Tag archive: PTT

Cingular yesterday rolled out a new Push to Talk (PTT) service which will allow subscribers of select phones to communicate walkie-talkie style across the cellular provider's wireless network. The PTT service is targeted towards both consumers and businesses. Cingular's PTT service, which the company says has the largest coverage area in America, uses a single phone number for both cellular and push to talk. Features of this… Read More

The U.S. subscriber base will grow from 16.8 million at the end of 2004 to 33.6 million at the end of 2009, according to the high-tech market research firm. Slightly faster growth is anticipated inthe worldwide market than in the United States. “The majority of growth will come from continued expansion in the business market and moderate uptake in the consumer market, especially youth,” said Becky Diercks, In-Stat analyst.… Read More

Kodiak Networks and Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced an alliance to jointly market Kyocera handsets supporting the Kodiak Real-time Exchange (RTX) platform worldwide. Together, Kyocera and Kodiak provide a fully-integrated premium solution to CDMA operators interested in adding advanced voice services, including push-to-talk (PTT), to their existing networks. PTT and other advanced voice services comprise one of the fastest growing… Read More

During the show, CDMA carrier Sprint PCS said it plans a late-year launch of PTT service, and Verizon said it hopes to offer PTT service by the end of the year over its CDMA network. Neither carrier offered details. A GSM PTT solution, however, won't be commercially available to carriers until sometime next year, according to Nokia. At the show, Nokia demonstrated what it said is the first announced GSM PTT technology to date.… Read More