First Non-US Push-To-Talk Cellular Offering
Push-to-talk is making it's push outside the US now. According to this report, Phones4U in the UK will be offering Symbian-based phones that include the walkie-talkie feature running over GPRS. Of course Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens are working together on their own GSM-based PTT standard, but this move gets an offering out there quickly. Now, how long until Nextel sues for misusing the PTT label?
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