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Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind BlackBerry,
is banking its hopes and dreams on its upcoming QNX-based BlackBerry 10
mobile OS. RIM is trying to overcome the challenges of a weakening
brand image, a very saturated market, and a shrinking engineering
department. But in case the public would not embrace new mobile
operating system come launch time next year, there is a reported backup
plan.
Citing sources close to parties knowledgeable of the situation,
Bloomberg reports that IBM is serious in purchasing BlackBerry’s
enterprise division. RIM, however, would rather put the potential sale
on hold as the company waits to see whether BB10 would become a hit.
Delaying a potential purchase would actually become beneficial to
IBM. In case BB10 would fail, RIM may become desperate and sell its
prized unit at fire-sale-level price. The BlackBerry Enterprise unit
has made US$4.1 billion in service fees charged to mobile carriers last
year and is currently valued at $1.5-$2.5 billion.
But a question still lingers: who would purchase the phone unit? No
one–according to Bloomberg’s insiders–have expressed interest in buying
RIM as a whole unit, as well as interest in buying the struggling phone
unit.
Source: Bloomberg, via Daily Tech
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