• Home
• Reviews
• News
• Downloads
• CNET TV

About me

My posting summary

1 to 1 of 1

My comments

• Thank you for posting this article Marguerite. My name is BJ DeHut and I am a representative for Sprint. Sprint has decided to retain our iDEN network because we looked at every option and determined that the network and the push-to-talk business is a valuable asset to our full component of wireless products and services. The original Telephony article that this posting references as a source quotes an analyst suggesting that PTT isn't a differentiator because of the availability of cheap talk plans and texting. Rescue workers can't stop to text. Construction workers can't stop to text. PTT will always be of value, and despite what the same analyst suggested to Telephony -- yes, there are new services existing and coming for PTT users. We currently offer and are developing Push-to-X services that provide a new generation of split second communication on both the iDEN and our CDMA networks. Yes, Sprint had some rocky times with iDEN after the Sprint Nextel merger, but the network is operating at the best metrics in its history, and we are not going to give an inch to our competitors. In reply to: "Sprint to keep Nextel"

  November 5, 2008

  0 replies