Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from M:Metrics' Seamus McAteer, Ovum's Roger Entner...
The BlackBerry-maker suffered yet another black eye last week in its legal scrap with NTP Inc. A Virginia judge rejected a request from Research In Motion Ltd. to enforce a $450 million settlement with NTP Inc., which claims patents to the wireless technology in...
WATERLOO, Ontario-A Virginian judge rejected Research In Motion Ltd.'s request to enforce a settlement with its adversary NTP Inc., a move that caused the Nasdaq to halt trading on RIM's stock. The ruling stands as yet another setback for RIM in its legal battle...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry investors were forced to tighten their seatbelts again as the company lowered its subscriber forecasts due to product delays. The news sent BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock down more than 4 percent in trading to $64.24 per share. RIM said...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry investors were forced to tighten their seatbelts again as the company lowered its subscriber forecasts due to product delays. The news sent BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock down more than 4 percent in trading to $64.24 per share.RIM said its...
Unlike the freewheeling and sometimes thought-provoking keynotes of previous CTIA Wireless I.T. shows, Tuesday's opening keynote session was a trio of rudimentary company presentations on business basics from Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp. and Intel Corp. executives. The keynotes-spruced up with slick video presentations and...
WASHINGTON-Key Republican and Democratic senators officially unveiled legislation overhauling the nation's half-century-old emergency warning system by tapping into wireless and other digital technologies to alert citizens in real time to emergency situations. The introduction of the Warning, Alerts, and Response Network Act was announced...
WASHINGTON-Key Republican and Democratic senators officially unveiled legislation overhauling the nation's half-century-old emergency warning system by tapping into wireless and other digital technologies to alert citizens to real-time emergency situations. The introduction of the Warning, Alerts, and Response Network Act was announced late Thursday...
Sprint Corp. today formally launched a consultation service the carrier said can help businesses develop a long-term wireless strategy and roadmap. "They get a better handle on how they should use mobility," explained Kenny Wyatt, Sprint's vice president of integrated solutions.Sprint's new Mobile Business...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM's position in the case. The patent office rejected four of the five patents that...
BEDMINSER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless plans to introduce new rate plans combining voice minutes and unlimited data access from a personal digital assistant, smart phone or BlackBerry device. The new plans begin at $80 per month for 450 anytime calling minutes, unlimited night and weekend calling...
Verizon Wireless said it plans to introduce new rate plans that combine voice minutes and unlimited data access from a personal digital assistant, smart phone or BlackBerry device.The new plans begin at $80 per month for 450 anytime calling minutes, unlimited night and weekend...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. will add post office protocol support to its Gmail service, allowing customers to wirelessly check their accounts on certain handsets.The Web search company will roll out POP support during the next few weeks, extending its free Web mail service to...
New research shows the worldwide smart-phone market continues to grow, while sales of handheld computers decline, but that regional differences make for a jumbled marketplace."These regional differences can have quite profound effects on future global market progression," said Chris Jones, director and senior analyst...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell two new BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices for its GSM/GPRS network, devices that bolster Cingular's longtime support of Research In Motion Ltd.'s products.Cingular said it would sell the monochrome BlackBerry 6280 for $250 and the color-screen BlackBerry 7280...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported revenues of $73.4 million for its second quarter, and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year as well as its target to reach profitability.Investors seemed relatively heartened by the news, sending the company's stock up about...
CHICAGO-The Council of Residential Specialists, a Chicago-based trade group for realtors, has teamed with InPhonic Inc., Washington, D.C., to provide wireless phones and messaging devices, service plans and unified communications capabilities to nearly 40,000 real estate agents nationwide.Under the agreement announced August 19, InPhonic...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced a partnership with Australian carrier Telstra Mobile to sell wireless e-mail and voice-capable BlackBerrys to the carrier's corporate customers.Telstra is the latest in a series of carriers to partner with RIM.
