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Sprint Launches New PTT Service in Iowa and Illinois
Sprint Nextel to Divest iDEN Properties
Today Sprint announced its plans to divest some of its iDEN network properties located in several midwestern states. Sprint is required to divest some of its iDEN assets according ... read
Sprint Will Officially Use QChat For Next Gen PTT
Sprint today officially confirmed it will use Qualcomm's QChat technology for its next generation Push To Talk (PTT) on the Revision A network. When launched in early 2008, QChat ... read
Sprint Nextel Firms Up Integration Timeline
Sprint Nextel yesterday started work as a single company. There is still much to be done before the two networks, or even the two companies become one, but the ... read
Sprint Defines Walkie Talkie's Future on CDMA
Sprint today also announced that it will launch CDMA handsets with Nextel Direct Connect early next year. This is not a hybrid CDMA / iDEN technology, but rather a ... read
Sprint Must Sell iDEN Operations In iPCS Regions
The Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois has handed Sprint affiliate iPCS a long-sought victory over Sprint Nextel. The court sided with iPCS's claim that Sprint's purchase of Nextel ... read
Sprint Enables Network Interoperability
Sprint and Motorola have created a solution that allows first responders to communicate within their existing first responder network as well as the Sprint iDEN-based network. Nextel Direct Connect ... read
Sprint Plans to Revive Nextel Network
Sprint Nextel announced that it is going to "rejuvenate" its Nextel iDEN network. It decided that the iDEN network is a key asset, and it will do what is ... read
Verizon Commits to Improved PTT Service
Verizon Wireless has confirmed that it will be rolling out an improved push-to-talk offering later this summer to compete with Sprint's PTT services. Sprint recently launched QChat phones and ... read
Sprint Can't Offer Service In iPCS Regions
A judge upheld an earlier decision that bars Sprint Nextel from providing wireless services in areas covered by iPCS. iPCS had sued Sprint and Clearwire in hopes to block ... read
Sprint Nextel To Focus On Sprint Brand Post-Merger
Sprint and Nextel today released the details of how each company as well as the merged unit will be branded. Although the company will be called Sprint Nextel after ... read
Sprint To Rein In Boost
Sprint COO Len Lauer said that the carrier will make changes to halt the growth of its youth-focused MVNO Boost. Boost is outpacing Sprint growth, and is getting large ... read
Nextel Shares Pictures Over PTT
Sprint Nextel today launched picture sharing over Nextel's Push To Talk (PTT) walkie talkie network. Direct Send Picture allows one user to snap a picture during a PTT session ... read
Push-To-Talk Startups Shift Into High Gear
A handful of startups are taking aim at Nextel's dominance in the so called push-to-talk communications sector. On Monday, Sonim Technologies announced that it has become the latest such ... read
Sprint Starts Buying Up Affiliates Again
Sprint Nextel today agreed to buy UbiquiTel, another of Sprint's affiliates whose exclusivity clause was threatened by the merger. Sprint Nextel has agreed to pay $1.3 billion for the ... read
Verizon, Nextel Spar Over Push-To-Talk
Verizon Wireless and Nextel appear set to lock horns over legal issues surrounding Push-To-Talk (PTT) - the "walkie-talkie" feature that Nextel is famous for. Verizon is preparing to launch ... read
Motorola Announces Next-Gen PTT Technology for EVDO Rev. A
Today Motorola announced its next-generation push-to-talk technology that works with CDMA EVDO Rev. A networks, rather than iDEN. The PTT over cellular, or PoC, system uses a special piece ... read
Sprint Launches PTT
Sprint today became the second major carrier to launch a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service to compete with Nextel's walkie-talkie style service. Sprint's service, called PCS Ready Link(SM), is available ... read
Sprint Nextel Buys Largest Sprint Affiliate
Sprint Nextel today announced an agreement to acquire former Sprint affiliate Alamosa Holdings for approximately $4.3 billion. Alamosa provides Sprint PCS services in 19 states, serving approximately 1.48 million ... read
Sprint, Nextel Announce Merger
Sprint and Nextel today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement. The new company, which will be called Sprint Nextel, will spin off ... read
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