Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. introduced its ChatLink, service, a push-to-talk feature that allows its subscribers to use PTT services with people outside of MetroPCS' network. ... - Tracy Ford

The MetroPCS ChatLINK service is now available. MetroPCS ChatLINK is basically an application that allows your non-PTT (push-to-talk) cell phone to work like a PTT handset. For just $5 per month, MetroPCS customers will be able to use their phone like a walkie-talkie. The MetroPCS ChatLINK will work like this: your friend with a PTT enabled phone calls

While I don't know many people who use Push-to-Talk (PTT), a walkie-talkie communication feature on some mobile devices, AT&T and Verizon Wireless have cut their pricing to half. What used to cost $10 is now being offered for $5 per month according to RCR Wireless. Push-to-Talk is available on some current offerings from AT&T, including the AT&T Tilt. Push-to-Talk enables some fun...

U.S. carriers are looking to improve Push-To-Talk technology as a way to increase revenue. MetroPCS recently launched its PTT service, which allows connecting with people on other networks. Verizon is also improving its own PTT services. Read the full story here.

The once hotly contested push-to-talk market appears set for a competitive resurgence as the nation's two largest CDMA carriers are rolling out new PTT initiatives that should prove more compelling to consumers addicted to "the button" than previous efforts. ... - Allie Winter

MetroPCS has come up with a novel -- and long overdue -- concept where push-to-talkers can now irritate wireline subscribers, too. Kodiac Networks, which is behind the ChatLink service has stated this is the first system that will see PTT extended to users without a client. MetroPCS subscribers will now have the ability to create a friends network of up to 10 people and by simply hitting any key o

Verizon Wireless is planning to launch an updated version of its Push-To-Talk service soon. The move comes as Sprint begins rolling out its new QChat based PTT service, which bridges the gap between its CDMA and iDen networks. Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless has re-placed itself in the push-to-talk arena. As promised earlier this year, Verizon Wireless has released two new PTT phones, running on the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network. The new devices are the Motorola Inc.

Is there much value in push-to-talk offerings from operators other than Sprint Nextel? Verizon Wireless, according to The Wall Street Journal, is planning to launch a new, faster version of its PTT ...

Verizon is pushing its push-to-talk services with the new push-to-talk phone the Verizon Wireless clam shell CDM8975. The phone, developed by Personal Communications Devices, provides customers with fast two-way communication and will be available online by March 9. The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 uses Verizon Wireless' Push to Talk service through the company's Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revis...