WATERLOO, Ontario-Fresh from its stellar third-quarter earnings report, Research In Motion Ltd. upped the size of its planned public offering to a total the company expects will generate almost $800 million. The news sent the company stock to its highest level in three years.RIM's...
AAT Communications Corp. announced it plans to acquire all tower assets of Signal One L.L.C., a privately held Chattanooga, Tenn.-based tower owner and site management company. The assets include 226 owned towers and 199 managed sites mainly located in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia....
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced the availability of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7510 wireless handheld, the first BlackBerry equipped with a speakerphone. The BlackBerry 7510 provides integrated access to one or multiple corporate and personal e-mail accounts.It also features a built-in cell phone,...
Santa came a few days early for Research In Motion Ltd.The company became the star of the Nasdaq Dec. 23, the day after RIM reported substantial third-quarter results and a stellar outlook for the future. Indeed, the company's stock price jumped from around $45...
Although Research In Motion Ltd. promotes its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device as an open and extensible platform for developers, those competing against RIM in the wireless enterprise market argue its new devices will only work with RIM servers and infrastructure-thus making RIM's offering strictly...
REDMOND, Wash.-Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported a 5-percent increase in revenues to $271 million for its second fiscal quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago, as well as a decrease in income from $9.5 million a year ago to $2.6 million for the second...
Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for unlimited...
NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. and Garmin Ltd. announced they will be added to the Nasdaq-100 index, and their shares will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock.Garmin, which designs and manufactures global positioning system products, said it enjoyed a compounded annual revenue...
NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. and Garmin Ltd. announced they will be added to the Nasdaq-100 index, and their shares will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock.Garmin, which designs and manufactures global positioning system products, said it enjoyed a compounded annual revenue...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. continued its international expansion, launching a new BlackBerry device with European carrier MmO2 and racking up deals with Telcel in Latin America and Smart Communications in the Philippines.To date, RIM's BlackBerry is available through carrier relationships...
TORONTO-Mobile Diagnostix Inc. said it has secured an undisclosed amount of investment from Bell Wireless Accelerator Fund to develop its Mobile Care Framework.MCF has an engine that detects configuration errors, system parameters and known application conflicts, said the company. The program mainly supports smart...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-In Motion Technology Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they have joined forces to provide wireless service providers with solutions that integrate third-generation networks and Wi-Fi networks.In the deal, Lucent will provide its CDMA2000 and UMTS mobile networking equipment, while In Motion...
Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...
Wireless enterprise company Research In Motion Ltd. announced it turned the corner and posted a profit for its second quarter-a major move for the company but one still overshadowed by its legal wrangling with NTP Inc.Indeed, the legal issues are such that Nokia Corp....
Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them.Working its vision under what it describes as adaptive communication technologies, the chipmaker plans to roll out cohesive...
SOMERS, N.Y.-Wireless enterprise giants IBM Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they will more tightly integrate their corporate access servers, a move the companies said would give BlackBerry users expanded access options.The companies said the new development and integration efforts will be focused...
Often seen as lacking a strong next-generation wireless data roadmap, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has began to nudge its way up the wireless data ranks thanks to the continued strength of its Mobitex network, the pursuit of spectrum to support high-speed services and partnerships with...
Research In Motion reported that its preliminary second-quarter results exceed its stated revenue and earnings growth expectations.RIM said it expects revenue for the second quarter to be in the $123 million to $126 million range, exceeding forecasts of $105 million to $115 million. The...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New research shows converged wireless overtaking the traditional personal digital assistant market as shipments of smart phones and other wireless devices are predicted to surpass sales of PDAs this year."As device aesthetics and functionality improve and end-user prices continue to decline, converged mobile...
Although Research In Motion Ltd. has worked to diffuse concerns over its ongoing legal troubles, some of the company's competitors see RIM's high-profile court battles as an opportunity to promote their own products."We certainly don't want to knock RIM," said Martin Schwartz, managing partner...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company's stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license...
Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company's stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license agreements with Sharp...
