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Two companies seemingly at odds for more than two years since have decided not only to bury the hatchet, but also to work in conjunction to offer next-generation services to their respective customers.
Atlanta-based Glenayre Electronics Inc. and Waterloo, Ont.'s Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) announced last month that they will work together to integrate Glenayre's messaging service with RIM's BlackBerry handheld devices. According to the companies, this collaboration will enable a carrier-grade offering that will provide seamless integration of voice mail, e-mail, fax and text messages on a single device.
Although the two companies declined to comment on their tumultuous past relationship, Senior Analyst Tole Hart with Gartner Dataquest in New York said the hostility stemmed from the patent and trademark infringement filed by RIM last May. Under the terms of the agreement, both parties acknowledged that RIM's Single Mailbox Integration patent...