Sprint/Nextel can't meet E-911 Deadline
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WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have 95 percent of their in-use handsets capable of locating 911 callers by the end of the year.
The issue of compliance with the E-911 location-enabled handset rule was brought up during Nextel Communications Inc.'s recent merger with Sprint Corp., but the merger was not conditioned on compliance with the rule.
Sprint PCS' CDMA network was the first to offer handsets with global positioning system software, but Nextel's iDEN technology has had a much harder time developing location capabilities.
Nextel said in July that most...
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WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have 95 percent of their in-use handsets capable of locating 911 callers by the end of the year.
The issue of compliance with the E-911 location-enabled handset rule was brought up during Nextel Communications Inc.'s recent merger with Sprint Corp., but the merger was not conditioned on compliance with the rule.
Sprint PCS' CDMA network was the first to offer handsets with global positioning system software, but Nextel's iDEN technology has had a much harder time developing location capabilities.
Nextel said in July that most...
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It has nothing to do with the carrier - in terms of technology and compliance - it's the number of subscribers using older handsets that aren't E911 compliant. This actually speaks to the durability and dependability of Nextel handsets.
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It's the same issue many carriers must deal with.
My point was that a certain Nextel "fanboy" called those same problems "excuses". Well, now Nextel is using the same "excuse".
My point was that a certain Nextel "fanboy" called those same problems "excuses". Well, now Nextel is using the same "excuse".
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I totally agree. I know many who are still using i60, i90, and i95's and refuse to give them up. Some of them look like hell, but they still work which speaks for itself in the quality of Motorola iDEN handsets.
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When I was first selling Nextel, back in 1997 or 98 I believe the handsets were like rocks, very durable.
I would be happy if Cingular got a handset manufacturer to do the same.
I would be happy if Cingular got a handset manufacturer to do the same.
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That's when the i1000, i1000+, and i500's were the 'in' thing. That's back in my hey-day, you couldn't NOT sell them. Especially in Florida, from contractors to hospitals, etc... Back then, people were happy that the service on a two-line account was $300/mo.
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I think I sold the i270, i500 and one other. Two with extendable antenna and one with a huge fixed whip antenna.
We also sold the base stations back then.
We also sold the base stations back then.
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