Now, foreign media have reported that RIM is planning to sell its own mobile phone business. Facebook and Amazon are both potential buyers. This plan may be released before BlackBerry 10 this summer) officially announced.
Rim ceo Thorsten Heins said RIM does not want to be acquired.
"The company is only exploring more development opportunities and making better use of the BlackBerry platform through cooperation, authorization, or other strategic business models ."
It is reported that RIM intends to divide the mobile phone department and Information Network into two independent companies, while RIM will retain the company-friendly information and data networks such as BBM, BIS, and BES, at the same time, it will also authorize external users. RIM's former CEOJim Balsillie also promoted the plan.
The message also said RIM may also sell its network service department. Earlier this year, RIM conducted a strategic evaluation in collaboration with RBV and JP Morgan, and the plan for selling the mobile phone business was one of the evaluation conclusions; another conclusion may be to split the entire RIM company into two parts and sell a large number of shares to Microsoft-level companies.
Currently, the source of the message has not been disclosed.
RIM's decline is no longer news. It is about to announce its first quarter earnings this week. Heins has claimed that "operation losses may occur" and the company's share price is also falling. Last month it was reported that RIM may cut 2000 of the total number of employees by 12%) to better promote its revitalization plan.
Is it survival or death? Let's wait for the arrival of RIM's financial report.