both Voice and PTT services i have an idea why:

Cingular had two major challenges. First is Qualcomm, based in San Diego, holds and controls CDMA which both Verizon and Sprint use. the second one is more of a educated opionion, Representitive Darrell Issa of California is also a friend of Qualcomm's. Rep. Issa attempted to persuade lawmakers to use Qualcomms CDMA for Iraqi Wireless telecommunications.

yep, giving away free phones is about the only way sprextel/verizon can get large contracts.