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Nextel provided digital, wireless communications services, originally focusing on the fleet and dispatch customers, but later marketed to all potential wireless customers. Nextel's network operated in the 800-MHz Specialized Mobile Radio band and used iDEN technology developed by Motorola.
For a couple years in mid-2000s America, it was tough to go a day in public without hearing a very distinctive electronic “chirp.” It was the trademark tone ...
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Mar 4, 2022 · Nextel Mobile Worldwide, which owns the IP related to the Nextel brand that disappeared from the US mobile market almost a decade ago, is on the hunt for investors to help it finance a relaunch and the attainment of some lofty – and arguably unreachable – growth targets.
Feb 14, 2005 · The deal, announced in 2005, combines the No. 3 and No. 5 wireless carriers and will produce a company with 40 million customers. The merger is expected to close in the second half of 2005, subject to regulatory approval, and will create a powerhouse company with differentiated products and services.
In July, Nextel began offering iDEN service in Tokyo, Japan, through J-COM, a company in which Nextel owned a 21 percent stake. Also that month, service was established in Manila, the Philippines, and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Apr 24, 2013 · Still facing an ugly second quarter ahead, the wireless carrier is poised for a turnaround as it shuts down the Nextel network.