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Visto turns focus to remote access

After three years of providing mobile communications services to consumers, Visto Corp. is turning its focus toward the enterprise market with its mLynx Access Family of mobility access software and services. Gartner Group recently predicted more than one-third of employees worldwide will use some...

Paging financials may push quicker consolidation

The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting, though many industry observers agree more consolation will take place and not everyone will make it to greener pastures.The recent...

Vaultus closes $32M in financing

NEW YORK-Vaultus, a mobile platform company, announced it closed $32 million in second-round financing, bringing the total invested in the company to more than $57 million.The top investor in this round was First Union Capital Partners. Other investors included Research in Motion Ltd., Ventures,...

Iphrase wireless software delivers Wall Street content to PDA users

Practically everything you ever wanted to know about a specific stock is now accessible through a Palm, Research in Motion Inc. Blackberry or Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld device courtesy of iphrase Technologies Inc.'s One Step Research for Wireless software.Iphrase, based in Cambridge, Mass.,...

World Briefs

TAIWANChunghwa Telecom Labs (CHTTL), the technology development group of Taiwan's state-owned telecommunication operator, has selected Nokia to conduct its third-generation trials. Nokia will provide CHTTL with the core and radio network, network management system and technical consultancy services. Then based on the trial results,...

Kasten to secure BlackBerry for Defense contract

STERLING, Va.-BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.'s handheld e-mail computer favored by high-powered executives, will soon move from the boardroom to the battlefield under a new agreement among the U.S. Department of Defense, security system company Kasten Chase and RIM.The device could be distributed to...

IBM to work with Blackberry

SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. jumped on board Research In Motion Ltd.'s wireless e-mail product, BlackBerry, and will push the product along with its business e-mail and intranet back-end systems."With this collaboration, we will be able to provide end-to-end services for a leading wireless e-mail solution...

InPhonic to use Metrocall networking capabilities

WASHINGTON-Under a new agreement, InPhonic Inc. will use Metrocall Inc.'s wireless networking capabilities to develop a line of two-way wireless data and messaging applications for Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola TalkAbout T900 devices.InPhonic said the deal would allow it to enhance the wireless...

Motient, Bell Mobility partner on e-mail

RESTON, Va.-U.S. network operator Motient Corp. and Canadian operator Bell Mobility announced a partnership to allow wireless e-mail users to seamlessly send and receive e-mails from both countries.The service is targeted at eLink and BlackBerry users with a Research in Motion Ltd. handheld device.

Bear market bruises Blackberry

With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry.The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created by Research In Motion Ltd., was not only the mainstay of its company's fabled fortunes in the past year, it...

Qualcomm licenses technology to RIM

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will license its CDMA technology to Research In Motion Ltd., which will develop CDMA and 1xEV data-centric wireless devices.RIM products include the BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution.

RIM to offer GPRS data services in Canada

TORONTO-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it will purchase airtime and services from Microcell Connexions Inc. to offer Canadian customers wireless data services based on GPRS technology over Microcell's GSM-based network."RIM is well poised to develop leading GPRS-based solutions," said Jim Balsillie, RIM's chairman and...

WorldCom contract gives Vyyo needed boost

A major contract from multichannel multipoint distribution services provider WorldCom Inc. boosted the bottom line of network equipment manufacturer Vyyo Inc. amid speculation the wireless broadband market is slipping slightly.WorldCom selected Vyyo to provide hubs and modems for its soon-to-be nationwide MMDS network. The...

RIM scores contract with EarthLink

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. scored a significant customer last week as EarthLink, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, agreed to provide the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service to its customers nationwide.The BlackBerry launch coincided with the company's EarthLink Everywhere initiative, mirroring similar efforts by...

Nokia ousts Lucent as net income leader for year

NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders.Lucent Technologies Inc., which had previously topped the charts...

BSWD offers RIM device

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced it will begin offering Research In Motion Ltd.'s 957 palmtop device in support of its MyBiz Interactive wireless messaging service next month.RIM confirmed the news, noting it has agreed to supply BSWD with a total of 150,000 RIM handsets,...

Etrieve adds WAP solution to slate of services

HILLSBORO, Ore.-There are a variety of wireless e-mail services ready to satisfy the needs of e-mail junkies stuck in a meeting or an airport who are dying to know the contents of their beloved inbox.But one service is beginning to stand out from the...

WMLBrowser.org supports Blackberry

MONTREAL-WMLBrowser.org, an open source development project developing a WML browser that will work with Linux environments, is supporting the Research In Motion Ltd. Blackberry device, according to 5Nine, a Linux wireless data infrastructure developer."Although Linux is our primary development platform, we believe that we...

Paradigm4 to offer BlackBerry service

WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless network services provider Paradigm4 Inc. will offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to its customers, as well as offering a suite of services for government and commercial enterprise customers to access and exchange information in mobile work environments.Paradigm4 said...

Extended Systems product secures groupware access

Using its experience as a provider of mobile information management solutions allowing users to access, collect, synchronize and print information on demand, Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems Inc. unveiled XTNDConnect View, a software solution designed to give wireless devices secure, real-time, two-way access to groupware...

WolfeTech releases PocketGenie version for T900

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it has made available a version of its PocketGenie Internet-based information service for the Motorola Inc. T900 Talkabout two-way interactive pager.PocketGenie services include stock quotes, weather forecasts, news, sports scores, driving directions and other services.In other news, WolfeTech introduced an...

BellSouth provides data solution to freight company

NEWARK, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. provided freight transportation company Guaranteed Overnight Delivery Inc. with a custom wireless data solution designed to automate its dispatching operation.The wireless solution allows Guaranteed Overnight dispatchers to communicate information, including daily assignments, schedule changes and updates and new delivery...

Network operators tackle connectivity

NEW YORK-As carriers' capital expenditures race ahead of revenues, existing wide area and new local area data networks are poised to capture a good chunk of the market for corporate e-mail connectivity, today's killer application in wireless communications."In Europe, the (3G) bids were so...

MobileLogic platform delivers wireless access to enterprise data

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices.Only technology buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...