BlackBerry Google possible buyer - El Universal

class=”noteInfo”> Writing | The Universal 11:38

id=”contentNote”> Google, Cisco, LG and SAP are postulated among potential buyers BlackBerry , after the company announced the preliminary agreement reached with a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings , with which negotiated a 4000 exchange for $ 700 million, raising doubts offer financial issues .

problems id=”contentNote”> BB are not recent, but worsened this year after the launch of Z10 represent another failure to the company. In recent weeks the company announced that despidiría to 40 percent of its staff of employees and confirmed the rumor sale.

id=”contentNote”> Given the financial instability of the technology , several sources familiar with the situation said that BB is in talks with Cisco Systems, Google Inc and SAP to sell parts or all of the company.

id=”contentNote”> The firm, based in Ontario, requested preliminary expressions of interest from potential strategic buyers, which also include Intel Corp., LG and Samsung , to early next week. It is unclear whether any of the companies will bid. Google, Intel, Cisco, LG and SAP declined to comment, while Samsung was not immediately available, according to information released the abgencia Reuters.

id=”contentNote”> These precautions are mainly due to the BlackBerry reported a quarterly loss of nearly one billion dollars from sales much lower than expected by analysts.

id=”contentNote”> BlackBerry’s business is its messaging service focusing on safety, worth of 3000-4000 $ 500 million, a collection of patents that could be worth between 2000-3000 million and 3000 $ 100 million in cash and investments.

id=”contentNote”> However, these followers could be halved over the next 18 months, according to a presentation made by the company this week, potentially limiting its appeal.

Thus the pioneer in mobile email device and was forced to businesses and governments, is at a crossroads, due mainly to the success that has Apple Inc’s iPhone and devices that use the Android operating system from Google Inc.