NEW ORLEANS-Although much of the news from last week's CTIA show focused on the typical consumer, Research In Motion Ltd. managed to remind the industry of the importance of the enterprise customer with its new BlackBerry Connect licensing program.The new licensing program expands on...
NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless released its Wireless Office suite of services and devices for enterprise customers at this week's CTIA Wireless 2003 trade show.Wireless Office includes voice tools, Internet and intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and other customized solutions on a choice of wireless...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Inciscent Inc.'s Java-based Command & Control network and systems management software for the Blackberry 6510 device.Inciscent said the software will enable information technology professionals to securely manage, configure and troubleshoot enterprise information systems and data networks from virtually any...
HANNOVER, Germany-Research In Motion Ltd. released two new BlackBerry devices, the 6210 and the 6220, for users in Europe."We continue to lead the industry with a growing choice of wireless handhelds that satisfy the demanding requirements of both large corporate customers and individual business...
WESTPORT, Conn.-Peace of Mind at Light Speed Inc., a developer of location-based and location-aware services, has entered a strategic alliance with New York-based Igicom L.L.C. to provide in-house software development for POMALS' data content.Igicom is an Internet professional services firm that designs and builds...
LONDON-European mobile data users are set to enjoy greater competition on tariffs and devices following the decision by T-Mobile to more than halve its mobile data charges and push the BlackBerry device to single business users and high-end consumers. In an attempt to stimulate...
ORLANDO-Sonic Mobility announced sonicadmin now allows for wireless access to NetIQ's AppManager Suite via Pocket PC or BlackBerry wireless handhelds."Together, NetIQ and Sonic Mobility enable customers to quickly respond and resolve critical performance and availability problems from virtually any location which can result in...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Adding a new twist in a complicated legal drama, a U.S. judge ruled that Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. must begin negotiations over their heated patent battle, and that a magistrate judge will oversee those discussions.However, U.S. District Court Judge James...
TORONTO-Research in Motion (RIM) is expected to soon add color to a new line of low-cost BlackBerry handheld computers, according to analysts that follow the Canadian company.Last week, at a trade show in Cannes, France, RIM displayed a new model of the BlackBerry, the...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- Bill Nguyen, the entrepreneur who sold Onebox.com (now Openwave Systems Inc.) to Phone.com for $850 million, is back at the head of wireless e-mail company Seven, just in time to see the company score European wireless giant Orange plc as a...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless corporate e-mail company Seven announced it scored Orange as a new customer, and that the carrier will offer Seven's unique network-based corporate information product in the United Kingdom.Seven's service, dubbed Office Freedom by Orange, gives mobile workers wireless access to Microsoft...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore's StarHub said it would target more corporate customers by offering a broad array of wireless data services this year.StarHub, which achieved 640,000 subscribers by the end of last year, said it is targeting corporate customers who currently comprise roughly 5 percent of...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. scored a deal to provide 20,000 of its BlackBerry devices to real estate company GMAC.The deal comes as RIM and Good Technologies Inc. are locked in a battle over enterprise customers as well as legal issues....
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Despite economic slowing and sector saturation, profitability of some of Europe's savvy-and lucky-wireless operators is managing to improve across a desolate backdrop. Across the Continent, average revenue per user (ARPU) for most operators has been increasing at about 5 percent quarter on...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Telefonica Moviles Espana, a subsidiary of the Telefonica Moviles Group, will sell Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device starting in the next few months, a move that will make the carrier the first to offer the BlackBerry in Spain."With this agreement...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Handheld device makers Palm Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. seemed to fare relatively well over the quarter, with both companies reporting relatively solid earnings.Palm said it managed to move into the black and capitalize on its new products, scoring a net income...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Handheld device makers Palm Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. seemed to fare relatively well over the quarter, with both companies reporting relatively solid earnings.Palm said it managed to move into the black and capitalize on its new products, scoring a net income...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported a strong quarter with results in-line with the company's projections, as well as increased sales of its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.The company's stock remained relatively unchanged following the news, its stock trading about $13.70 per share.RIM reported revenues...
TORONTO-Research In Motion Ltd. reported a strong quarter with results in-line with the company's projections, as well as increased sales of its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.The company's stock remained relatively unchanged following the news, its stock trading about $13.70 per share.RIM reported revenues in...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation's 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.'s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip more than 1,200 employees with the device.O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P. is one of Good's more than 450 customers, although the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it intends to offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s voice-enabled BlackBerry 6750 handheld device on its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network during the first quarter of next year. The launch will be the first BlackBerry device offered on a 1x network...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported Nextel Communications Inc. will begin shipping its BlackBerry 6510 device this week. The Java-based 6510 will include Nextel's current iDEN-based voice and data capabilities, its Direct Connect functionality through a dedicated button on the side of the device,...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada-Research In Motion (RIM) said it has signed an agreement in principal with Palm setting out fundamental terms under which RIM will license certain keyboard patents to Palm under a royalty-bearing licensing agreement. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.Palm said...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. signed a software licensing agreement granting Nokia the right to use and distribute certain RIM BlackBerry software in conjunction with Nokia products globally."By signing this software licensing deal with RIM, we are able to provide another...
