ReadyLink was a "walkie-talkie

Walkie-talkie

A walkie-talkie is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and engineering teams at Motorola...

" service, which used Session Initiation Protocol

Session Initiation Protocol

The Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...

 (SIP), offered by the Sprint Nextel Corporation. It was necessary to have a Sanyo

Sanyo

is a major electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 230 Subsidiaries and Affiliates....

 or a Samsung

Samsung

The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

 ReadyLink capable phone and a matching service-plan in order to use this feature. ReadyLink sought to mimic the forerunning "MOTO Talk

MOTO Talk

MOTO Talk is a feature on some Motorola iDEN cellular phone handsets which allows users to make short-range 'push-to-talk' calls to other such handsets without being on the iDEN network. This feature goes by different names on iDEN service providers. In the US, Nextel calls it 'DirectTalk' and...

"/Nextel walkie-talkie service, except that ReadyLink was created for the CDMA-based phones under the Sprint PCS side of the corporation.

Sprint has replaced Readylink with Qualcomm

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

'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

Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

Integrated Digital Enhanced Network is a mobile telecommunications technology, developed by Motorola, which provides its users the benefits of a trunked radio and a cellular telephone...

 Direct-Connect

MOTO Talk

MOTO Talk is a feature on some Motorola iDEN cellular phone handsets which allows users to make short-range 'push-to-talk' calls to other such handsets without being on the iDEN network. This feature goes by different names on iDEN service providers. In the US, Nextel calls it 'DirectTalk' and...

 in the push-to-talk industry.

In Canada, the Bell Mobility

Bell Mobility

Bell Mobility is a CDMA and HSPA+ based wireless network and the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada...

 network (including Aliant

Aliant

Bell Aliant Inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout eastern Canada, as Bell Aliant throughout Atlantic Canada, and under the NorthernTel, and Télébec brands in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec....

 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.

Phones with ReadyLink:

• Samsung
  Samsung Electronics
  Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
  
  
  • Samsung SPH-A640
    Samsung SPH-A640
    The Samsung SPH-A640 is a tri-mode dual band cellular telephone developed for PCS carriers like Sprint Nextel in the United States and Virgin Mobile in Canada....
    
    
  • Samsung SPH-A760
  • Samsung SPH-A820

• Sanyo
  Sanyo mobile phones
  Kyocera Communications, Inc. is a manufacturer of mobile telephones for CMDA networks and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation that was formed in February 2000 when Kyocera acquired QUALCOMM's San Diego, California-based terrestial handset division. Upon the purchase of QUALCOMM's...
  
  
  • 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-2400
  • Sanyo SCP-3100
  • Sanyo SCP-7000
  • Sanyo SCP-7300
  • Sanyo SCP-8400
  • Sanyo VI-2300
  • Sanyo VM-4500

External links

• Official Readylink site - on Sprintpcs.com
• Information on Bell Mobility's 10-4 - on Bell.ca