It's the end of an era for Blackberry. Formerly pioneer and first in the mobile phone market, the Canadian
company announced it would more smartphones itself produce but would
rely on a subcontractor based in Asia, PT Tiphone Mobile Indonesia.
BlackBerry, which had its glory years through his secure phone keypad was already in decline for several years, to no longer represent less than 1% of the global smartphone Park. In the second quarter 2016, the company recorded catastrophic losses not less than $ 372 million when it still recorded $ 52 million of profit last year. BlackBerry has decided to minimize the damage by outsourcing the hardware part, through the establishment of a joint company called PT BB MerahPutih with its Indonesian partner. Tiphone Indonesia Mobile BlackBerry will operate the license in Indonesia and therefore manufacture the devices.
A decision announced by John Chen, CEO of Blackberry in a statement (link in English) on the financial forecast for 2017. "The company plans to stop any internal hardware development and outsource these functions to partners." A process that has already begun, since the last phone BlackBerry was 100% Priv, production DTEK50 already being made by a partner, which will also be the case for DTEK60.
In return, the BlackBerry will focus its activity on the software part, especially safety system creation for smartphones.
BlackBerry, which had its glory years through his secure phone keypad was already in decline for several years, to no longer represent less than 1% of the global smartphone Park. In the second quarter 2016, the company recorded catastrophic losses not less than $ 372 million when it still recorded $ 52 million of profit last year. BlackBerry has decided to minimize the damage by outsourcing the hardware part, through the establishment of a joint company called PT BB MerahPutih with its Indonesian partner. Tiphone Indonesia Mobile BlackBerry will operate the license in Indonesia and therefore manufacture the devices.
A decision announced by John Chen, CEO of Blackberry in a statement (link in English) on the financial forecast for 2017. "The company plans to stop any internal hardware development and outsource these functions to partners." A process that has already begun, since the last phone BlackBerry was 100% Priv, production DTEK50 already being made by a partner, which will also be the case for DTEK60.
In return, the BlackBerry will focus its activity on the software part, especially safety system creation for smartphones.
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