BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. announced another gangbuster quarter, showing increasing revenues, a rising net income and an even better outlook for the future."Innovation and execution continued to drive RIM's business in the fourth quarter. We surpassed the pivotal 1 million subscribers mark,...
Siemens said it will become the latest company to license BlackBerry technology from wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. The news lends further credibility to industry watchers who argue RIM eventually may drop its device business to focus solely on its licensing and...
Siemens said it will become the latest company to license BlackBerry technology from wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. The news lends further credibility to industry watchers who argue RIM may eventually drop its device business to focus solely on its licensing and...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell two new BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices for its GSM/GPRS network, devices that bolster Cingular's longtime support of Research In Motion Ltd.'s products.Cingular said it would sell the monochrome BlackBerry 6280 for $250 and the color-screen BlackBerry 7280...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its mobile phones.Samsung is the latest in a line of major licensing deals for RIM. Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson and others...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Fresh from its stellar third-quarter earnings report, Research In Motion Ltd. upped the size of its planned public offering to a total the company expects will generate almost $800 million. The news sent the company stock to its highest level in three years.RIM's...
Santa came a few days early for Research In Motion Ltd.The company became the star of the Nasdaq Dec. 23, the day after RIM reported substantial third-quarter results and a stellar outlook for the future. Indeed, the company's stock price jumped from around $45...
Although Research In Motion Ltd. promotes its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device as an open and extensible platform for developers, those competing against RIM in the wireless enterprise market argue its new devices will only work with RIM servers and infrastructure-thus making RIM's offering strictly...
Wireless enterprise company Research In Motion Ltd. announced it turned the corner and posted a profit for its second quarter-a major move for the company but one still overshadowed by its legal wrangling with NTP Inc.Indeed, the legal issues are such that Nokia Corp....
SOMERS, N.Y.-Wireless enterprise giants IBM Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they will more tightly integrate their corporate access servers, a move the companies said would give BlackBerry users expanded access options.The companies said the new development and integration efforts will be focused...
Research In Motion reported that its preliminary second-quarter results exceed its stated revenue and earnings growth expectations.RIM said it expects revenue for the second quarter to be in the $123 million to $126 million range, exceeding forecasts of $105 million to $115 million. The...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New research shows converged wireless overtaking the traditional personal digital assistant market as shipments of smart phones and other wireless devices are predicted to surpass sales of PDAs this year."As device aesthetics and functionality improve and end-user prices continue to decline, converged mobile...
Although Research In Motion Ltd. has worked to diffuse concerns over its ongoing legal troubles, some of the company's competitors see RIM's high-profile court battles as an opportunity to promote their own products."We certainly don't want to knock RIM," said Martin Schwartz, managing partner...
Research In Motion Ltd. entered the appeals phase of its patent battle with NTP Inc. following a U.S. district court order that essentially stalls a potential ban on sales of RIM's products.The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia stayed an injunction...
Research In Motion Ltd. entered the appeals phase of its patent battle with NTP Inc. following a U.S. District Court's order that essentially stalls a potential ban on sales of RIM's products.The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia stayed an injunction...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Legal issues persist for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. as it now looks to be working through a patent dispute with Xerox Corp.RIM filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Hartford, Conn., urging the judge to issue a declaratory judgement...
IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless Test Solutions has unveiled what it describes as the first dual-calling module system known as Seven.Five Duo.The company describes the product as a lightweight, portable and battery-powered, dual-phone optimization tool."The Seven.Five Duo calling modules are powered by dedicated single-board computers running...
In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, three-month fund-raising round. The news comes shortly after Visto acquired fellow wireless corporate e-mail company...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.'s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the company's stock, but investors seemed hesitant as RIM's shares dropped slightly in trading following the news.RIM's shares were down about 1 percent to...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the companies stock, but investors seemed hesitant as RIM's shares dropped slightly in trading following the news.RIM's shares were down about 1 percent to about...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp. has extended its 1998 patent license agreement with Sharp Corp. of Japan covering sales of terminal devices compliant with TDMA-based PDC and PHS standards.Sharp will make a "multi-million dollar" payment to ITC...
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. suffered another serious legal blow in its battle against patent holding company NTP Inc., a move that increases RIM's total litigation bill to almost $60 million.Following a jury decision late last year that found RIM guilty of infringing...
