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• Walkie-talkie woes at Moto; Push-to-talk biz, once safe, now up for grabs as AT&T enters fray.(News)

  - 2007-05-28

  Byline: PAUL MERRION As Motorola Inc. CEO Edward Zander battles Nokia Corp. for consumer cell phone sales and braces for Apple Inc.'s music-friendly iPhone, he faces a new challenge from AT&T Corp. in Motorola's increasingly vulnerable strongh Byline: PAUL MERRION ...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Motorola Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., phone, push-to-talk, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Nextel Furthers Leadership of Push-to-Talk with Another Unmatched Service

  - 2005-05-02

  RESTON, Va. -- Nextel's New Group ConnectSM Service Offers Instant Walkie-Talkie Group Conversations Nationwide, and Groups Can Easily Be Created on Handset

  Tags: leadership, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk

• Mexico: Telcel to battle with Nextel for push to talk services.

  - 2004-11-30

  Mexico, Nov 29, 2004 (El Financiero/SABI via COMTEX) Mexico, Nov 29, 2004 (El Financiero/SABI via COMTEX)

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• Nextel Nationwide Direct Connect and Verizon Wireless push to talk

  - 2004-07-01

  There is no way any contractor could work as fast or as profitably without mobile communications. But as revolutionary as having a cell phone hanging on a toolbelt was, the digital walkie-talkie services offered by Nextel, and now Verizon Wireless, make what was already fast practically instant-and effortless. While most...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., phone, push-to-talk, Verizon Wireless

• Push To Talk Pioneer Announces Unique 'Push To E-mail' Application - Nextel Continues Global Reach and Evolution of Walkie-talkie Services

  - 2004-06-21

  RESTON, Va. -- New NextMailSM Service, Powered by Pacific DataVision, Transmits Voice Messages to E-mail Inboxes from the Direct ConnectR Button on Every Nextel Handset

  Tags: e-mail, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk

• Verizon offers DO details, Sprint holds out for DV, Cingular pledges more EDGE.(News)

  - 2004-03-29

  Byline: DAN MEYER Wireless carriers were unusually quiet during the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2004 show last week with only a ripple of announcements surrounding next-generation plans. Industry analysts Byline: DAN MEYER ...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, data service, EDGE, EVDO, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk, Sprint Communications, UMTS, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, wireless

• Alltel PTT performance closes in on Nextel.(Business)

  - 2004-02-16

  Byline: DAN MEYER Nextel Communications Inc. may have finally found some competition for its highly touted Direct Connect walkie-talkie service as independent testing of Alltel Corp.'s recently launched Touch2Talk service showed similar perfo Byline: DAN MEYER ...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., Nextel Communications Inc., performance, push-to-talk, Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless

• Verizon, Nextel end PTT spat.(Late News)

  - 2004-02-16

  Dueling lawsuits filed last year by Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. were resolved late last week as both companies announced an "amicable resolution'' to the lawsuits that were centered around the carriers' walkie-talkie servic Dueling lawsuits filed last year by Verizon Wireless and...

  Tags: lawsuit, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless

• Sprint says PTT service has near-Nextel intra-call latency.(News)

  - 2003-11-17

  Byline: DAN MEYER After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers' service line up and providing the wireless industry with Byline: DAN MEYER ...

  Tags: carrier, handset, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk, Sprint Communications, Sprint PCS

• Sprint Launches 'Push-to-Talk' Wireless Service to Compete with Nextel.

  - 2003-11-17

  By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk, Sprint Communications, wireless, wireless service