news BlackBerry do not cease. A few weeks ago we learned that the company is officially for sale, a few days later we learned that among the plans of the company is the ability to convert to BBM in a company or independent subsidiary and today we learned, via the Wall Street Journal and according to unnamed sources, that the board of directors of BlackBerry wants the process of selling the company completion this month of November .
I would be a little over two months BlackBerry to find one or more buyers who may be interested in different divisions. The device manufacturing seems not giving the expected results, judging by the low sales of the Z10 and Q10-, so that patents, BBM , BB 10 and its technologies related to wireless networks seem the most interesting to potential buyers.
At this point in the article published by the WSJ is said to be most interested in any part of BlackBerry are institutions private equity and technology companies Asian . Any operation, says WSJ , involve several buyers who would with the different divisions of BlackBerry.
option to sell the company for parts was confirmed by the company director, Bert Nordberg said in a recent interview. Nordberg said that BlackBerry can survive as a business “niche”, hence planning to get rid of the divisions less profitable.
The problem is that the more you lengthen the sales process less will be the value of the Company . In Waterloo have seen Microsoft has done with the division of Nokia devices for just over 5 billion euros, the other big giant like BlackBerry, has succumbed to the power of Apple, Google, Samsung and other companies.
Potential buyers know the current status of BlackBerry and know that time is against him. Even the decision to publicly announce the sale of the company can damage the BlackBerry sales in the short term. Speaking to WSJ Kris Thompson, an analyst at National Bank, says that “companies and corporate customers expect to sign contracts with the company until the sale process is completed. The later, uglier is the future of BlackBerry. “
not forget that corporate clients are probably the only ones who still rely on BlackBerry. Indeed, the company is presented with a very uncertain future.
More information | WSJ
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