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The FCC plan calls for Nextel Communications Inc. to acquire a band of spectrum worth $4.8 billion. In exchange, Nextel will give up other spectrum and pay to reconfigure the airwaves it currently occupies in order to ensure public service communications systems are free of interference. Radios used by police, firefighters and other first responders broadcast on the same 800 megahertz spectrum currently used by Nextel cell phones. As a… Read More

From Nextel's press release: Nextel Communications, Inc. today announced NextMail, a unique application that allows users to send a streaming mp3 voice message from their phone to any e-mail recipient quickly and easily by simply pressing the Direct Connect button on the side of every Nextel phone. This distinct convergence of instant walkie-talkie voice communication and e-mail offers an effective productivity tool that transcends… Read More

Nextel Communications Inc. today announced the availability of the Motorola i830; the smallest and most advanced walkie-talkie phone available in North America. The i830 is smaller than any Nextel phone and loaded with powerful features including A-GPS technology that enables the only real time turn-by-turn visual and audible driving directions available from a domestic carrier, and industry firsts like International Direct Connect,… Read More

Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Partners Inc. today announced complete readiness for the final phase of wireless local number portability (WLNP), which allows customers to switchservice providers while keeping their phone numbers. The Federal Communications Commission's mandate went into effect last November in the top 100 U.S. markets. The FCC deadline for the nation'sremaining markets is May 24. “We made a… Read More

From Nextel's press release: Vettro, Nextel Communications, Inc. and salesforce.com today announced the availability of Vettro RainMaker for salesforce.com – an on-demand mobile customer relationship management (CRM) service optimized for Nextel's Java technology-enabled phones and Nextel BlackBerry devices. The new offering extends salesforce.com to help sales teams increase the number of closed business deals,… Read More

From Nextel's press release: Nextel Communications, Inc. in partnership with NII Holdings, Inc. and TELUS Mobility, a subsidiary of TELUS Corporation, today announced the availability of International Direct Connect walkie-talkie service. This service provides under-a-second digital walkie-talkie connections between the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Peru as well as between the United States and Canada. Nextel U.S.… Read More

Nextel Communications Inc.'s decision earlier this week to expand its wireless broadband network trial in the Raleigh, N.C., market may have proven well founded as network testing conducted by RBCCapital Markets indicated Flarion Technologies' Flash-OFDM based technology is providing data speeds nearly three times faster than CDMA2000 1x EV-DO networks and equal to wireline-based broadbandofferings. RBC noted its testing produced… Read More