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 mobile phone service provider to announce push-to-talk A feature of walkie-talkies and certain cellphones and instant messaging services that provides instant voice connectivity to the party on the other end. Push-to-talk is a one-way (half-duplex) communication.  (PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries.

(2) See push-to-talk.

PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration
) service. The service, called Talk Now is the first carrier-based PTT system on a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992.  network in the world. The service is initially being tested by business customers and should launch in 10 countries this year, starting with the UK and France in Q2. Talk Now will initially be available on the Orange Treo 600 and later on PTT phones, including rugged devices for field workers and consumer-style handsets.
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Publication:Mobile Business Advisor
Date:Mar 1, 2004
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