plummeting revenues Canadian manufacturer of mobile no end. BlackBerry has just announced losses 4,400 million dollars (3,200 million euros) for the last quarter, 56 percent more than the previous. To this we must add another billion dollars in losses over the previous three months. Nevertheless, his new acting CEO, John Chen, says the company is “very much alive”. Bad economic results prove that the commitment to the family of BlackBerry 10 smartphones operating system is not working. Since early this year, the company launched several phones, including the BlackBerry Q10 and the BlackBerry Z10 .
During the third quarter This year, the company has managed to place in the market 4.3 million mobile phones , although only 1.1 million correspond to devices with BlackBerry 10 . Rumors of possible white horses interested in the company have been happening for years, but not just materialize. The Government of Canada does not look kindly on BlackBerry sell a significant share of their shares to foreign companies, particularly Chinese, for reasons of national security. In November, attempts to find a buyer failed, which led to the appointment of the new CEO, who has since fired several executives of the dome. The company is embarking on a change of course. As shown, the strategic agreement signed last week with Foxconn , the Taiwanese manufacturer.
covenant, with a duration of five years, including the development and manufacture of various mobile conjunction with Foxconn , including phase one basic prototype for the Indonesian market. With those BlackBerry models simply aims to cover the cost of hardware. Analysts interpreted the move as a step to distance itself from the past, based on the fabrication of devices. Currently, the major source of income is not selling terminals. In fact, in the last quarter, 53 percent of the turnover comes from services , 40 percent sales phone and 7 percent of marketing software and services. Just the instant messaging service BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has over 40 million registered users, and is available for iOS and Android . And mobile manufacturers like LG what to include in their models preinstalled.
The positive part of the accounts are 3,200 million that the company maintains box , cash reserves have increased by 23 percent over the quarter above. That may be enough for the company to hold 2016 , when its chief executive predicted to have a high likelihood of out of the red . The new CEO plans seem to convince investors. After announcing them, shares were up 15.5 percent Friday. Yes, the price has fallen nearly 40 percent so far this year.
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Eva Martin is a journalist specializing in technology and new economy for over fifteen years. He has written a dozen books, mostly related to Internet. 
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