Founder and former CEO Michael Lazaridis seems no longer interested in acquiring BlackBerry. This conclusion draws include The Wall Street Journal after Lazaridis has returned. His stake in the company to below five percent
Initially wanted Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin save the ailing company. Both were in 1984 at the birth of what was then called Research in Motion. There was an 8 percent built.
The news comes just days after the BlackBerry a quarterly loss of $ 4.4 billion announced, four times as much as the previous quarter. Revenue also fell by a further 56 percent. The loss is partly due to one-time write-off on their own resources, including the new models Z10 and Q10, which hardly sell. 1.9 million copies sold during the quarter mainly older models.
BlackBerry continued this fall in the window. Only major shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings made an offer on the BlackBerry, but struggled to get financing. Around Fairfax decided to rescue with a loan of $ 1 billion.
The company thenThe future of BlackBerry has become very uncertain. Two entry-level models with code names and Cafe Kopi elections scheduled for 2014 have been deleted. And BlackBerry has also canceled its annual conference. Being replaced by smaller matters. It is a collaboration with Foxxconn announced, the Taiwanese company that makes the iPhone for Apple.
The only bright spot for BlackBerry’s success is its BlackBerry Messenger. The chat app continues its march on with over 40 million users include iOS and Android, and now comes preinstalled on the Cheap G Pro Lite. For now provides the free BlackBerry app no ??income.
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