November 5, 2004 articles

RIM investors fear over NTP suit

Nov 05 2004 - 10:07 PM ET | Research In Motion
Investors in Research In Motion sold shares today amid fears of a negative ruling in RIM's ongoing legal battle with NTP. Shares [RIMM] tumbled $10.33 on high volume to $77.75, a loss of 11%. bq. Closely held U.S.-based patent holding...

Cingular-AT&T Wireless merger costs add up

Nov 05 2004 - 09:22 PM ET | AT&T Wireless, Cingular
SBC, one half owner of Cingular Wireless, announced today that expenses related to integrating Cingular with AT&T Wireless will outweigh the savings until 2007. bq. In the filing, SBC says while some savings from the merger will appear this quarter,...

Navy inks $100M cellular contract

Nov 05 2004 - 08:43 PM ET | In The News
The US Navy has signed a five-year $100 million cellular service contract. It's one of the largest ever and still has the possibility for larger contracts in the future. Cingular Wireless, Nextel Comunications and Verizon Wireless were all in on...

MPx220 AT&T Wireless watch, even closer

Nov 05 2004 - 05:38 PM ET | AT&T Wireless, Motorola, Rumor
MobileTracker has found a group of online support documents from AT&T Wireless concerning the Motorola MPx220. The set of 38 documents were all updated today, November 5th. You can currently purchase a Motorola MPx220 from Cingular Wireless at Best Buy...

PayPal Mobile hiring

Nov 05 2004 - 04:39 PM ET | Data
MocoNews notes that PayPal is expanding its PayPal Mobile team. From a jobposting online (that was removed after the MocoNews story): bq. The Mobile Payments team is an entrepreneurial new business within PayPal. Our charter is to make PayPal the...

13% churn rate for 2004

Nov 05 2004 - 04:28 PM ET | In The News
A study by Harris Interactive found that 13% of adults have changed their wireless provider during the last 12 months. Another 13% are likely to do so in the next year while another 23% are looking into it. Only one...

Treo 650 rollout to be slow

Nov 05 2004 - 02:01 PM ET | Palm
palmOne's rollout of the Treo 650 looks to be as slow as the Treo 600's. Sprint PCS should launch it this month and is claiming an exclusive through 2004. AT&T Wireless has a page up about the Treo 650, but...