At the Annual General Meeting of Research In Motion today, CEO Thorsten Heins has admitted he’s “not satisfied” with the way the company has performed recently. However, he remains positive despite the likelihood of several challenging quarters ahead.

Mr Heins said the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, which is now scheduled to appear on new devices early next year, would enable RIM to offer LTE connectivity and compete with rival operating systems.

Seven major mobile network operators - KPN, NTT DOCOMO, Rogers, SingTel, Telefónica, Telstra and Vimpelcom - have formed an alliance that’ll see them working together on machine-to-machine (M2M) projects.

The initiative is also open to other operators.

Mark Bridge writes:

Just a few weeks ago WiFi was made available on a number of London Underground stations - yet mobile coverage still stops when you go down the escalator.

So why is it taking so long for us to get mobile phone service on the Tube?

For an insight into some of the challenges and the possible solutions I spoke to Ian Brown, CEO of Axell Wireless. The company is a leader when it comes to providing additional wireless coverage in confined spaces - from tunnels to sports stadiums - and is currently involved in the project to install mobile phone service on the Channel Tunnel.

More than three billion applications have been downloaded from BlackBerry App World since it launched in 2009.

That’s an average of over 2.5 million downloads to smartphones and tablets each day, although usage has increased significantly during the past three years.

Samsung has won a UK High Court case after a judge ruled that the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 tablet computers did not infringe Apple’s iPad design.

Both companies were taking legal action; Samsung was after a declaration that its Galaxy Tab devices didn’t infringe Apple designs, while Apple was claiming for infringement.