VALHALLA, N.Y.-Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. released a new portable printer the company said is designed specifically for camera-phone users to print out their phone images. The company said its new MP-70 portable printer will be available commercially this summer, and will work with...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Mobile enterprise software developer Symbol Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has opted not to pursue its proposed offering of common stock. Instead, the company said it has entered into a new $250 million credit facility that will act as the permanent financing...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Mobile enterprise software developer Symbol Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has opted not to pursue its proposed offering of common stock.Instead, the company said it has entered into a new $250 million credit facility that will act as the permanent financing vehicle...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, as the mobile-phone industry continues to skyrocket, software vendors from all sectors are looking...
Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced plans to acquire Chinese software vendor China MobileSoft Ltd. in an all-stock transaction valued at around $23 million. PalmSource's stock fell slightly after its announcement to about $14.15 per share.Under the terms of the transaction, PalmSource will issue...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Inventory discrepancies led Symbol Technologies Inc. to overstate its third-quarter net earnings by $3.3 million, the company said late Monday.In October, Symbol, which sells mobile computing devices and software, reported third-quarter net earnings of $21.1 million and earnings per share of 9 cents....
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced two new partnerships to further its presence in the enterprise market.AWS and Symbol Technologies Inc. said they will partner to offer enterprise voice and data services on Symbol computerized mobile bar-code scanners. The announcement is Symbol's second deal with...
Industry players announced new alliances and applications targeting on-the-go workers last week, signs that the much-sought-after enterprise market is progressing steadily. Nextel Communications Inc. said that it will partner with Symbol Technologies Inc. to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's...
Nextel Communications Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. will partner to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's iDEN technology into future handheld devices. The companies hope to produce voice and data mobile applications to help business customers reduce operating costs and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless said it has agreed to supply Symbol Technologies’ mobile computers with its CDMA2000 1x modules.The modules, known as EM3420, will be embedded in Symbol’s handhelds known as the MC9000 series."By maintaining network connectivity and exercising full integration capabilities with Microsoft...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. announced it has proposed an offering of $250 million of common stock in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Symbol said the proceeds will be used to repay its borrowings under a short-term credit facility it entered in...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. said it has agreed to pay Symbol Technologies Inc. $22.75 million over the next two and half years in a settlement of its patent dispute with the company.Proxim also said it will pay Symbol a 2-percent royalty on future sales of...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. will be required to pay $25.9 million in damages to Symbol Technologies Inc. for infringing on patents, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, which upheld the September 2003 verdict and rejected Proxim's post-trial motions.Proxim, however, is...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. will be required to pay $25.9 million in damages to Symbol Technologies Inc. for infringing on patents, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, which upheld the September 2003 verdict and rejected Proxim's post-trial motions.Proxim, however, is...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. will acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, for $230 million."The acquisition of Matrics is a significant step in executing our plan to be a leader in RFID and expands our...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. will acquire Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Trio Security Inc., which designs and develops next-generation security solutions for enterprise networks and mobile applications for handheld devices. With the acquisition, Symbol will procure Trio's three-factor authentication system, biometric verification and advanced encryption technologies,...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Rugged mobile computing company Symbol Technologies Inc. announced it reached a cross-licensing agreement with Hand Held Products Inc. as a way to resolve the companies' ongoing patent battle."This is a significant milestone for each company's customers and partners. At Symbol, we take pride...
NEW YORK-Symbol Technologies Inc. and several of the company's former executives, including its former president and chief executive officer, have been officially charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with securities fraud and related violations.In a settlement, Symbol will pay a $37 million...
As Wi-Fi adoption grows, companies are coming together to work out suitable standards in two key areas-security and quality of service.The security protocol for Wi-Fi is called Wi-Fi Protected Access, or 802.11i. The QoS protocol is known as 802.11e. WPA standards should be settled...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. said a court has ruled against its subsidiary, Telxon, in favor of Smart Media for about $218 million, plus interest.Symbol said it will appeal the verdict.In 1999, Smart Media filed claims against Telxon alleging that it suffered financial losses because...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile computing company Symbol Technologies released its new MC9000-K and MC9000-S rugged mobile computers, which the company said feature Microsoft Corp.'s software, Intel Corp.'s chips and support for Wi-Fi as well as GSM/GPRS and/or CDMA wide area networks."We have integrated advanced...
Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts.The report, titled, "WLAN for Enterprise and The Multimedia Home," anticipates a 21-percent compound growth rate to the $8.5...
In two major announcements last week, Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom demonstrated the kind of attention the wireless industry is paying to voice over wireless local area networks.Alcatel said it has raised the bar in converged networks in the wireless LAN arena, while...
