TORONTO—Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry pager, announced a major alliance with Motorola and Nextel Communications to develop a combined e-mail, pager and telephone device for the U.S. market later this year. The Waterloo, Ontario, Canada-based RIM did not disclose...
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 team to create a new Personal Data Assistant, one that the companies hope will...
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...
BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, United States—Ending months of speculation, Motorola announced it is exiting the ReFLEX paging business by the middle of next year, an industry the company played a major role in developing.Motorola said its Wireless Messaging Division, which is part of its Personal...
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 the past several months, RIM has announced a series of deals to introduce BlackBerrys running...
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, Plazmic develops graphic programs for handhelds using the Java programming language, which has been adopted...
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 by NTP Inc., a Virginia-based holding company. RIM said it initially became aware of NTP...
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...
DALLAS—JP Mobile has released the newest version of its SureWave Mobile Server, which delivers wireless e-mail and corporate applications to enterprises.According to JP Mobile, the enhanced version incorporates device-side synchronization based on SyncML and supports the J2EE standard, allowing users to update all of...
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 introduce RIM Blackberry products next month in the United Kingdom, followed by the Netherlands...
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 it will request the court grant permission for the company to file a motion...
Forget about 3G speed. Bring on the services."Today's network speed and coverage are more than adequate for most of the so-called 3G services," said Matin B. Dunsby, global wireless initiative leader of Deloitte Consulting, echoing the often understated fact that the glorified services anticipated...
OTTAWA-BT Cellnet, the mobile business branch of the U.K.'s British Telecommunications plc's wireless unit, has partnered with Research In Motion Ltd. to offer the wireless e-mail solution, BlackBerry, throughout the United Kingdom.RIM's BlackBerry, which was launched in North America in 1999, allows mobile professionals...
Kada Systems Inc. announced the availability of version 1.5 of the Kada Mobile Platform, which will support the Pocket PC operating system in addition to Palm OS 3.5.Kada Mobile 1.5 also will provide increased portability across other database platforms including the Oracle, PointBase and...
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...
NEW YORK-AppliedTheory will partner with Brightpod to help corporate customers mobilize enterprise content through applications for wireless access on mobile devices including Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry handhelds, Web-enabled phones and other devices.Brightpod will act as AppliedTheory's resource in addressing mobile Internet needs of...
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...
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...
A new company out of Andover, Mass., hopes to make the Palm personal digital assistant feel even more like a personal computer than ever before.Kada Systems Inc. launched Monday with its Kada Mobile Platform, a software application platform it claims is the smallest and...
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,...
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., a global provider of software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices announced its support for RIM BlackBerry 950 and 957 wireless pagers through Infowave's Wireless Business Engine. Infowave's Exchange Connector, which provides mobile users access to Microsoft Exchange e-mail,...
TheRightSizeTheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers search for their favorite brand and style of clothes. The service also can find sizes...
Wireless carriers believe in the power of advertising. Two of the major advertisers in last month's Super Bowl were the nation's two largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and Cingular.But wireless carriers have been reluctant to push advertising over their wireless networks, saying they don't...
