NEW YORK-Although growing use of Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service has congested wireless networks in some areas, paging carriers are not well-positioned to seize this opportunity to serve as alternative providers, said Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive officer of RIM."Paging carriers have tried to...
While seven-digit numbers are usually reserved for a company's bottom line or telephone number, the seven digits in 6,219,694are of extra importance to Canadian-based wireless messaging company Research In Motion Ltd. Those seven numbers represents the patent issued to the company last week from...
WASHINGTON-Personal digital assistants and two-way pagers can be security hazards since they lack necessary protections or are built in with risky, albeit convenient, default software, said a leading researcher at a wireless security conference last week."You can't think of these devices as toys or...
Going mobile isn't easy. If it were, there would probably be a lot more companies doing it. And differing standards, multitudinous offerings and the simple cost of wireless applications and services are real hindrances many businesses face.Aether Systems Inc., which has been a leader...
SAN FRANCISCO-Neomar, an enterprise software company devoted to enabling Fortune 1000 companies to securely deliver applications to mobile professionals, received $15 million in second-round financing from Clearstone Venture Partners.The latest investment supports the development of Neomar's second generation of products, including the Neomar Enterprise...
China undecided on technology selectionOnly months after the Chinese Ministry of Information signed a memorandum of understanding to allow the country's second-largest company, China Unicom, to deploy CDMA service, a Chinese newspaper reported last week the government is still deciding which third-generation technology to...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. released its third quarter earnings report, meeting analysts' expectations and drawing $123.8 million.The company's earnings for the quarter, ended March 31, were a 261-percent increase from the same period last year, and 7 percent better than...
Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier's network."This is a single software platform that manages across all devices...
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...
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...
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,...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
