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In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Sprint Nextel will give its iDEN push-to-talk network the final push—over the edge.
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After more than a year of warnings, the Nextel network will be decommissioned starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT Sunday. Sprint will shut down iDEN cells gradually across the country on Sunday, roughly following the time zones from east to west, spokesman Mark Bonavia said.
The iDEN system came from Motorola and formed the basis of Nextel’s network, which was begun in 1996.
Do nextel phones still existThe network ran over spectrum from small regional carriers and frequencies for Motorola’s two-way radios.
The company built a strong business through its push-to-talk feature, which let users talk to each other instantly without having to first answer a ringing phone.
That sounded good to people who worked with their hands, such as plumbers and construction workers.
Sprint saw Nextel’s loyal base of blue-collar businesses and the high monthly bills they paid, and in 2005 it merged with the smaller Nextel, creating a company valued at $35 billion.
At the time, Sprin
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