ReadyLink

ReadyLink was a "walkie-talkie" service, which used Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), offered by the Sprint Nextel Corporation, in an effort to compete with then-separate Nextel Communications. It was necessary to have a Sanyo or a Samsung ReadyLink capable phone and a matching service-plan in order to use this feature. ReadyLink sought to mimic the forerunning "MOTO Talk"/Nextel walkie-talkie service, except that ReadyLink was created to operate on the Sprint CDMA network. It was discontinued^[when?] shortly after the Sprint PCS acquisition of Nextel Communications.

Sprint has replaced 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 M1
  • Sanyo MM-5600
  • Sanyo MM-5660
  • Sanyo MM-7400
  • Sanyo MM-7500
  • Sanyo MM-8300
  • Sanyo MM-9000
  • Sanyo PM-8200
  • Sanyo RL-2000
  • Sanyo RL-2500
  • Sanyo RL-4920
  • Sanyo RL-4930
  • Sanyo RL-7300
  • Sanyo SCP-2400
  • Sanyo SCP-3100
  • Sanyo SCP-3200
  • 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