"Canadian government is going to take over BlackBerry lie '- All About Phones

According to the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, the Canadian government is unlikely to allow the Canadian company also BlackBerry is taken over by a Chinese competitor, such as Lenovo.

finds BlackBerry smartphone sales in particularly dire straits because of disappointing. The company leads loss and has had to lay off. Thousands of workers CEO Thorsten Heins is looking for a company that wants to take over ailing BlackBerry. Last week, rumors circulated that the Chinese Lenovo be interested in BlackBerry interest. But such acquisition will likely be torpedoed by the Canadian government.

The paper points out that the Canadian government takeover of a Canadian telecom company by an Egyptian consortium has recently stopped. According to The Globe and Mail The law which the government relies in this regard on, the Investment Canada Act. That means that companies that are deemed critical to national security, not fall. Foreign owned just

And BlackBerry is crucial, because virtually all Canadian officials walk with a BlackBerry in his pocket. The secure communication through the BlackBerry servers may not come into foreign hands, to avoid. Risk of eavesdropping

The Globe and Mail quotes a former top security official. ” BlackBerry is the phone that is used by all government officials and civil servants. If only for that reason it will not be sold to a foreign entity that does not fall within our circle of allies,” he adds.” If the sale to an Egyptian company already did a red flag hoisting, the sale of BlackBerry to a Chinese company probably do red fireworks off.”