Motorola, NII launch new Melody

SCHAUMBURG - Motorola Inc. and NII Holdings Inc., a provider of fully integrated mobile communication services, announced the commercial launch of Melody, Motorola's next-generation iDEN dispatch and telephone interconnect core switching platform in order to provide enhanced service to Nextel's clients in Chile. The new Melody platform lets push-to-talk and telephone interconnect users roam and communicate with other iDEN subscribers in four NII Holdings markets - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru - as well as with iDEN subscribers in the United States.