On 6/26/2011 2:31 PM, Randy Farmer wrote:
> About ten years ago, Nextel was selling Motorola iDEN two-way
> technology as a cellular telephone substitute and tried to
> trademark "Push To Talk". Nextel was eventually absorbed by
> Sprint. I see now PTT is a term commonly used in the cellular
> industry, but I don't think anyone is trying to claim it as a
> trademark.
The technique was different from what we hams know as "Push to
Talk" - IIRC it was more along the lines of "push to connect".
That provided a good laugh for all of us who were familiar with
PTT in the usual context.
-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
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