STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has expanded its programs to verify and integrate products in line with open, cross-vendor specifications for Push to talk over Cellular technology.Ericsson is one of the vendors to define and back the PoC standard and claims to have connected...
WARRINGTON, United Kingdom-Messaging software company Magic4 said it will jump into the push-to-talk game with its new Push To Talk over Cellular (PoC) messaging client.The company said its new messaging client is based on the Session Initiation Protocol industry standard and will allow users...
WARRINGTON, United Kingdom-Messaging software company Magic4 said it will jump into the push-to-talk game with its new Push To Talk over Cellular (PoC) messaging client.The company said its new messaging client is based on the Session Initiation Protocol industry standard and will allow users...
Upstart push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks Inc. announced its first carrier customer last week by partnering with European-based operator Orange and is rumored to be readying a U.S.-based launch with Alltel Corp. as early as this week.Kodiak's agreement with Orange calls for the carrier...
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 three nationwide operators now offering a walkie-talkie service.Sprint PCS said its offering, which uses...
Following mixed third-quarter results from most of its nationwide competitors, Verizon Wireless put a stronger lock on its title as the country's largest wireless carrier with customer growth nearly double its nearest rival and year-over-year improvements in nearly every operating and financial metric.During the...
NICE, France-Nokia made numerous announcements at its annual customer Mobile Internet Conference in Nice, France, and at its "Destination Nokia 100% Pure Mobility" event in Brisbane, Australia,The company shared its vision of a mobile services mass market to a broad range of industry players,...
NICE, France-Nokia made numerous announcements today at its annual customer Mobile Internet Conference in Nice, France, and at its "Destination Nokia 100% Pure Mobility" event in Brisbane, Australia.The company shared its vision of a mobile services mass market to a broad range of industry...
Verizon Wireless posted strong third-quarter results, including a number of company records and extended its claim as the nation's largest wireless operator.The carrier said it added 1.4 million total wireless customers during the quarter, including 1.3 million retail net subscriber additions, which Verizon Wireless...
RESTON, Va.-Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages and an injunction prohibiting Verizon Wireless' current advertising campaign touting its recently launched Push to Talk service as operating...
Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages and an injunction prohibiting Verizon Wireless' current advertising campaign touting its recently launched Push to Talk service as operating on...
As Sprint PCS continues to trial its push-to-talk solution ahead of a planned pre-year-end launch date, details emerged last week about the offering that is expected to include at least a pair of color-screen handsets when launched and a claimed larger coverage area than...
While many industry observers applauded Verizon Wireless' introduction of its Push to Talk service as a way for the carrier to attract high-end business customers interested in a walkie-talkie services, some were disappointed with certain latency issues in Verizon Wireless' CDMA-based service that failed...
The battle over business customers continues to heat up as Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless launched new advertising campaigns targeting potential deficiencies in each other's business-centric offerings.Nextel's campaign, which includes full-page advertisements in prominent newspapers, highlights latency issues with Verizon Wireless' recently launched...
Fulfilling repeated claims to launch service by the end of this year, Verizon Wireless introduced its highly anticipated Push to Talk service last week, which, in addition to providing Verizon Wireless customers with another way to communicate, is expected to supply the first serious...
Verizon Wireless provided details on its highly anticipated Push to Talk service set to officially launch Aug. 18. As RCR Wireless News reported yesterday, the service allows customers to communicate across the carrier's nationwide CDMA2000 1x network using the same phone number for both...
Verizon Wireless' highly anticipated press-to-talk service is expected to introduce tomorrow with the carrier rolling out a nationwide offering using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x packet network, Winphoria's PTT server and initially a Motorola V60p handset. The service is expected to be similar to Nextel...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has trademarked its push-to-talk service. The news follows the rollout of Nextel's Nationwide Direct Connect PTT service earlier this month, which the company expects to complete in August. The carrier said it began...
