BlackBerry falls as partner: facing financial shocks

NetEase Science and technology news September 27, according to foreign media reports, BlackBerry manufacturing partners Jabil incrementally in Wednesday at the earnings meeting, because of the decline in the performance of BlackBerry and market share, the company's financial situation has now begun to be affected, and therefore have to reconsider the future cooperation between the two sides. BlackBerry's product orders account for about 12% of all Jabil incrementally's business, the company's second-largest customer. Apple's orders accounted for 19%, the company's largest customer. However, the continued decline in BlackBerry performance has seriously affected the financial situation of its partners. Mark Mondello, chief executive of Jabil incrementally, said in a Wednesday earnings meeting that the company would have to reconsider its partnership with the BlackBerry. "We're facing a big possibility of separating from the BlackBerry," he said. "Our team has worked very hard over the last few days to digest BlackBerry changes announced recently ..." said Mondaro. We have now discussed how we will gradually end our relationship. "Mondaro does not show the time for the two sides to end the cooperation, but from their perspective, all this will happen soon." "There is no timetable," said Mondaro, "but in a clear direction, we will make the most beneficial choice for shareholders, and give the BlackBerry the basic needs of support." We plan to take restructuring measures to change it quickly and decisively to lessen the impact of all this on fiscal year 2014. "Jabil incrementally's collaboration with BlackBerry includes many aspects, from infrastructure to personnel technology, so restructuring will not be a simple process, which will inevitably result in a certain scale of layoffs." (Lu Xin)