Business

HP, RIM Announce Strategic Alliance Mobilizing Business on BlackBerry

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:07:10 +0000

PALO ALTO, CA, May 4, 2009 -- HP and Research In Motion (RIM)(Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced they are establishing a strategic alliance to deliver a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry® platform.

The solutions, which include support for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0, are focused on increasing service levels, reducing operations costs and improving productivity for customers.

HP and RIM plan to design and launch offerings to increase the productivity levels of the growing number of global mobile employees, enabling businesses to extend the return on their investments in mobility.

“As businesses look for new ways to increase service levels, reduce operational costs and improve productivity, they can meet these challenges by transforming how they manage the infrastructure that powers their mobile workforces,” said Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP. “Emerging models of communications and collaboration have created an opportunity for RIM and HP to provide service-based mobile solutions that deliver value to customers.” » read more »

GSMA Announces Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition Top Innovators

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:09:11 +0000

Stellar line-up of speakers from Coca-Cola, Visa, Walt Disney and Yahoo! attend inaugural Americas event

May 2008, Atlanta: The GSM Association (GSMA) has announced the Top Innovators for the Americas leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition, along with additional, high-calibre industry speakers at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace – Americas, which is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, 3 – 4 June, 2008.

The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition was created by the GSMA as part of the Mobile Innovation Market, which encourages breakthrough technology, applications and services in the mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing innovative mobile products, industry investors from leading venture capital firms, and senior figures from mobile operators and leading global brands. » read more »

Spirent Communications and Agilent Technologies to join CSR in the EGPS Forum

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:05:34 +0000

Two companies join with CSR to deliver a complete environment for development and conformance testing of hybrid positioning system

Cambridge, UK 22 May 2008 – CSR (LSE: CSR) today announced that Agilent Technologies and Spirent Communications are to join CSR and Motorola in the EGPS Forum, the open industry forum for evaluating and fostering enhanced Global Positioning System (EGPS) technologies.

Working with CSR, Agilent and Spirent have created an essential building block of EGPS: a single system that can simulate both GPS and cellular signals.

EGPS Forum

This system provides a development and test platform on which to build EGPS technologies.

CSR and Motorola announced the intention to create the Forum in January this year: http://www.csr.com/pr/pr321.htm. Both Agilent and Spirent are world leaders in test and measurement systems and by joining the Forum have taken the first steps with CSR to ensure that the test equipment is in place for designers to easily and quickly design and test EGPS products. » read more »

Verizon Wireless Ranks Highest in Satisfying Business Customers in Both Large Enterprise and Small/Midsize Segments

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:57:24 +0000

J.D. Power and Associates Reports

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- 22 May 2008 -- Verizon Wireless ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction for wireless data service, effectively meeting customer expectations and requirements of both large enterprise and small/midsize business segments, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Satisfaction Study released today.

Verizon Wireless logo on Apple's iPhone

Now in its fourth year, the study measures customer satisfaction of small and midsize businesses (fewer than 100 employees) and large enterprises (100 employees or more) with their wireless voice and data services across eight key factors. In order of importance, they are: call quality (23%); sales representatives/account executives (16%); company image (12%); customer service (11%); billing (10%); offerings and promotions (10%); cost of service (9%); and performance and reliability (9%). » read more »

Sprint Nextel Announces Key Leadership Changes

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:40:40 +0000

RESTON, Va., Jan. 24, 2008 -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) today announced changes in its senior management team. Paul Saleh, Chief Financial Officer, Tim Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer, and Mark Angelino, president, Sales and Distribution will leave the company Friday, January 25.

"I want to thank each of these individual leaders for their dedication and contributions to Sprint Nextel," said Dan Hesse, president and CEO, Sprint Nextel. "I wish them all the best in their future endeavors."

William G. Arendt, currently senior vice president and controller of Sprint Nextel, will serve as acting Chief Financial Officer. John Garcia, currently senior vice president, Product Development and Management, will serve as acting Chief Marketing Officer. Paget Alves, currently Sprint Nextel's regional president for sales and distribution, will serve as acting president, Sales and Distribution. All will report directly to Hesse. » read more »

Tim Connolly Joins Disney, ESPN Media Networks as Vice President, Mobile Distribution

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:38:58 +0000

January 22, 2008 -- Disney and ESPN Media Networks announced today the appointment of Tim Connolly to the newly-created position of vice president, mobile distribution. Connolly has extensive experience in the wireless industry, most recently serving as vice president of sales and business development at Ericsson, where he was responsible for delivering networks, applications and services to T-Mobile and AT&T. Prior to this role, he was responsible for Ericsson’s Applications business in North America.

In this new role, Connolly will lead efforts to create strategic relationships across the wireless industry on behalf of ABC Mobile, ABC News, Disney Channel and ESPN, with a primary focus on growing the distribution of linear mobile video, mobile VOD and mobile web services with wireless service providers, handset manufacturers and others. Connolly and his team will negotiate carriage agreements, oversee accounts, and develop distribution strategies in partnership with each brand, including the pricing and packaging plans of the company’s mobile product offerings. » read more »