Yesterday, a story surfaced in Reuters that BlackBerry was considering selling of the handset business. The story quotes CEO John Chen:
“If I cannot make money on handsets, I will not be in the handset business,” John Chen said in an interview, adding that the time frame for such a decision was short. He would not be more specific.
Well, I guess that this required clarification or they were taken out of context. I say that because a blog posting went online today with John Chen saying the following:
I want to assure you that I have no intention of selling off or abandoning this business any time soon. I know you still love your BlackBerry devices. I love them too and I know they created the foundation of this company. Our focus today is on finding a way to make this business profitable.
So BlackBerry fans, BlackBerry is still in the handset business. At least for now as I am guessing that if the handset business continues to be a money drain, then maybe he’ll rethink things. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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BlackBerry To World: No Intention Of selling Device Business
Yesterday, a story surfaced in Reuters that BlackBerry was considering selling of the handset business. The story quotes CEO John Chen:
“If I cannot make money on handsets, I will not be in the handset business,” John Chen said in an interview, adding that the time frame for such a decision was short. He would not be more specific.
Well, I guess that this required clarification or they were taken out of context. I say that because a blog posting went online today with John Chen saying the following:
I want to assure you that I have no intention of selling off or abandoning this business any time soon. I know you still love your BlackBerry devices. I love them too and I know they created the foundation of this company. Our focus today is on finding a way to make this business profitable.
So BlackBerry fans, BlackBerry is still in the handset business. At least for now as I am guessing that if the handset business continues to be a money drain, then maybe he’ll rethink things. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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