Nextel Completes First iDEN to CDMA PTT Session
This post was published 2 years 4 months ago and its content may not be valid anymore.The second Sprint bought Nextel everyone scratched their heads when, or if, Sprint would make the two networks interoperate. With the introduction of PowerSouce phones (Dual mode CDMA, iDen handsets) months ago, people wanted to know if Nextels famous ‘Chirp’ would work with Sprint walkie talkie phones.
Sprint last week completed its first successful walkie talkie call between an iDEN and a CDMA phone. A spokeswoman has confirmed that test was an important advancement in Sprint’s efforts to launch walkie talkie service using its Revision A CDMA network. The carrier intends to launch a service that both works like and is compatible with iDEN walkie talkie servies over its mobile broadband network in 2008.
I know the loyalty of Nextel users, but do you know anyone who uses Sprints PTT?
We were looking to switch to Sprint (pre-merger) but their test PTT phones sucked. There was a good 2-7 second delay between pressing the button and the other phone acknowledging the connection. We opted to stay with Nextel for a couple more years. A few months ago we switched to Cingular (better service; better coverage in our area)