BlackBerry 4600 puts workers on the street - Emerce

ailing BlackBerry has just announced the dismissal of 4,600 employees. Stock trading on the stock exchange in Toronto has been shut down. The losses for the quarter were larger than expected.

BlackBerry expects a loss of between 950 and 995 miljon dollars on revenues of $ 1.6 billion. Had always counted on 3 billion. Analysts In the last quarter were 3.7 million smartphones shipped, against 6.8 million in the first quarter. The figures for the second quarter will be published next week. BlackBerry says that the poor results due to rapidly changing market conditions and increased competition (Samsung and Apple). The cost should therefore be reduced.

with the half

stops BlackBerry with consumer to be able to focus.

entirely on the business market

Rumors of mass layoffs surfaced earlier on, and turn right: almost half of the staff should disappear. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that all redundancies.

at all levels of the organization

The bad news overshadows the launch of a new smartphone and free messaging software for iPhone and Android this weekend.