![]() reported that the number of potential Verizon Wireless customers evaluating PTT products and services online spiked last September at more than 240,000 consumers, but dropped to around 55,000 consumer inquiries last month. “You could have fooled me.”ĭonahue’s bravado is backed by consumer research that shows that while interest in competing services from Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS increased last year following their respective launches, the interest has since subsided. “We do have competition?” Donahue said in response to a question by CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent during a keynote panel discussion. Nextel’s confidence in its service was reiterated during the recent Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in Atlanta earlier this year when Nextel President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Donahue questioned whether there really was any competition for the carrier’s iDEN-based service. Similar to its Vision data service, Sprint PCS provides new customers with two free months of Ready Link service, after which they can continue to use the offering for a monthly charge. Sprint PCS also said it does not break out subscriber results for its Ready Link service, but did report that 4 percent of its gross customer additions during the first quarter were using the service, which would translate into roughly 72,000 customers. ![]() UBS Warburg noted that in a meeting with Verizon Wireless late last year, the carrier indicated that a little more than half of its customers who use its Push to Talk service were new to the technology while the other half were previous PTT users. Verizon Wireless said it does not release subscriber results for its Push to Talk offering, citing competitive concerns, though the carrier did report at the end of third-quarter 2003, it had signed up more than 100,000 subscribers to its service. Those results exclude Nextel affiliate Nextel Partners Inc., which has reported similar usage levels from its 1.3 million subscriber base.īy comparison, only Alltel, which launched its Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service earlier this year, actually reported recent PTT subscriber results, noting it had signed up approximately 50,000 users to its service by the end of the first quarter. About 90 percent of its customer base uses the walkie-talkie service to some extent, representing 12 million active PTT customers. Nextel reported more than 13.3 million total customers all owning handsets with PTT capabilities. continues to dominate the walkie-talkie space and is not expected to relinquish that lead for some time, despite recent attempts by Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Alltel Corp. ![]()
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