While seven-digit numbers are usually reserved for a company's bottom line or telephone number, the seven digits in 6,219,694are of extra importance to Canadian-based wireless messaging company Research In Motion Ltd. Those seven numbers represents the patent issued to the company last week from...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. posted its earnings for the first quarter, which are down from the company's revenues last year but are in line with expectations and the current market slowdown.Net sales for the company totaled $45.9 million, a 22-percent drop from the same...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-MobilePlanet announced it will offer Metrocall's line of wireless products and services through its sales channels, including the Handspring Visor bundled with Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s @ctiveLink module and Metrocall's My2Way.MobilePlanet is a multichannel direct reseller of mobile computing and wireless products and services....
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-WebLink Wireless Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. both announced improvements to their e-mail offerings, adding e-mail heavyweights America Online Inc. and GroupServe.WebLink added AOL's e-mail program to the growing number of programs the company's Remote Email Manager can support.WebLink's customers will now be...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. faired relatively well last year, reporting $14.1 million in net income, or 21 cents per share, with a 45-percent sales increase in the company's enhanced service platform/unified messaging offerings, which include its popular @ctiveLink for the Handspring Visor. The company's...
After more than a month of silence, Glenayre Technologies Inc. came out last week with guns blazing and announced three new deals to push its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module-proof the company is still alive and kicking and is moving out from under the...
Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s stock plummeted to a new 52-week low under massive trading late last week after the company changed its fourth quarter revenue expectations from a profit of four cents per share to a loss of between one and three cents per share.The...
DENVER, United States-U.S. paging operator WebLink Wireless is making plans to implement a narrowband PCS (NPCS) network in Central America using a first-ever infrastructure-sharing arrangement that would enable low-volume providers in the seven-nation region to cost effectively begin providing two-way paging services.Central America, sandwiched...
DALLAS-JP Systems closed its second round of funding, raising $45 million from a combination of private equity firms and strategic partner companies.Second-round funding secured from private equity firms include Baker Communications Fund II LP, Odyssey Investment Partners Fund LP, Investor AB, Global Technology Group...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled past.It is doing so by supporting the growing interest in wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants. Glenayre is taking the lead...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. will supply its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor computer to Metrocall Inc., which Metrocall will distribute through its various channels.In addition, Glenayre is bundling the @ctiveLink product with Metrocall service for availability via Amazon.com.Glenayre also announced...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor is commercially available, bundled with the handheld device.The module gives two-way wireless connectivity to the Visor for e-mail and messaging capabilities. It connects to the devices via the Springboard...
DALLAS-Wireless enabling technology developer JP Systems Inc. closed its second round of financing, raising $45 million from a combination of private equity firms and strategic partner companies.The latest round of financing included private equity firms Baker Communications Fund II L.P., Odyssey Investment Partners Fund...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-SkyTel Communications Corp. said it will be the primary service provider for all Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s @ctiveLink two-way messaging modules sold through the PalmGear online store.The @ctiveLink module provides ReFLEX-based two-way wireless connectivity to the Handspring Visor device. The module will be bundled...
MEXICO CITY-Since paging services started in Mexico in 1993, carriers have made large investments in advertising and marketing strategies. Biper, the country's largest messaging company, has focused its marketing efforts on extending service to the entire Mexican population.The company initially focused its marketing efforts...
PathnetPathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and independent telephone companies into the Pathnet network in under-served regions of the country. Rowen developed...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Communications solutions provider Glenayre Technologies Inc. received Federal Communications Commission approval for its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module, which is used in conjunction with the Handspring Visor personal digital assistant.Glenayre also received Industry Canada RSS134 certification, which is required for the module to...
NEW YORK-Developers of devices and applications for wireless communications strutted their stuff, offering new, nearly new and soon-to-debut products and services at this year's MobileFocus.Giving more gumption to handheld computers is the design of at least five of the companies at this bite-sized trade...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-MobileSys Inc. launched its MobileSys Network last week, and made partnerships with WebLink Wireless Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to expand its enterprise data solution to wireless networks.The MobileSys Network is designed to accelerate the deployment and maintenance of wireless messaging in...
OmniSkyOmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company's new senior vice president and chief financial officer and will oversee accounting and finance operations. Prior to joining...
A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for "Where are the phones?"Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included in the wireless Internet game, the question may be asked, "Where are the pagers?"All discussions...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...
