Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Verizon vs. Nextel Reported in Wireless Week: Verizon Wireless is launching a legal battle with Nextel Communications, alleging Nextel unlawfully accessed the carrier's network and its prototype phones. The lawsuit comes just as Verizon readies its network for launch of its instant chat service, which is aimed at providing walkie-talkie like services similar to Nextel, which has long been the market leader with its Direct Connect push-to-talk service.   I mentioned that I am testing a Samsung i700 on the Verizon network.  Add push-to-talk capability, with expanded radio features to this device along with built-in 802.11 and Bluetooth and it would become very powerful indeed.  2:17:41 PM    comment []

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