As the new No. 1 carrier in the United States, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is in the position to greatly tighten its control over its handset suppliers. And with a subscriber base of nearly 46 million, the carrier has influence enough to develop a Vodafone-style...
A new study shows that businesses are most likely to look to wireless carriers-instead of device makers or computer suppliers-for their wireless data needs. Further, the business market represents a major opportunity for wireless, as enterprises have increased their spending on the technology by...
Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and others making announcements.First up is Samsung, which said it will sell nine new phones in the United...
Although wireless device vendor Sierra Wireless Inc. continues to ride a wave of positivity on Wall Street, at least one firm believes the company is in for a quick fall in the not-too-distant future. "We recommend investors sell SWIR (Sierra Wireless) shares because this...
Although investors seem somewhat wary of the clouds surrounding Research In Motion Ltd., the company continues to offer a blindingly sunny outlook, and at least some investment firms believe the best of RIM is still yet to come."The bottom line is that RIM's business...
Nokia Corp. said deals with Visto Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to expand the messaging options on its handsets. Nokia has a similar agreement with Visto and Good rival Research In Motion Ltd.Nokia signed a deal to extend Visto's e-mail push solution into two...
Worldwide mobile device shipments in the third quarter were up 83 percent from a year ago, with Nokia Corp. leading the charge, according to recent research from Canalys.The firm defines the mobile device market as feature phones, smart phones, handhelds and wireless handhelds.Nokia grabbed...
IRVINE, Calif.-Mobile software developer Networks in Motion has locked up $5 million in Series B funding from Redpoint Ventures and Mission Ventures, the company announced Wednesday. A producer of software for mobile workforce management and location-based services, Networks in Motion said it will use...
Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within a two-week span, the San Diego-based vendor penned two deals that underscore its intention to be a mainstream player in...
Industry players announced new alliances and applications targeting on-the-go workers last week, signs that the much-sought-after enterprise market is progressing steadily. Nextel Communications Inc. said that it will partner with Symbol Technologies Inc. to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved a step closer to winning government backing for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell signing off on the deal and setting in motion the possible start of a political...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 far exceeded year-ago quarterly revenues, according to the company's financial results released late Thursday. RIM's revenues for the second quarter were $310.2 million, up 15 percent from $269.6 million recorded in...
MUNICH, Germany-Research In Motion announced it will offer an aftermarket BlackBerry Connect software download for PalmSource Inc.'s Palm operating system.The partnership will allow Palm OS wireless device owners to sign up for BlackBerry wireless services, including the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service."We...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion has launched the quad-band, Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld for mobile professionals. It is scheduled to be available in the United States through Cingular Wireless next month and is expected to become available in November for mobile professionals in the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems and a majority of its current Interactive customer base to affiliates of venture-capital company Cerberus Capital Management L.P. for an...
Research In Motion and Vodafone have released the BlackBerry 7100v, available exclusively for Vodafone's subscribers.Like the 7100t launched earlier this month with T-Mobile USA Inc., the 7100v features a phone design and uses RIM's new SureType software to assist users in typing text messages.The...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
Research In Motion and T-Mobile USA Inc. today launched the first BlackBerry device to feature a phone form factor, the BlackBerry 7100t."We think this is going to attract a whole new audience to BlackBerry," said Mark Guibert, vice president of corporate marketing at RIM.The...
As the wireless data market heats up, enterprise-focused Research In Motion Ltd. said it is poised to face the competition.Competitors point out that while RIM currently dominates the market, its narrow, e-mail-centric focus is bound to become outdated. RIM said what is outdated is...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business said it will provide Nextel Communications Inc.'s Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry 7510 handheld devices to its 400 full-time MBA students at the start of the fall 2004 semester. The school noted...
HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell and activate data devices designed for AWS' GSM-based data network. The deal includes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices, which...
CINCINNATI-Regional wireless provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. unveiled its Mobile Office with JP Mobile SureWave Enterprise Server suite of services, which provides voice tools, Internet/intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and other customized solutions to a number of wireless devices, including PalmOne's Treo 600, Research...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million, as compared to the first half of 2003 when 2.7 million units were shipped.Six months into this year, six Symbian...
