Until now, PTT calls could only be initiated to users that had PTT-enabled handsets with a PTT subscription. With the Kodiak Clientless PTT application, PTT subscribers can contact non-subscribers, by sending an invitation to join the call and instructions to press any key to begin speaking. By pressing and releasing any key, known as “getting and releasing the call floor,” recipients can use their wireless or landline phone, just like a PTT phone.

“We are very pleased to offer this clientless version of PTT to our CDMA carrier customers,” said Bruce Lawler, executive vice president, marketing and business development, Kodiak Networks. “With Kodiak Clientless Push to Talk, PTT subscribers can immediately build contact and group lists with friends, family and colleagues on any wireless network or landline phone.”