Subject: [NEXTEL-1] AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS see push-to-talk soon

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:22:54 -0500

Reuters

AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS see push-to-talk soon

Tuesday February 25, 6:36 pm ET

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE - News) and
Sprint PCS Group (NYSE:PCS - News) said they soon would test and introduce wireless
telephones that have walkie-talkie features to challenge Nextel Communications Inc.'s
(NasdaqNM:NXTL - News) lead in that area.

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.
(NYSE:AWE - News) expects to test
a walkie-talkie telephone in Seattle
during the fourth quarter of 2003,
AT&T Wireless Chief Financial
Officer Joseph McCabe said.

AT&T Wireless, which is the No. 3
U.S. wireless telephone services
company, aims to have the product
in other markets in 2004, McCabe
told analysts and investors this week
at a Merrill Lynch communications
conference.

Sprint PCS, meanwhile, expects to
offer a walkie-talkie phone
"sometime in 2003," Sprint Corp.
Chief Financial Officer Robert Dellinger said on Tuesday. Sprint PCS, the fourth largest
U.S. wireless company, is a unit of Sprint Corp. (NYSE:FON - News)

"We are working on it," Dellinger said at the conference. He declined to provide
additional details.

Nextel, the No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone company, is the only U.S. carrier that offers
walkie-talkie service, or a so-called push-to-talk feature, on its wireless phones.

The service, which allows customers to communicate instantly with other users with the
push of a button, has become popular in industries with remote workers such as
construction, hospitality and technical support.

As subscriber growth has slowed in the industry, companies are looking for new ways to
attract customers and increase average revenues per user.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030225/telecoms_at_t_sprintpcs_1.html

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