Sep 5. 2013 by René Schoemaker
Sep 5. 2013 by René Schoemaker
News – BlackBerry think you are the highest bidder in an auction sale in November. This auction is being held behind closed doors and there are reportedly several bidders.
According to the Wall Street Journal BlackBerry holds currently a short-term auction which offers itself to the highest bidder. This auction goes so smoothly that it may already be concluded with a final agreement in November. In August BlackBerry still reported that “viewing all strategic options”, including sale of the whole company or parts of it.
The acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft would give some extra pressure on the auction and the future of tech companies. BlackBerry is in a similar position as Nokia, once popular but now wiped out by Google, Samsung and Apple. Earlier it was rumored that Microsoft would be for BlackBerry in the market, but as it was now known that for some time now in talks with Nokia about a takeover.
The WSJ has anonymous sources who say that there is now a short list has been compiled with bidders allowed to participate. the auction That list includes financial parties such as the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Bain Capital, reports the newspaper business. But tech companies would be on the list. As Lenovo According to the sources, bidders pull together to end up sharing.
The companyBreakdown of BlackBerry can make use of, for example, messaging, mainly business and governments is used because of the heavy encryption and use their own servers. apart by its sheer smartphonetak (hardware plus operating system) BlackBerry, according to the market capitalization calculation (value of the company on the basis of the share price) at this time are $ 5.6 billion worth.
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