Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Sprint PCS sees "push to talk" for work, family

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Sprint PCS sees "push to talk" for work, family
Monday March 17, 3:16 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS, March 17 (Reuters) - Sprint PCS Group (NYSE:PCS - News),
the fourth-largest U.S. wireless company, said on Monday it
will target corporate customers and families with a
walkie-talkie service it will launch later this year.

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"We see this family segment as being very excited about
'push to talk,'" Sprint President Len Lauer said in an
interview at a wireless industry trade show in New Orleans.
The so-called "push to talk" feature allows wireless
customers to connect with friends, family and colleagues by
simply pushing a button instead of dialing a number and waiting
for the call to go through.
Sprint PCS, the wireless telephone unit of long-distance
telephone company Sprint Corp. (NYSE:FON - News), is working with its
existing wireless handset providers to develop the "push to
talk" models, as well as with several undisclosed software
companies, Lauer said.
Sprint PCS expects to have a wider choice of handsets than
"push to talk" leader Nextel Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:NXTL - News),
which has found a market among construction crews, technicians
and government agencies for its walkie-talkie feature.
For the rest of 2003, Lauer said Sprint PCS will focus its
capital spending on improving its wireless network, reducing
disconnected calls, adding about 1,700 wireless transmission
sites and improving its signal's strength within buildings.
Lauer said Sprint PCS' financial guidance for 2003 was
unchanged. The Overland Park, Kansas-based company had said it
expected to post a loss per share of 42 cents to 47 cents and
become free cash flow break even this year.

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