BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 10, 2000 ISSUE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY What's Next for Nextel WIRELESS WEB In April, the company will introduce its Nextel Online, which will let customers handle business-to-business transactions over the Net with their mobile phones. For example, eDispatch.com will let construction workers tap their company's Web site to find out whether lumber has been delivered to a work site. GLOBAL ROAMING On Apr. 3, Nextel will begin marketing a mobile phone, called the i2000, that can be used in over 65 countries. Globe-trotting execs will be able to travel with one phone, one phone number, and flat-rate billing that will run as little as 99 cents per minute for calls to and from Europe. STOCKING UP ON SPECTRUM Nextel has amassed a war chest of $8 billion to bid for airwaves in upcoming auctions in the U.S. and abroad. CONSUMER PLUNGE Nextel intends to jump into the consumer market next year with a snazzy new mobile phone for family use. The move is risky: Margins are lower in the consumer market, and Nextel lacks distribution channels. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Nextel: The Happy Loner TABLE: What's Next for Nextel ONLINE ORIGINAL: Nextel Isn't "Next Who?" Anymore INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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