Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Motorola launches three new push-to-talk phones

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:01:36 -0500

Motorola launches three new push-to-talk phones
Wednesday February 11, 12:59 am ET

LOS ANGELES, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT - News), the world's No.
2 maker of mobile phones, on Wednesday introduced three new models that take
advantage of the nascent market for "walkie-talkie"-like features, including a
model for the European market.
Motorola, which has been working to
defend market share in Europe in the face
of heavy competition from Nokia
(NOK1V.HE), said the V400p phone,
running on the GSM wireless standard,
would feature a built-in camera, a
speakerphone and MP3 ringtones.

But the company is touting the phone's
"push-to-talk" capabilities, a new feature
that allows users to connect directly to
each other, in the style of a walkie-talkie.

Such services are not yet available from
American GSM carriers but are expected
later this year. The technology was
popularized by Nextel Communications
Inc. (NasdaqNM:NXTL - News) in the
United States.

Motorola's market share in Europe in the third quarter of last year was less
than half its 2000 peak, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Earlier
this month the company introduced three new models in Europe to bolster its
range of offerings.

The V400p phone fits into that strategy for more stylishness in its handsets,
with a color screen and rounded lines. It will launch in Europe in the second
quarter. Pricing details were not announced.
Besides the new GSM model unveiled Wednesday, the company also introduced two
models designed for the CDMA standard most popular in the United States and
Latin America, the T300p and the V65p.
Both phones offer push-to-talk functions. The T300p is intended as more of a
hard-work phone, with a rugged and squared-off design, while the V65p is more
stylized and designed as much for form as function, with a metal case and
multiple color schemes.

Details on launch timing and pricing for the two CDMA phones were not
immediately available.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040211/telecoms_motorola_phones_1.html
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