The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will turn anytime soon.However, industry players continue to offer hopeful outlooks on the future. Some...
Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The move comes as little surprise because much of the wireless industry is working to migrate to...
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation's largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves that follow up on the company's promises to expand its wireless offerings.Under its deal with Verizon, Motient will act as...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless selected Motient Communications as a National Master Agent for its Express Network services, including the carrier's Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry services and other wireless e-mail solutions.As an agent, Motient will offer data products and value-added programs to software companies, systems...
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced it is in talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the accounting of several business deals in 2000, and whether the company will have to restate is financial results in relation to the deals.Motient said it...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced EarthLink Inc. will take over its billing, customer care and network services operations under a major new partnership between the two companies, a move that also involves GoAmerica cutting its work force in half as part of a significant cost-savings...
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. cut its workforce by 29 percent, a total of 94 positions, in order to save money in a tight economy.About half the layoffs were at the company's Reston headquarters.The carrier, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...
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...
RESTON, Va.—Wireless data carrier Motient Corp., proving that it's still a viable company after recently emerging from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, announced Fox Filmed Entertainment deployed an initial batch of Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices powered by the carrier's eLink software."We needed...
RESTON, Va.—Wireless data network operator Motient Corp. pulled off what could be considered a magic trick, considering the current economic situation and the dire troubles faced by other wireless data companies. The carrier will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the aid of an...
RESTON, Va.—Motient Corp. announced WhereToLive.com, which offers a Web-based productivity platform to the real estate industry, will resell wireless handhelds fortified with Motient's eLink service.Through the collaboration, realtors will be able to wirelessly retrieve e-mail from their company's web site and personal e-mail accounts...
DENVER, United States—WebLink Wireless found its white knight.The paging and messaging carrier said last week it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition, which buys cash-strapped companies and then funds them back to health. WebLink said the move will help it emerge from bankruptcy...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Two companies released wireless authoring programs in hopes of selling to the corporate market.Yambay Technologies Pty. Ltd., in conjunction with wireless data carrier Motient Corp., launched its Mach Wireless Platform, which the company said allows users to develop secure applications for the...
WebLink Wireless Inc. found its white knight.The paging and messaging carrier said late Thursday it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition Corp., which buys out cash-strapped companies and then funds them back to health. WebLink said the move will help it emerge from...
RESTON, Va.—Following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced its stock will trade on an over-the-counter bulletin board system. The company's delisting from the Nasdaq National Market follows moves from other wireless data companies in similar situations, including Arch...
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 move Motient said will eliminate more than $40 million in annual interest payments.Motient said...
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 wireless industry.The handheld computing industry has suffered through the past year along with the...
RESTON, Va.—Globicom Wireless, which provides wireless data services over a variety of networks, will resell Motient Corp.'s wireless e-mail services, the companies announced."Globicom has a very high potential to add a great deal of subscribers to the Motient network through its ability to sell...
RESTON, Va.—In a move many industry observers expected, Motient Corp. distributed its remaining stake in XM Satellite Radio to its guarantors, satisfying its outstanding guaranteed loan balance for its senior secured debt. The guarantor group consists of Hughes Electronics, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and Baron...
RESTON, Va.—Motient Corp. announced a deal that could add as many as 40,000 new subscribers over four years to its network through a deal with Airespring Wireless, which will sell Motient's eLink and BlackBerry by Motient wireless e-mail products in its Office To Go...
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 data, more and more trucking managers jumped on board to wirelessly track their vehicles,...
RESTON, Virginia, United States—Struggling messaging carrier Motient announced it will cut its work force by 25 percent, will not pay US$20 million in interest payments and is terminating its proposed merger with software company Rare Medium.The moves are perhaps the worst news to come...
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 and the "weakened financial condition of Motient Corp."RIM reported revenue for the second quarter...
HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless security company Certicom scored four major software licensing deals, moves the company said further reinforce its role as a leader in the emerging wireless applications market.Certicom said wireless carrier Motient Corp., wireless software and solutions provider Visto, platform provider ThinAirApps Inc. and...
