The Wireless Report

Well, it all comes down to emails (tens of millions a day, probably) meant for RIM customers to be moved off of RIM's NOCs (Network Operations Centers) and stored on different networks most likely not owned or operated by RIM. At the heart of the RIM/NTP lawsuit is the specific way RIM fetches, stores and sends email traffic to each of its subscribers, regardless of cellular carrier. So, perhaps RIM wants to just take the largest portion of this purported patent infringement and actually come up with their own solution - and, while they are at it, maybe just make this the default solution going forward.

I've read NTP's case and they actually do have a pretty strong case against RIM. But, in this day and age when facts are rarely facts, who knows which party is on the offense and which is on the defense here. There is a reason RIM is the best in the niche push-email mobile space - their solutions fits a huge customer need and is very streamlines against what I think at this time is pseudo-competition. This could change pretty quickly though, as everyone wants a bite of the RIM pie. So, if RIM's workaround solution to avoid interruption of service involves "outsourcing" the tightly-controlled email back-end infrastructure to outside parties, we will see how this solution works in the real world of "millions-of-users using every day" scene. We will know shortly, like February 24th.