WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported Nextel Communications Inc. will begin shipping its BlackBerry 6510 device this week. The Java-based 6510 will include Nextel's current iDEN-based voice and data capabilities, its Direct Connect functionality through a dedicated button on the side of the device,...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. lost a patent claim against NTP Inc. and could pay damages of $23 million. RIM said it would challenge the court's decision.The ruling seemed to alarm investors and analysts, sending the company's stock down about 10 percent...
Motorola Inc. claims it is the only company that has full type approval certification for its wireless reference designs for handhelds. Texas Instruments disagrees.Pointing to its I.250 platform for GPRS as a key example, Motorola said it has moved ahead of the pack with...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. lost a patent claim against NTP Inc., and could pay damages of $23 million. RIM said it would challenge the court's decision.The ruling seemed to alarm investors and analysts, sending the company's stock down about 10 percent...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Good Technology Inc. announced an undisclosed number of layoffs, a move a company executive said would better align Good's business and increase its operating efficiency."As part of the alignment we have reduced staff across the organization," said Andrea Fleming, Good's...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. signed a software licensing agreement granting Nokia the right to use and distribute certain RIM BlackBerry software in conjunction with Nokia products globally."By signing this software licensing deal with RIM, we are able to provide another...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada-Research In Motion (RIM) said it has signed an agreement in principal with Palm setting out fundamental terms under which RIM will license certain keyboard patents to Palm under a royalty-bearing licensing agreement. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.Palm said...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. said it has signed an agreement in principal with Palm Inc. setting out fundamental terms under which RIM will license certain keyboard patents to Palm under a royalty-bearing licensing agreement. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.The agreement...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software agreed to pay Glenayre Electronics Inc. $130,000 in cash and up to 20,000 shares of its stock in order to settle a patent claim Glenayre filed against the company earlier this year.Glenayre's legal dispute with wireless enterprise company Infowave stems...
LAS VEGAS-Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled two data and voice-enabled BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds on the opening day of CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Internet in Las Vegas.The Java-based BlackBerry 6710 and BlackBerry 6720, which each include an integrated speaker and microphone, offer e-mail, phone, SMS,...
TORONTO-Canada's Research in Motion Ltd. is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston to ensure analyst coverage. CSFB could face prosecution as a result of its flap with the Canadian technology company.In e-mails leaked by securities investigators,...
TORONTO-Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) to ensure analyst coverage. CSFB could face prosecution as a result of its flap with the Canadian technology company.In e-mails leaked by securities...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd.'s request for a restraining order against Good Technology Inc. was thrown out by the judge.Judge Raymond J. Ikola of the Orange County Superior Court of California denied RIM's request, Good said."Customers are voting for innovation over litigation," said Danny...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported revenues of $73.4 million for its second quarter, and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year as well as its target to reach profitability.Investors seemed relatively heartened by the news, sending the company's stock up about...
ATLANTA-In a move to expand its business-to-business distribution network, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. formed a strategic alliance with Tech Data Corp. to distribute an enterprise package featuring Cingular's Xpress Mail Enterprise Edition and Interactive Messaging Plus services with Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices.
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. continued its patent protection campaign by filing a suit against Treo maker Handspring Inc., alleging the keyboards on the Treo infringe on patents associated with RIM's BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices.Separately, RIM said it filed a fourth lawsuit against Good...
CLEARWATER, Fla.-Tech Data Corp. signed a distribution agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to ship Research in Motion 957, 950 and Enterprise Server Software communications products with Cingular's Xpress Mail Enterprise Edition nationwide wireless service.Financial terms of the agreement were not released.
TORONTO-Analysts who cover Research in Motion Ltd. are warning that the Waterloo, Ontario-based company will not likely be able to sustain sales growth for some of its new wireless products.RTX Securities' Jason Tsai became the third analyst this week to issue a report cautioning...
TORONTO-Analysts who cover Research in Motion (RIM) are warning that the Waterloo, Ontario, Canada-based company will not likely be able to sustain sales growth for some of its new wireless products.RTX Securities' Jason Tsai became the third analyst this week to issue a report...
HELSINKI, Finland-Danish, Swedish and German telecom companies TDC, Telia and Deutsche Telekom are showing an interest in acquiring the Stockholm, Sweden-based communications and financial services group Kinnevik's 33.5-percent shareholding in mobile operator Millicom International Cellular (MIC), headquartered in Luxembourg. Kinnevik, whose future remains the...
NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it has supplied the National Basketball Association with BlackBerry devices so employees can communicate throughout the organization, obtain NBA scores, game statistics and individual player statistics. "For a real-time organization like the NBA, there is no other solution...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said it filed its third legal complaint against rival Good Technology Inc., this time alleging Good engaged in unfair competition, false advertising, trademark infringement and trademark dilution.RIM is asking the court for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief,...
RESTON, Va.-Financial giant Merrill Lynch will use wireless data devices running over Motient Corp.'s wireless network to give its U.S. Private Client Group access to up-to-date financial information.The group will use the BlackBerry by Motient software and Research In Motion Ltd.'s 857 wireless devices."Reliable...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In the latest round of patent disputes, a district court in Delaware ruled in favor of personal digital assistant makers Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc., asserting the companies' products do not infringe on patents held by NCR Corp.In Handspring's case, the court...
