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- 08-09-2003, 08:24 AM #1T.LosoGuest
Surprise this hasn't been posted yet.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/ameri...l.jsp?id=66041
EXCLUSIVE: Sprint PCS pushes instant voice into beta
August 8, 2003
By: Kirk Laughlin
America's Network Weekly
NEW YORK - Sprint PCS's new push-to-talk solution, Ready Link, entered into
beta trial this week as the carrier began final preparation for a nationwide
launch of the service later this year, according to Sprint executives.
The real-time voice communication service will utilize Voice over IP (VoIP),
enabling as many as six callers to participate in a single conversation,
according to Donna Vestuti, a technical applications manager at Sprint PCS,
who detailed the new service at a wireless conference held here Tuesday by
the Wall Street Technology Association.
"Our first client assessments began this week," said Vestuti, who noted the
upcoming launch will be supported by two new handsets - a flip-phone and a
ruggedized device.
Virtually all of the nation's top tier carriers are believed to be
developing push-to-talk solutions, but Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless
appear to be closest to commercialization.
Industry sources say Verizon Wireless appears likely to introduce the
service in the next few weeks, followed by Sprint PCS.
"It doesn't really matter to us whether we are second or third to market. We
just want to make sure we get our nationwide push-to-talk right," said
SprintPCS spokesperson Dan Wilinksy. Nextel, currently the nation's only
push-to-talk provider, recently upgraded its Direct Connect service to
enable instantaneous voice connections across the country.
Nextel executives have repeatedly charged that rival carriers will not be
able to match the performance of Direct Connect, which is used by 90% of
Nextel's subscriber base of 13 million users. They say that "hang time", or
the period between activating a connection and actually making the
connection, will be noticeably longer among competitors.
At this point, SprintPCS is not revealing any details about performance.
"We're not going to get into a war of claims with any carrier," said
Wilinksy. Although Nextel's push-to-talk solution has thrived in field
service, construction and other vertical industries, SprintPCS and other
carriers are hopeful that the service will successfully cross-over into the
mobile mainstream. "We believe there is a market for a circle of friends and
family," said Wilinksy.
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- 08-11-2003, 05:42 AM #2Rich CacaceGuest
Re: Sprint PCS PTT
It'll be interesting to see if it's out by the end of the year or if they'll
get into a lawsuit with Nextel about some technicality.
"T.Loso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Surprise this hasn't been posted yet.
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http://www.americasnetwork.com/ameri...Detail.jsp?id=
66041
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> EXCLUSIVE: Sprint PCS pushes instant voice into beta
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> August 8, 2003
> By: Kirk Laughlin
> America's Network Weekly
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> NEW YORK - Sprint PCS's new push-to-talk solution, Ready Link, entered
into
> beta trial this week as the carrier began final preparation for a
nationwide
> launch of the service later this year, according to Sprint executives.
>
>
> The real-time voice communication service will utilize Voice over IP
(VoIP),
> enabling as many as six callers to participate in a single conversation,
> according to Donna Vestuti, a technical applications manager at Sprint
PCS,
> who detailed the new service at a wireless conference held here Tuesday by
> the Wall Street Technology Association.
>
>
> "Our first client assessments began this week," said Vestuti, who noted
the
> upcoming launch will be supported by two new handsets - a flip-phone and a
> ruggedized device.
>
>
> Virtually all of the nation's top tier carriers are believed to be
> developing push-to-talk solutions, but Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless
> appear to be closest to commercialization.
>
>
> Industry sources say Verizon Wireless appears likely to introduce the
> service in the next few weeks, followed by Sprint PCS.
>
>
> "It doesn't really matter to us whether we are second or third to market.
We
> just want to make sure we get our nationwide push-to-talk right," said
> SprintPCS spokesperson Dan Wilinksy. Nextel, currently the nation's only
> push-to-talk provider, recently upgraded its Direct Connect service to
> enable instantaneous voice connections across the country.
>
>
> Nextel executives have repeatedly charged that rival carriers will not be
> able to match the performance of Direct Connect, which is used by 90% of
> Nextel's subscriber base of 13 million users. They say that "hang time",
or
> the period between activating a connection and actually making the
> connection, will be noticeably longer among competitors.
>
>
> At this point, SprintPCS is not revealing any details about performance.
> "We're not going to get into a war of claims with any carrier," said
> Wilinksy. Although Nextel's push-to-talk solution has thrived in field
> service, construction and other vertical industries, SprintPCS and other
> carriers are hopeful that the service will successfully cross-over into
the
> mobile mainstream. "We believe there is a market for a circle of friends
and
> family," said Wilinksy.
>
>
>
>
- 08-11-2003, 06:11 AM #3Elizabeth JonesGuest
Re: Sprint PCS PTT
In article <[email protected]>,
Rich Cacace <richcacace-REMOVE TO [email protected]> wrote:
>It'll be interesting to see if it's out by the end of the year or if they'll
>get into a lawsuit with Nextel about some technicality.
>
The technology is completely different. There isn't a ghost of
a chance of such a thing happening.
--
Ebeth Jones
"She was not quite what you would call refined.
She was not quite what you would call unrefined.
She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." Mark Twain
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