nextel communications articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Wi-Fi tweak catches dropped calls

Nextel Communications and RadioFrame Networks on Tuesday launched a wireless service aimed at... Read more

20 August, 2003 by Matt Hines

AT&T takes stock of merger options

AT&T Wireless Group will be discussing merger options with Nextel Communications later this month in a bid to boost stock prices. Since... Read more

8 September, 2000 by silicon.com staff

Sprint forced to sell Nextel assets, cut costs

Sprint continues to be haunted by its $35bn acquisition of Nextel Communications in 2005 as the company is forced to sell some of... Read more

14 November, 2008 by Marguerite Reardon

BlackBerry hit by outage

...Wednesday from BlackBerry customers served by operators Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications. Mobile phone operator T-Mobile USA said an undisclosed number of... Read more

23 June, 2005 by Ben Charny

Intel deal provides WiMax boost

The chip giant is to make a 'significant' investment in Clearwire - owned by billionaire Craig McCaw - as it seeks to roll out WiMax networks Read more

26 October, 2004 by Ben Charny and Richard Shim

Push to talk heads for Wi-Fi

...dial a number. In the decade since the technology was developed by Nextel Communications and Motorola, push-to-talk services have only been available over... Read more

12 August, 2004 by Ben Charny

Wi-Fi phones arrive early

...the regional Bell operating companies," said Barry West, chief technology officer at Nextel Communications and an early fan of such hybrid phones. The handoff Motorola... Read more

6 August, 2004 by Ben Charny

Judge winds up PeopleSoft trial

...Walker appeared sympathetic to business software customers such as Daimler Chrysler and Nextel Communications, which had decried the prospect of a PeopleSoft buyout in testimony... Read more

21 July, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

Oracle witness: Microsoft 'will compete' with SAP

...it offered customers when facing off against Oracle. Those customers included Target, Nextel Communications, Cardinal Health and CareFirst, he said. In a similar situation with... Read more

17 June, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

Mobile-chip firm rides IPO wave

...GPS that can be enhanced through cellular positioning. Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications are adopting a form of GPS for E911. Consumer demand for... Read more

23 April, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

US firm trials 4G broadband

Cellphone service provider Nextel Communications will begin testing a new, "fourth-generation" wireless-broadband offering later... Read more

9 February, 2004 by Ben Charny

For-sale sign hung on AT&T Wireless

...news reports identified potential suitors as the United States' Cingular Wireless and Nextel Communications; Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo; and British giant Vodafone, which is a... Read more

22 January, 2004 by Ben Charny

Kyocera to push talk button

...eliminates the dead air of any phone conversation. Up until this year, Nextel Communications was the only carrier to offer push to talk, which has... Read more

10 December, 2003 by Ben Charny

Cellphones betray your every move

...feet for 95 percent of their calls. Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications have chosen this route. Companies that locate a customer through network... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Mobile phones fall over in emergency

...when you don't have that, it's out of our control," Nextel Communications spokesman Chris Grandis said. The transmitter stations are powered by electricity... Read more

18 August, 2003 by Ben Charny

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

2 minutes ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

20 minutes ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

3 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

3 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

4 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

7 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

9 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

1 day ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

1 day ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

2 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

3 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

3 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

3 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

3 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux