In Motion

RESTON, Va.—In a move to combine almost all of their popular business services and applications into one offering, Research In Motion Ltd., Nextel Communications and Motorola Inc. announced they will …

RESTON, Va.—Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced plans to restructure its debt under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan the company filed with the Eastern District of Virginia Bankruptcy Court, a …

The personal digital assistant and wireless data device markets shook last week under a series of major announcements that served to puzzle, jar and-in most cases-hearten Wall Street and the …

Nokia Corp. continued its massive open mobile architecture standards push last week by signing up some of the world’s largest infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA Systems Inc., Borland …

TORONTO—Research In Motion (RIM) announced another major European move, this time with Telecom Italia Group in Italy to introduce RIM’s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device to the Italian corporate market. During …

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.—Rovenet Inc. has released the latest version of its P-Fax software, which permits users of handheld computers to send, receive and, for the first time, view faxes on these …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—In a move to redirect Motorola Inc.’s two-way pager devices toward the business market and against Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device, Notify Technology Corp. said it will …

TORONTO—Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has acquired Plazmic, a closely held Toronto company that makes software for wireless devices. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, …

WATERLOO, Canada—A curious patent infringement suit has been filed against Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device. RIM said it learned of the complaint filed …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

HOBOKEN, N.J.—Advanced Systems Concepts released its ActiveBatch Wireless Client interface, which the company said improves remote server and application management support using Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry wireless device. “With …

WATERLOO, Canada—Research In Motion Ltd. announced earnings in line with many analyst expectations, but lowered its forecasts for the future due to a troubled economy, slow rollouts of GPRS networks …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. will provide wireless Internet service to all of Canadian wireless carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless’s GSM/GPRS subscribers, a move that greatly expands the relationship between the two companies …

TORONTO—RFID developer SAMSys Technologies Inc. has joined the Research In Motion BlackBerry Independent Software Vendors Alliance Program in hopes of integrating RIM’s BlackBerry solution with SAMSys’ multiprotocol, multi-frequency reader architecture. …

WCities Location-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users’ cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company’s chief executive officer, with …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—BitFlash extended its screen-scraping technology to include Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device, a move the company said gives BlackBerry users the ability to view visually rich e-mail …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—BT Cellnet signed a licensing deal with Research In Motion (RIM) that enables it to launch a wireless e-mail service in Europe. The company said it plans to …

WATERLOO, Canada—Research In Motion (RIM) continued its European expansion, announcing the addition of Italian Internet company Dada to its growing list of partners.Dada will work to introduce RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise …

Motient Corp. posted another slow quarter last week, showing total revenue of $23.7 million on a net loss of $65.5 million, and warned that the current economic slowdown has begun …

Following a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s summary judgement that Research In Motion Ltd.’s products do not infringe on a Glenayre’s Technologies Inc.’s patent, Glenayre said …

RIM confident about future despite declining revenues Research In Motion Ltd. released a solid first-quarter earnings report, showing declining revenues following a slowing economy but expressing confidence in its business …

IBM Corp. announced plans to bring its considerable weight to the world of wireless instant messaging, a service that is quickly gaining additional users and big-name players. The equipment giant …

LAS VEGAS-Research In Motion Ltd. and Neomar Inc. announced a deal to extend the wireless reach of RIM’s popular BlackBerry devices. Under the deal, the two companies said they will …

Police officers bicycling through Lake County, Fla., used to pester dispatch in order to run a suspicious license plate. And-even worse-everyone within earshot of the officers could listen in to …

Monopoly claims on Microsoft Corp. might go out the window in the wireless space as major vendors, developers and operators expect to leverage both the software giant’s .NET and Java …