ReadyLink

VoIP phone service

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