Not to be outdone by CDMA competitor Sprint's QChat PTT service, Verizon has just announced that they too will be rolling out an improved PTT (Push-To-Talk) service later this summer. While Sprint's iDEN-based Nextel operations have had the market cornered in terms of PTT prowess, but it seems that the two CDMA carriers are looking to

With the wireless industry’s three largest operators all offering push-to-talk options, it makes sense to have a look at what segment leader Sprint Nextel is doing in the space.

Verizon Wireless has confirmed that it will be rolling out its own QChat-based push-to-talk offering later this summer to compete with Sprint's PTT services. Sprint recently launched QChat phones and services in several markets, including Colorado, Kansas, and Ohio. ...

The Sprint LG Hero is now official. The Sprint LG Hero is the newest member of the carrier's Qchat line-up. It will have push-to-talk features, but runs on Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A network instead of Nextel's IDEN. The Sprint LG Hero will also feature: CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, 1.3 megapixel camera, dual color displays, Qchat PTT, microSD

Sprint Nextel said it will no longer offer new CDMA EV-DO Rev. A devices that feature push-to-talk capability, known as Qchat, but will instead refocus its efforts on PTT phones using the company's iDEN network. Sprint's original plan was to transition its iDEN users onto its CDMA network and eventually phase out the iDEN network. But last year the company announced it would ke...

Sprint Nextel said it will no longer offer new CDMA EV-DO Rev. A devices that feature push-to-talk capability, known as QChat, but will instead refocus its efforts on PTT phones using the company's iDEN network. Sprint's original plan was to transition its iDEN users onto its CDMA network and eventually phase out the iDEN network. But last year the company announced it would ke...

Verizon Wireless CDM8975 is the newest Push to Talk phone launched by the largest North American CDMA carrier and available only via business sales channels for the moment. Developed by PCD (Personal Communications Devices), the CDM8975 is a rather simple clamshell that comes to complete Verizon’s lineup of PTT phones (which includes the Motorola Adventure V750

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

With Sprint’s EVDO Rev. A-based QChat push-to-talk service eating in to its iDEN network’s instant PTT communications strength, it would make sense to offload the iDEN that they inherited with the acquisition of Nextel in 2005. And, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse confirmed today that the company is still looking to sell the iDEN network, pending

We saw the writing on the wall here for a while, but Sprint's now gone ahead and made it official that it'll be phasing out its push-to-talk offerings based on Qualcomm's QChat technology in favor of -- what else? -- good ol' iDEN. For Sprint, the move makes sense; when the EV-DO Rev. A-powered QChat system was introduced last year, a Sprint / Nextel schism was a very real poss...