Got a Nextel phone? Be prepared to part ways with it. Sprint announced Tuesday (May 29) that it plans to end service for Nextel's walkie-talkie-style push-to-talk phones as early as June 2013, saying ...

Sprint unleashed four new devices on Tuesday, two of which add to its roster of Nextel Direct Connect handsets -- the Motorola Renegade V950 and Motorola i365 -- and meet military specifications for ...

In his keynote address at CTIA, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse defended Nextel and its push-to-talk capabilities and added that Sprint this summer will be switching its push-to-talk (PTT) network to CDMA.

ATLANTA – Nextel Communications Inc. isn’t waiting for more mobile operators to roll out would-be competitors to Direct Connect, the pioneering “push-to-talk” service that lets subscribers talk ...