Investors dumped shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. following the company's surprise subscriber shortfall. Although RIM scored earnings ahead of expectations, lower-than-anticipated subscriber numbers sent the company's stock tumbling more than 11 percent to $68.72 per share. "We are very pleased with...
SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. beginning in November.Cingular, which reportedly serves more BlackBerry...
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...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced a deal with Research In Motion Ltd. in which RIM will use Intel technology in future BlackBerry devices that will run on EDGE networks.RIM is adopting the Intel XScale architecture and will use the Intel PXA9xx cellular processor, code named...
Siemens AG, one of Europe's largest employers, announced it will cut 2,400 jobs in Germany during the next two years as the company sets in motion its Fit4More restructuring plan for sustainable, profitable growth. The company said major changes will take place in three...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd. will offer Mirapoint's Message Server as a component of its BlackBerry Internet Service, the companies announced. The deal will allow BlackBerry users to access carrier-branded e-mail services from their devices."BlackBerry Internet Service is a hosted service that allows smaller...
Siemens AG, one of Europe's largest employers, announced it will cut 2,400 jobs in Germany during the next two years as the company sets in motion its Fit4More restructuring plan for sustainable, profitable growth.The company said major changes will take place in three loss-generating...
Nokia Corp. released a new, low-priced wireless e-mail product that will work with almost any new mobile phone, be it a low-end, voice-centric device or a high-end smart phone. The offering sets Nokia squarely in the wireless enterprise marketplace and pits the company directly...
WASHINGTON-In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that he intends to create a new Homeland Security and Public Safety Bureau. Likewise, the issue of public-safety interoperable communications-including the return of analog TV spectrum-gained momentum in Congress. The FCC's Homeland Security...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless e-mail vendor Good Technology Inc. said it cut an unspecified number of jobs due to the company's transition from direct to indirect sales. The cuts were part of a restructuring at Good that resulted in a total workforce reduction from 500...
The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.
Startup Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd., alleging the company's 7100 Series devices infringe on its patents for predictive text entry. Along with the suit, Eatoni's chief executive officer offered some choice words on the issue....
Wireless e-mail vendor Good Technology Inc. said it cut an unspecified number of jobs due to the company's transition from direct to indirect sales. The cuts were part of a restructuring at Good that resulted in a total workforce reduction from 500 positions to...
Nokia Corp. released a new, low-priced wireless e-mail product that will work with almost any new mobile phone. The offering sets Nokia squarely in the wireless enterprise marketplace and pits the company directly against players like Research In Motion Ltd., Good Technology Inc., Visto...
The tumultuous legal battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. has coaxed some unexpected players out of the woodwork. RIM rivals Microsoft Corp. and Seven Networks Inc., along with chipmaker Intel Corp., recently filed documents in the case....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging company USA Mobility Inc. announced it will resell Sprint Corp. wireless service and phones to business customers. USA Mobility currently counts around 5 million paging subscribers and sells service from Nextel Communications Inc.Specifically, USA Mobility said it will sell Palm Inc.'s Treo...
WATERLOO, Ontario-SunCom Wireless Inc. introduced Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7100g for its customers in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.The BlackBerry 7100g operates on SunCom's GSM/GPRS network. It is a quad-band mobile phone that includes a large high-resolution color screen and support...
A few weeks before our wedding nine years ago, my husband and I set out to buy something cool for his groom's gifts.Back in July 1996, we decided that a personal organizer was that really cool, wow gift.I remember standing in the aisle at...
A U.S. appeals court revised its earlier ruling in the patent battle between Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc., reducing the number of patent claims under litigation. The court also remanded the case back to a lower court, a move that...
Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of 3.6 million units in the second quarter. The firm said BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. maintained its No. 1...
NEWTON CENTRE, Mass.-The big appear to keep getting bigger as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. accounted for half of the 188 million phones sold in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. However, such gains came at the expense of...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
Enterprise infrastructure company Sybase Inc. announced it will acquire wireless e-mail company Extended Systems Inc. in a cash deal worth $71.3 million. The move directly pits Sybase's wireless enterprise subsidiary, iAnywhere Solutions, against wireless e-mail vendors like Research In Motion Ltd. and Good Technology...
