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In April 1991, Fleet Call formally requested permission from the FCC to design and build digital communications systems that would operate on the SMR bands.

Much of Fleet Call's expansion was made possible by its December 1992 merger with Dispatch Communications, another mobile radio company with the same plans as Fleet Call.

In January 1993, the company scored something of a coup when it hired John Caner, director of wireless data development at PacTel Cellular.

Perhaps the most important acquisition made by Nextel, however, came in August 1994, when the company acquired the SMR licenses of Motorola in exchange for an additional interest in the company.

In February 1995, Nextel signed a merger agreement with Dial Page, Inc., which was the leading SMR provider in the southeastern United States.

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