THE CUTTING EDGE/TECHNOLOGY NEWS : MORE ON TECH : Sprint PCS in Deal With Motorola, Samsung

Sprint PCS, the wireless unit of Sprint Corp., said it plans to buy telephones valued at about $750 million from Motorola Inc. and South Korea’s Samsung Corp. for its wireless Internet service. During the next year, Samsung’s U.S. unit would sell Sprint PCS up to $500 million in phones for its digital wireless network. Users would be able to place calls and access the Internet, as well as make analog-signal calls in areas not covered by the digital network.

Motorola would sell Sprint PCS at least $250 million in phones, such as its new StarTac and TalkAbout models that also work with digital and analog signals. South Korea-based Samsung’s SCH-3500, which offers voice-activated dialing and wireless Web access, is to be available from Sprint PCS this month at a suggested price of $149.99.