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Drug investigators in Baltimore want Nextel Communications punished for shutting off stolen cell phones used by drug dealers being tracked by police. Written by Ben Charny, Contributor May 9, 2002 ...
Nextel's wireless service, once pitched at business users, is now being geared to attract consumers as well. The Reston-based company's distinctive "Direct Connect" walkie-talkie mode, ...
If you're a Nextel cell-phone customer, you know why you signed up -- because of the phones' walkie-talkie feature that recalls the CB radio heyday and '70s trucker films like Smokey and the ...
NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight ...
But Verizon Wireless has said Nextel should pay at least five times that amount for that spectrum, ... Cell-Phone Trade Group Goes Against Nextel. April 29, 2004. By Yuki Noguchi.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that rival Nextel Communications got hold of prototypes of a new Verizon phone designed to compete with Nextel's "push-to ...
Nextel Communications "improperly obtained" prototypes of Verizon Wireless cell phones with a walkie-talkie feature, Verizon alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The charges surface about a week ...
Cell phones are now packed with so many features they're often compared to Swiss Army knives. Apparently Nextel Communications has taken the hint. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced its ...
Sprint unveiled a $35 billion deal Wednesday to buy Nextel Communications -- just weeks after Cingular Wireless swallowed up AT&T Wireless -- a transaction that would leave only four major ...
By using Nextel's Wireless GPS Platform, IT2ME was able to develop the Gold API service to meet this significant market demand," said Kevin Thigpen, IT2ME's chief operating officer.
The company's new cell phones will let customers keep wireless access and their same phone number and data while traveling in up to 80 countries. Nextel aims for the wireless globe-trotter - CNET X ...
Until now, parents had to deal with a separate company or buy special equipment to track their children through their cell phones. Sprint Nextel Corp. becomes the first U.S. wireless provider to ...