NEW YORK-Wireless enterprise company Onset Technology announced it acquired InfoClarus Inc.'s METAmessage wireless application, as well as its 1,000 METAmessage customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Onset said more than 150 law firms across the country use METAmessage to remotely access billing records,...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its mobile phones.Samsung is the latest in a line of major licensing deals for RIM. Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson and others...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. has teamed with Salesforce.com to make Salesforce.com's on-demand customer relationship management service available on Nextel's wireless network.Through the partnership, Nextel customers using BlackBerry devices can remotely retrieve and update accounts, contact and lead information, and obtain reports via Salesforce.com's Wireless...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is cutting jobs in its Mobitex business, although the carrier declined to provide specifics.Cingular said it is cutting a minimal number of jobs in its Cingular Interactive division, which runs its slower-speed Mobitex data-only network. Cingular said the job...
Cingular Wireless is cutting jobs in its Mobitex business, although the carrier declined to provide specifics.Cingular said it is cutting a "minimal" number of jobs in its Cingular Interactive division, which runs its slower-speed Mobitex data-only network. Cingular said the job cuts will be...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Fresh from its stellar third-quarter earnings report, Research In Motion Ltd. upped the size of its planned public offering to a total the company expects will generate almost $800 million. The news sent the company stock to its highest level in three years.RIM's...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell used the recent example of a National Football League player who made a mobile-phone call from the end zone after a touchdown to demonstrate the impacts of the digital migration."There on the gridiron, in the middle of the game, Joe...
AAT Communications Corp. announced it plans to acquire all tower assets of Signal One L.L.C., a privately held Chattanooga, Tenn.-based tower owner and site management company. The assets include 226 owned towers and 199 managed sites mainly located in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia....
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced the availability of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7510 wireless handheld, the first BlackBerry equipped with a speakerphone. The BlackBerry 7510 provides integrated access to one or multiple corporate and personal e-mail accounts.It also features a built-in cell phone,...
Santa came a few days early for Research In Motion Ltd.The company became the star of the Nasdaq Dec. 23, the day after RIM reported substantial third-quarter results and a stellar outlook for the future. Indeed, the company's stock price jumped from around $45...
Although Research In Motion Ltd. promotes its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device as an open and extensible platform for developers, those competing against RIM in the wireless enterprise market argue its new devices will only work with RIM servers and infrastructure-thus making RIM's offering strictly...
REDMOND, Wash.-Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported a 5-percent increase in revenues to $271 million for its second fiscal quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago, as well as a decrease in income from $9.5 million a year ago to $2.6 million for the second...
Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for unlimited...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported an alliance dealer relationship with Semotus Solutions to co-sell BlackBerry Handheld mobile applications to AT&T Wireless business customers.Semotus said the mobile applications would include its HipLinkXS line of wireless communications applications.
Mobile computing is on the cusp of revolutionizing healthcare, according to Greg Malkary, founder and managing director of the Spyglass Consulting Group. Indeed, wireless users in many fields are recognizing the convenience and efficiency of mobile technology, and demanding that they be able to...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. continued its international expansion, launching a new BlackBerry device with European carrier MmO2 and racking up deals with Telcel in Latin America and Smart Communications in the Philippines.To date, RIM's BlackBerry is available through carrier relationships...
Wireless enterprise company Research In Motion Ltd. announced it turned the corner and posted a profit for its second quarter-a major move for the company but one still overshadowed by its legal wrangling with NTP Inc.Indeed, the legal issues are such that Nokia Corp....
SOMERS, N.Y.-Wireless enterprise giants IBM Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they will more tightly integrate their corporate access servers, a move the companies said would give BlackBerry users expanded access options.The companies said the new development and integration efforts will be focused...
Often seen as lacking a strong next-generation wireless data roadmap, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has began to nudge its way up the wireless data ranks thanks to the continued strength of its Mobitex network, the pursuit of spectrum to support high-speed services and partnerships with...
Research In Motion reported that its preliminary second-quarter results exceed its stated revenue and earnings growth expectations.RIM said it expects revenue for the second quarter to be in the $123 million to $126 million range, exceeding forecasts of $105 million to $115 million. The...
