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RIM has been sued again for patent infringement, this time by InPro II Licensing, a Luxembourg-based patent holding company. Inpro filed suit in Delaware asking for damages and future royalties, and also named US GSM carrier T-Mobile in its suit. Bloomberg reports that RIM filed suit in Texas in October, asking a court there [...]
Dell said it will add Good’s server software to its product line as part of its expansion of its wireless product mix. Dell has been selling Good’s Mobitex-based G100 handhelds since earlier this year, and will now sell the GoodLink server product both bundled with Dell’s own hardware or for installation on another manufacturer’s hardware. [...]
RIM and Hutchison Telecom have announced a tri-band GSM/GPRS version of BlackBerry is now available in Hong Kong. The companies announced that they will discount the handheld to HK$3500 and will offer both enterprise and personal usage accounts; corporate users can purchase unmetered BlackBerry usage for HK$538/month, which personal subscribers can purchase combination voice and [...]
The US paging industry consolidated further with Metrocall agreeing to acquire former powerhouse and bitter rival WebLink. Once the transaction is complete the combined company will have about 3.7M subscribers, compared to a total of 8.4M users as recently as 2001.Arch remains the US industry leader, with 4.5M subs. There are 14M subscribers overall in [...]
AT&T Wireless announced that it will provide EDGE services across its GSM network in the US starting immediately. The company said radiomodems will cost US$250 and unmetered service will cost $80/month. AT&T said users can expect airlink data rates of 100-130kbs, with maximum data rate of 200kbs under ideal conditions. While I’ve been an outspoken [...]
AT&T Wireless announced that it will provide EDGE services across its GSM network in the US starting immediately. The company said radiomodems will cost US$250 and unmetered service will cost $80/month. AT&T said users can expect airlink data rates of 100-130kbs, with maximum data rate of 200kbs under ideal conditions. While I’ve been an outspoken [...]
AT&T Wireless announced that it will provide EDGE services across its GSM network in the US starting immediately. The company said radiomodems will cost US$250 and unmetered service will cost $80/month. AT&T said users can expect airlink data rates of 100-130kbs, with maximum data rate of 200kbs under ideal conditions. While I’ve been an outspoken [...]
UK Mobitex operator Transcomm announced that it has won a high profile parking services contract with the city of Edinburgh. Parkers will now be able to use their mobile phones to pay parking fees via credit card or pre-paid debit account. Transcomm’s network will then transmit an authorization to the pay-and-display terminal to print out [...]
US wireless ASP/ISP GoAmerica continued its downward spiral during its third quarter, reporting a loss of US$1M on sales of just over $3M for the period. The company’s revenue declined to only one third of what it was in Q3 last year, although the loss was significantly lower as well. GoAmerica said it has $842K [...]
It looks like Ricochet may be going out of business, again. The CEO issued a statement on 10 November saying it is “actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects.” In my book that’s code for “trying to find a way to keep the wolves away from the door.” Press reports say [...]