Barney Robison Blog

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Good Technology, Inc. (

http://www.good.com ), the trusted standard for enterprise mobile computing

software and service, today announced that Good(TM) Mobile Messaging is

available and optimized to run on the new Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700wx

smartphone. The Treo 700wx, Palm, Inc.’s newest Windows Mobile(R)

smartphone, offers mobile professionals streamlined access to Good Mobile

Messaging through an intuitive Get Good application icon, allowing easy

over-the-air provisioning. The device operates on the Sprint Power

Vision(SM) Network and features 64MB RAM(1), broadband-like(2) speeds and a

brilliant touchscreen.

“We are excited to bring our customers even more choice in mobility

through the support of Palm’s growing Treo family of smartphones,” said

Rick Osterloh, vice president, product management and marketing, Good

Technology. Read more

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Kodiak Networks, a leading mobile solutions innovator, announced today that it has signed a global licensing agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) to feature a series of integrated mobile applications including Push-to-Talk (PTT) on BlackBerry? handsets. Kodiak’s applications target business and leisure users and are featured on the BlackBerry? Pearl? available from Cingular Wireless.

The licensing agreement allows RIM to integrate a Java version of the Kodiak handset client with BlackBerry handsets and enables joint development and marketing efforts.

Kodiak Networks Inc. Read more

LONDON and SINGAPORE — At the Nokia Remix event held today in London and Singapore, Nokia announced the debut of its pioneering Comes with Music digital entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music. Customers who buy a Comes With Music device will be able to explore and enjoy a diverse catalog of music of international and local artists with unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year, keeping the music once the year is over and revolutionizing their digital music experience.

“Comes With Music sets a precedent for consumer value and convenience that the rest of the digital entertainment industry is already copying,” said Tero Ojanper?, executive vice president and head of the Nokia entertainment and communities business. “Trying out a music recommendation is spontaneous as customers can download without worrying about the cost of an album or a track – the freedom and simplicity of the service is Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Wireless Ronin Technologies,

Inc. (Nasdaq:RNIN), a Minneapolis-based digital signage solutions provider,

today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately

held McGill Digital Solutions, Inc.

Based in Windsor, Ontario Canada, McGill is a provider of custom interactive

software solutions, used primarily for e-learning and digital signage

applications.

“This is an exciting opportunity,” said Jeffrey Mack, Wireless Ronin’s

chairman, president and chief executive officer. “The ROI requirements that

have been placed on digital signage programs are very high in this

competitive environment. The ability to incorporate training and other

onsite benefits will be one more way of leveraging our technology for our

clients to increase the value added by a RoninCast(r) digital signage

network and differentiate our product Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif. — Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, and Jungo Ltd., a leading provider of broadband gateway middleware, today announced a production-ready platform for residential triple-play gateways and business gateways. The new platforms consist of Atheros’ 802.11n chipsets with Jungo’s OpenRG(TM) (residential) and

OpenSMB(TM) (small business) gateway software. This allows OEMs and operators to quickly bring to market wireless broadband customer premise equipment that supports the latest bandwidth-hungry and latency-sensitive consumer applications like IPTV, video-on demand, multi-room DVR, gaming, Internet radio, podcasts, VoIP and fixed mobile convergence in the home or office.

The need for Wi-Fi is rapidly increasing with wireless products making it easier to share and distribute multimedia. In order to support this consumer demand, the home wireless network Read more

AMSTERDAM — GeoSentric, the world’s leading developer

of geo-social networking technology, today announced that it has secured

$13.1 million (USD) in an oversubscribed round led by Horizon Group and

Schroders Private Bank. GeoSentric will use the funds to expand its

marketing and sales presence into selected global geographies, along with

R&D that will develop and accelerate the company’s product road map.

Led by former senior executives from Netscape, Oracle and AOL/Time Warner,

GeoSentric develops high value solutions that deliver unique geo-based

consumer and business applications that integrate a mobile user’s world with

their desktop, digital television and PND devices.

“This latest round of funding is a tremendous vote of confidence in our

strategy, technology, intellectual property and team,” commented Dan Harple,

Executive Chairman of GeoSentric. Read more

ESPOO, Finland — Nokia and Twango today announced that Nokia has acquired substantially all assets of Twango (www.Twango.com). Twango provides a comprehensive media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media. By acquiring Twango, Nokia will be able to offer people an easy way to share multimedia content through their desktop and mobile devices. In addition to key assets, through this transaction Nokia is bringing on a seasoned team with strong social media and Web services expertise.

“The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our Internet services vision of providing seamless access to information, entertainment, and social networks – at anytime, anywhere, from any connected device, in any way that you choose. We have the most complete suite of connected multimedia experiences including music, navigation, games, and – with the Twango acquisition – photos, videos, and a variety of document Read more

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Tira Wireless, the premier provider of technology and services for the mobile market, today announced that it has secured an additional US$5 million in funding from existing investors Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Brightspark Ventures, Flagship Ventures and Export Development Canada. With this latest round of funding in place, Tira Wireless will execute on the third phase of its technology vision and extend its reach into new markets that go beyond mobile entertainment.

Earlier rounds of funding enabled Tira Wireless to complete development on the first two phases of its Tira Jump platform. The first phase focused on building out the platform to incorporate asset management and deployment planning capabilities. The recently completed phase two provides significant productivity breakthroughs in content development and deployment by enabling code re-use, collaboration and interoperability.

Tira Wireless is now embarking on the third phase in Read more

STOCKHOLM — Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected by Vodafone Portugal as Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) sole supplier to deliver integrated fixed and mobile convergent services. Ericsson’s Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) will be employed to develop Vodafone Portugal next-generation offering.

IMS-based services enable communication through various media – such as voice, text, pictures and video, or a combination of them – adapted to each individual’s preference. Ericsson’s IMS solution supports a common service environment and allows Vodafone Portugal to implement flexible and scalable advanced services.

The contract is a key stepping stone in enabling Vodafone Portugal to introduce a new generation of fixed and mobile convergent services, which started last month with voice and Internet services.

IMS also represents the evolution of converged mobile and fixed-control networks to all-IP, bringing significant cost Read more

STOCKHOLM — Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has signed a contract with Vodafone Germany to be the sole supplier of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). Ericsson will also supply a comprehensive range of professional services to ensure a successful network implementation and integration by mid-2007.

The decision to adopt IMS reflects Vodafone’s MobilePlus Strategy, which involves IP-based communications combining the best of the mobile and internet/PC worlds. The contract also sees Ericsson providing professional services such as installation, integration, consultancy, testing and support.

By implementing Ericsson’s IMS solution, Vodafone Germany will be able to offer a wide range of truly converged fixed and mobile multimedia services to its consumer and business customers.

Hartmut Kremling, CTO, Vodafone Germany, says: “By introducing Ericsson IMS into the German Vodafone network, we will be able to offer new innovative services to our Read more