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Barry West makes waves with innovative features.(Brief Article)

InfoWorld

| January 26, 2004 | Baldwin, Howard | COPYRIGHT 2003 InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Differentiation in the mobile phone market is hard to come by, but Nextel's Communications' Direct Connect feature sets the company apart. CTO and Executive Vice President Barry J. West, a 25-year veteran of British Telecom, in 2003 led Nextel in extending this "walkie-talkie" feature. Now Customers can use it nationwide as well as regionally.

West's next project for Nextel: "vocoder" technology, which will enable the company to double the voice capacity of its wireless network without spending billions on upgrading …

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