NEW YORK / SAN FRANCISCO, 5 Oct. (Reuters / EP) –
The BlackBerry mobile phone maker remains in talks with Cisco Systems, Google and SAP to sell part or all of the company after the dismal economic performance in the last quarter, according to several sources familiar reported the situation.
such transaction could be an alternative to the preliminary agreement reached with a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings, the largest shareholder of BlackBerry, to buy the company for about 4.700 million (3.467 million euros), one offer has generated skepticism by financial issues.
Canadian manufacturer registered in the second quarter of its fiscal year net loss of 965 million dollars (713 million euros), up 310.6% from $ 235 million (174 million euros) that lost in the same period of the previous fiscal year, said in a statement.
The firm, based in Ontario (Canada), has requested preliminary expressions of interest from potential strategic buyers, which also include Intel, LG and Samsung to early next week. It is unclear whether any of the companies will bid.
BlackBerrypioneered the concept of mobile email, secure email messages offering to be received and transmitted out of the office. Long a mandatory device for governments, companies and lawyers, but in recent years has lost substantial market share to Apple’s iPhone and devices using Google’s Android operating system.
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