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BlackBerry has until recently held negotiations with various providers to introduce the successor of SMS.’s own BBM chat service At the last moment, the plan was torpedoed by the top of the Canadian company.

BlackBerry was about to start this year to introduce ‘successor’ of SMS, BBM according to a story that appeared this weekend in the Globe & Mail. Jim Balsillie, former chief executive of BlackBerry, would have worked internally ‘SMS 2.0′ was mentioned.

a plan in recent years

Cooperation with major providers

Canadian manufacturer would already have had several major providers for cooperation, including the U.S. AT & T and the Spanish Telefónica commitments. If the plan had gone through, these smartphones would send messages via the BBM BlackBerry network. Instead of a fee per text message would customers a small monthly fee to pay BlackBerry, part of which would go. Providers Could be.

probably not just individual messages, but also group chats and pictures sent through the service

In development since 2010

The development of the ‘SMS 2.0′ plan began in late 2010, early 2011. Balsillie thought the service would play in saving BlackBerry an important role: to introduce for other operating systems such as Android and required by the providers to set BlackBerry would tap into a completely new market

by BBM.

The plan was to unveil the service at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last February but after the CEO Thorsten Heins took over from Balsillie, the plan was put stop. Heins wanted the company to focus on BlackBerry 10, and nothing else. However BlackBerry 10 is still not a great success: BlackBerry is extracted after disappointing sales

by a Canadian investor in the stock market.Yet

: BBM for Android and iOS

Earlier this year revealed the company still a version of BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS. This app would actually been a week to be available but the launch was delayed after there emerged some problems at the last minute. This version of BBM, however, available for free in the Play Store and App Store, and is not bundled by providers. BlackBerry’s plan to ‘SMS 2.0′ launch seems good for the job.