Added AT&T Wireless: "We have asked for an extension while our vendor develops a technology solution.". Despite such assurances, law enforcement agencies have grown tired of delays and now oppose granting carriers more time to comply. In the latest sign of impatience over the issue, the FBI pulled its support for extending waivers to push-to-talk providers. "For once I agree with the businesses: Get these nosey SOBs off my back."--Jo Makee. If the FCC fails to grant the most recent waiver requests, providers of up-and-running services such as Verizon and Sprint could find themselves subject to millions of dollars in fines. It could also delay plans from companies such as AT&T Wireless, which is in the midst of building out its own push-to-talk network.

Although the FCC has yet to rule on the requests, it may have tipped its hand earlier this month, when reaffirming that push-to-talk services are indeed subject to federal wiretapping statutes, "The FCC is being very careful to avoid any impact on the rollout of new technology," said Julius Knapp, deputy chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, "But we have to balance the needs of law enforcement, which have shown they've been patient so far.", Mike Altschul, general counsel of the CTIA wireless octane hard shell case for apple iphone 6 and 6s - black association, said the industry as a whole is scrambling to comply, But he's also working to win FCC approval for the cellular carriers' waivers..

"The commission should take into account the current lack of commercially available intercept capabilities for most such services," he said. Showdown at PTT corralFor their part, the carriers say they are at the mercy of their push-to-talk network equipment providers, which are being asked to quickly come up with a fix for the problem. Push-to-talk is based on the technology behind VoIP telephone services. Just like this cheaper version of traditional home phone calls, voices are broken up into bits of data and sent on any number of paths over the Internet.

To capture the conversations, carriers have to corral all those bits, which is no easy feat, Wiretapping these calls is more difficult than a traditional phone network, because equipment makers haven't standardized their surveillance gear, creating problems for carriers that aren't as experienced with the equipment, said Kari Kurronen, Nokia senior marketing manager, "Typically, octane hard shell case for apple iphone 6 and 6s - black when new services are introduced, legal interception is not the first thing to be standardized," he said, Carriers are capable of documenting a push-to-talk cell phone's location, the telephone numbers involved with the conversation and other information, But they can't deliver the actual conversations--the most valuable part, from an investigative standpoint..

Togabi Technologies, which produces push-to-talk gear, said it has a solution "on the road map" but declined to say when it would be ready. Nextel licks its chopsMeanwhile, Nextel is sitting on the sidelines, watching its competitors sweat it out. The company, along with Motorola, introduced push-to-talk technology in the early 1990s and has been able to capture the conversations for at least two years. With competitors' development efforts now possibly sidelined, the Reston, Va.-based carrier can continue perfecting its first consumer-oriented phones after a decade of selling them predominantly to mobile business professionals.