EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. said it will shut down its United Kingdom business in order to minimize its liabilities and to satisfy its outstanding obligations, and will sell the business to Teleca Ltd. for $500,000.Geoworks offers software design and engineering services to the mobile and...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. announced dismal fourth quarter results, showing a 39-percent drop in revenue compared with the previous quarter due to the company's new business focus, and Geoworks also hinted at a possible bankruptcy filing."The company expects that the opinion of its independent auditors...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. gained a new president and chief executive officer as part of its effort to move into the smart-phone operating system and application business.The company's former chief operating officer, Steve Mitchell, was promoted as the company's president and CEO, and will help...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—Wireless data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. announced a series of drastic moves and a depressing third quarter report, news that sent the company's stock rocketing down almost 40 percent in trading today to just under 50 cents per share.The company said it will...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—Following the trend of many other wireless data companies in recent weeks, mobile data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said it will cut its work force by 45 percent and will no longer offer revenue guidance to investors.The company cited current market uncertainty and...
MACCLESFIELD, England—Mobile Internet infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said BT Cellnet launched its developer program on BT's Expidas Web site, a move Geoworks said will allow mobile solution developers to rapidly develop, test and deploy mobile data applications.
MACCLESFIELD, England—Mobile Internet infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said BT Cellnet launched its developer program on BT's Expidas Web site, a move Geoworks said will allow mobile solution developers to rapidly develop, test and deploy mobile data applications.
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks, which develops Internet software for wireless devices, released its third-quarter sales results, showing a loss of $5.14 million while registering a 37-percent jump in sales over the year.The company's revenue was $4.3 million, up from $3.1 million a year ago. Geoworks said...
Openwave Systems Inc. and Geoworks Corp. ended their year-long patent dispute last week with a cross-licensing settlement, ending a fight closely watched by wireless Internet players concerned about possible ramifications for the entire WAP industry.Under the terms of the settlement, Openwave will receive a...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.'s AirBoss technology.The deal will allow all devices operating on BSWD's Mobitex-based Intelligent Wireless Network to access wireless Internet content. It also provides an HTTP-based...
Now that Arch Wireless Inc.'s acquisition of Paging Network Inc. is complete, former PageNet subsidiary Vast Solutions Inc. is free of the dead weight its former parent company represented and can begin establishing its place in a marketplace it originally helped define.Vast was born...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a technical and marketing alliance with U.S. Wireless Corp. to add mobile location information to Geoworks' Mobile ASP platform.Using U.S. Wireless' mobile location information, Geoworks will be able to offer personal content and commerce services specific to users' immediate location,...
Seven companies set up a TD-SCDMA Technical Forum in Beijing. TD-SCDMA is a third-generation (3G) mobile-phone standard developed by the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT) and Siemens. The seven companies that set up the forum are China Mobile, China Unicom, Datang, Huawei, Motorola,...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a cross-licensing agreement with L.M. Ericsson under which Ericsson will gain access to Geoworks' flexible user interface patent in return for several Ericsson patents.Geoworks said it would use the unnamed Ericsson patents to enhances its Mobile ASP product and its...
Geoworks Corp. fired the latest round in its battle with Phone.com Inc. last week, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to bar the import of wireless phones from Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. featuring the Phone.com UP.Browser technology.Geoworks filed the complaint against Phone.com, Sanyo and...
It's the content stupid!With WAP backlash increasing worldwide, those in the know have pointed to what they call the poor implementation of WAP technology as the major culprit behind its less-than-enthusiastic response, not the technology itself.As such, the wireless industry is looking to the...
DENVER, United States-As wireless Internet services gain subscribers around the globe, wireless application service providers (WASPs) will become even more important. A traditional ASP model is the implementation of an application that can be repeated across multiple customers with little customization needed. This cookie-cutter...
The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of the wireless Internet industry?A traditional ASP model is the implementation of an application that...
As anticipated, Geoworks Corp. has released the revised terms of its licensing program concerning its Flexible User Interface patent, which it says is used by anyone building or deploying Wireless Application Protocol products or services.The company first extended the date by which licensing agreements...
Just days before Geoworks Corp. is expected to introduce dramatic changes to the licensing program supporting its patent claim on aspects of Wireless Application Protocol technology, the company escalated its dispute with Phone.com Inc. by filing a countersuit against the company.Geoworks' countersuit asks the...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. revealed it has received an unsolicited tender bid from Growth Capital Corp., which has offered to buy up to 900,000 shares of common stock from Geoworks shareholders at $20 a share.Geoworks urged its shareholders to reject the offer, saying the offer...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. launched its Mobile Site service as a complement to its existing Mobile ASP solution. Mobile Site pulls data from a Web site and reformats it for wireless device languages and technologies, the company said.Mobile ASP is a more robust and customized...
Phone.com Inc. fired the first shot against Geoworks' claim that it holds intellectual property rights to Wireless Application Protocol technology by suing the company.Geoworks claims its patent concerning a flexible user interface implicates all carriers, vendors and applications developers using WAP technology, while the...
U.S. WirelessThe board of directors of U.S. Wireless Corp. announced the appointment of Dale Stone as president, chief operating officer and member of the board of directors. Stone is the former president of Qualcomm Inc.'s infrastructure division.TellabsRichard Notebaert, retired chairman and chief executive officer...
