BlackBerry recorded $ U.S. 84 million in losses - The Times

Thorsten Heins, president of the firm Z10 BlackBerry with a model in New York. | File Photo – Ap Agency

TORONTO |

BlackBerry maker said today that the first quarter lost $ 84 million despite Americans increase their income by 9 percent up to 3,100 million.

Before the opening of the stock markets in North America, BlackBerry shares lost 20 percent of its value.

figures released by BlackBerry highlight the lack of data on the number of subscribers or sales forecasts, earnings or profits for the coming quarters because “smtarphones market is still very competitive. “

The company acknowledged that the results of the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended on June 1, 2013, are lower than expected.

But BlackBerry president, Thorsten Heins said during a conference call with analysts and media that the company is considering recovery “like a marathon.”

BlackBerry, which in recent months has launched its new operating system BB10 and a new generation of phones that have placed their trust to face the iPhone and Android, said that revenue increased in all regions except Latin America.

In that region, revenue fell 6 percent. BlackBerry said Venezuela restrictions to foreign exchange cost him $ 72 million.

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also reported the distribution of 6.8 million phones, 13 percent more than in the previous quarter and 100,000 PlayBook tablets

company confirmed that PlayBook will not get the new BB10 operating system.

“We’re still in the early stages of the launch, but the BlackBerry 10 platform and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and are proving to customers that are highly secure mobile solutions, flexible and dynamic,” Heins said through a statement.

“In the next three quarters torque increase our investments support the deployment of new products and services and to show that BlackBerry has established itself as a leading and vibrant leader in the next generation mobile solutions both for the consumer and for the company, “he added.