Venezuela abandons Blackberry - Eastern New Press

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Venezuelan cellular operators have acquired a debt amounting to more than $ 200 million with the company Blackberry

Caracas . – Due to the inability to access foreign exchange with which to pay off that commitment recognized Canadian brand, have seen the need to change strategy and seek partnerships with other companies, according to research conducted by the newspaper “Tal Cual” .

“In Venezuela, until the last quarter of last year, dominated the scene Blackberry Smartphones with about five million users, with an average of 250,000 new subscribers to its services quarterly, with any operator , but in the first quarter of this year, the cake began to turn and the adherence to its services decreased to less than 70 000, in an environment in which Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iPhone lesser extent, begin taking top positions, “he says in the note.

The reasons
The debt that Venezuelan mobile operators have with Canada Blackberry for services associated with their devices (pin, email encryption, security, among others), which exceeds $ 200 million, has launched a new strategy in their plans to sell smartphones to promote other devices including Google’s Android, and thus leave until today dependence Smartphonemanía king in the country.

According to sources, the limitation on access to foreign exchange for the operators, has generated a load in their dealings with Blackberry that is unsustainable as time passes, because for every active user of their services, they pay, on average, about five Canadian dollars a month and during the last eight months have accumulated debts without much hope of being honored soon, so we have taken the decision to support other phone brands and thus reduce, the faster the better, the presence of Blackberry in their portfolios.

Witness the last two releases of the Canadian in the country, Z10 and Q10, considered oxygen to the troubled company, where there was no accompanying mobile operators or being exclusive brand as in the past, when they fought to have the first and unique Blackberry model.

In Venezuela, BlackBerry has to begin a process of restructuring its strategies if it is to maintain control, because to continue their current service model, is likely to lose speed much faster than perceived and if to this is added that their models are focused on the premium segment, could complicate things more.

Data
In Venezuela, to the last quarter last year, dominated the scene Blackberry Smartphones with about five million customers