Sprint today officially confirmed it will use Qualcomm's QChat technology for its next generation Push To Talk (PTT) on the Revision A network. When launched in early 2008, QChat phones will be able ...

QChat is a CDMA upgrade to Nextel’s iDEN Push-to-talk network, which increases connection performance while allowing interoperability with the legacy iDEN network. The service was originally rumored ...

With Sprint’s Qchat purportedly set to roll out nationally soon, Verizon’s making sure everyone know that they’re not just sitting on their hands. This morning, Verizon confirmed that they will be ...

We take two QChat-enabled walkie-talkie phones for a spin to see how well the new DirectConnect technology really works. Does it hold a candle to iDEN? Yes, yes it does. Sprint recently rolled out a ...

Monday it also unveiled its first series of QChat phones (see our Sprint QChat slide show for the eye candy), which for the first time offer push-to-talk interoperability between CDMA and iDEN ...

Sprint has announced the new QChat service is expanding into 40+ new markets and a small team of new handsets are arriving to herald the new service's launch. Markets like Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Thursday it will launch a walkie-talkie style mobile phone service in 40 U.S. markets on June 15, based on Qualcomm Inc's QChat technology. The service, ...

Sprint's now well beyond the promised 40 opening markets for its QChat-based Direct Connect network, announcing that an additional 14 are available as of this week. In addition to network availability ...

Sprint to phase out QChat Sprint phases out QChat phones. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola Razrs were all the rage. Since then, I've written about ...

All Queensland government agencies should “more comprehensively identify and manage ethical risks’’ of using AI, the Queensland Audit Office reported on Wednesday. It found the public service as a ...