ReadyLink
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ReadyLink is a "walkie-talkie" service, which utilizes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), offered by the Sprint Nextel Corporation. It is necessary to have a Sanyo or a Samsung ReadyLink capable phone and a matching service-plan in order to use this feature. ReadyLink seeks to mimic the forerunning "MOTO Talk"/Nextel walkie-talkie service, except that ReadyLink was created for the CDMA-based phones under the Sprint PCS side of the corporation.
Sprint is expected to replace Readylink with Qualcomm's QChat. This technology will run over the Sprint high-speed EV-DO data network, giving it the closest comparable speeds to Motorola's iDEN Direct-Connect in the push-to-talk industry.
In Canada, the Bell Mobility network (including Aliant and SaskTel Mobility) implements similar technology with their 10-4 service. Some of the same phones are available, and Bell subscribers can roam with the service on Sprint's network.[1]
Phones with ReadyLink:
- Samsung
- Samsung SPH-A640
- Samsung SPH-A760
- Samsung SPH-A820
- Sanyo
- Sanyo MM-5600
- Sanyo MM-5660
- Sanyo MM-7400
- Sanyo MM-7500
- Sanyo MM-8300
- Sanyo MM-9000
- Sanyo PL-7300
- Sanyo PM-8200
- Sanyo RL-2000
- Sanyo RL-2500
- Sanyo RL-4920
- Sanyo RL-4930
- Sanyo SCP-3100
- Sanyo VI-2300
- Sanyo VM-4500
[edit] External links
- Official Readylink site - on Sprintpcs.com
- Information on Bell Mobility's 10-4 - on Bell.ca
[edit] References
- ^ Bell Canada presentation on the 10-4 service - http://www.innovations.bell.ca/DATA/PRESENTATION/43/1_en.pdf
