Breakthrough Wireless Network Offers Unprecedented Efficiency and Savings to Construction Industry.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1997-- Nextel Builders Network Allows Companies to Communicate Instantly with Suppliers A new wireless network created exclusively for the construction industry is providing unprecedented job-site efficiencies by connecting companies that work on common projects on a single, integrated all-digital network. The Nextel Builders Network, launched in the Northwest by Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. Inc. (NASQAQ: NXTL), is a breakthrough for the construction industry because communication plays such a vital role in managing complex construction logistics. Already, more than 350 Northwest companies have signed on. Nextel's phones are ideal for the construction industry because they integrate cellular, text and numeric paging, and two-way radio A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. communications into one phone. Using the two-way radio feature, called Nextel Direct Connect(sm), participants in the Nextel Builders Network will be able to talk instantly with builders, contractors, suppliers or other workers in their coverage area with the push of a button. No dialing is necessary participants scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. through a customized directory and then press one button to talk with other people on the network. "This is a 'now' business. When you're building, things have to happen now, and when they don't, you're out of luck. The Nextel Builders Network has been a real time saver for me. It's the superhighway superhighway - information superhighway of communications for the construction industry," said Chris Elfving, construction manager of The Kehoe Company, a Portland-based construction/development company specializing in multi-family and single homes from Salem, Ore., to Vancouver, Wash. "It just makes my days go so much faster. Before, it would sometimes take two days to get a response from someone I needed to reach. With the Nextel Builders Network, you're right there," said Kevin McLaughlin Kevin McLaughlin (??? to 17 July 1864) was an African American who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and was captured by slave-hunters in Boston in 1852 His arrest outraged Boston abolitionists and many ordinary Bostonians, who were increasingly hostile towards the enforcement , production manager for MS General, a Puyallup-based general contracting company handling construction projects primarily in King and Pierce counties Pierce County is the name of five counties in the United States:
Perry Satterlee, president of Nextel's Pacific Northwest Area, said, "Anyone who has ever delayed or been forced to delay a construction project because they couldn't reach a key player knows the importance of communications. Nextel Builders Network represents the most simple, cost-effective way to be in touch with the people you need to grow your business." In addition to efficient communications, cost savings can be seen on the phone bill as well as at the job site. There are no roaming charges for calls made anywhere on the Nextel National Network, which covers about 350 cities nationwide, and digital cellular calls are rounded to the second after the first minute. Nextel Builders Network is part of Nextel Business Networks, a series of networks that allow Nextel customers to communicate instantly and easily with each other -- using Nextel Direct Connect -- at a fraction of the cost of traditional cellular. Nextel's Pacific Northwest coverage extends along the I-5 corridor I-5 Corridor can refer to the following:
Nextel Communications Inc., based in McLean, Va., is the nation's leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . Nextel's Pacific Northwest headquarters is in Bellevue, Wash., with offices in Tacoma and Spokane, Wash., and Salem, Tualatin and Portland, Ore. -0- Nextel and Nextel Direct Connect are trademarks and/or servicemarks of Nextel Communications Inc. CONTACT: Laura Henderson Laura Henderson (1864-1944) rose to prominence in the 1930's when, as a wealthy and eccentric widow, she founded the Windmill Theatre in London's Great Windmill Street in partnership with Vivian van Damm, and they went on to turn it into a British institution, famed for its Roger Nyhus 425/452-7514 206/720-1739 |
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