TORONTO-Rogers Wireless Inc. together with Visto Corp. launched MyMail, a wireless service that provides instant two-way push-email, calendar and contacts to a customer's wireless device.Users who have a valid data service plan with Rogers can download the application over the air. Account activation and...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail provider Visto Corp. scored a major win Thursday, announcing a deal to deliver a "push" e-mail service to European users through Vodafone Group plc.Vodafone will offer contact, calendar and automated e-mail delivery services on a variety of handsets for both...
Wireless e-mail company Seven Networks Inc. today announced it acquired Helsinki, Finland-based rival vendor Smartner. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "It's much more of a global marketplace," explained Bill Nguyen, Seven's founder, chairman and co-chief executive officer. "We realized that ... we...
DALLAS-Executives, sales professionals and information technology staff at Newsweek use wireless e-mail services from JP Mobile and Sprint, the companies announced."It's not always practical to lug around and boot up a laptop in order to access e-mail while on the road. We needed a...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Seven said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected the claims of one of rival Visto Corp.'s patents, a move Seven said gives it further leverage against the company in their patent battle.Seven and Visto are locked in a lawsuit battle over...
CANNES, France-Visto Corp. said it has embarked on a major expansion that has increased its customers to more than 500,000. The company, which provides corporate wireless e-mail and PIM solutions for mobile operators, said it would support automatic updates of e-mail, contacts and calendar...
A Texas court declined to halt sales of Seven's wireless e-mail products, a move that paves the way for a jury trial in the patent lawsuit between Seven and rival wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. Both companies hailed the ruling as a victory. The...
The latest ruling in the closely watched legal battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent holding company NTP Inc. offered somewhat of a mixed bag. A U.S. federal appeals court affirmed 11 of NTP's 16 claims against RIM-a potentially serious blow...
Nokia Corp. said deals with Visto Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to expand the messaging options on its handsets. Nokia has a similar agreement with Visto and Good rival Research In Motion Ltd.Nokia signed a deal to extend Visto's e-mail push solution into two...
While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last week in San Francisco, also provided a platform for the launch of several new wireless handsets. Audiovox Communications Corp. led...
Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone. The device, which will retail for $600, includes phone, e-mail, Web, organizer, MP3 player, digital camera and camcorder capabilities. Sprint said it will also offer a...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced its Visto Mobile 5.0, the latest version of its wireless e-mail platform.The new version provides instant and automatic two-way delivery of e-mail, contacts and calendar updates on any 2.5- or third-generation device, according to the company. In addition, the...
BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by its wireless subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C. JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Infowave Software, Inc. will pay royalties to use patented products from wireless messaging company Visto Corp., resolving a year-old legal struggle, Visto said.Details of the agreement were not disclosed, but Infowave acknowledged the validity of Visto's complete patent portfolio...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Visto announced it launched a new wireless e-mail product called Visto Mobile, which is based on technology the company acquired through its purchase of ViAir last year."Visto continues to set the pace for mobile e-mail/PIM development," said Brian Bogosian,...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless content and entertainment company Mforma Group Inc. announced it scored a whopping $44 million in venture funding in its first institutional round. General Catalyst Partners, eFund and Bessemer Venture Partners led the round.The news comes on the heels of several major funding...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents."We believe that Seven has infringed on several of our patents, including our most recently granted one, and we will...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents."Visto continues to put considerable resources into developing unique technologies that are key to the secure synchronization of data and...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it scored another major carrier deal, with KPN Mobile in the Netherlands planning to use Visto's technology to offer wireless e-mail services over its i-mode wireless data platform.Visto currently counts a handful of carrier customers in the United States,...
Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...
Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...
Wireless enterprise company Visto Corp. announced another financial transaction, this time the acquisition of the intellectual property and technology assets of wireless e-mail company Jarna Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.Visto said it will gain Jarna's Mobile...
The tightened economy seems to be pushing the wireless enterprise market in opposite directions. On one hand, big-name technology players are bolstering their wireless enterprise efforts, hoping to entice new business customers looking to use wireless services to cut down on operational expenses. But...
