Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian company BlackBerry John Chen said the company will always be present in the mobile business, even if it will have to work together with other manufacturers, such as Samsung and Apple.
John Chen said that in the next two quarters, the company plans to expand sales PriV, its first smartphone running mobile operating system Android. If the company's expectations will be met, BlackBerry will present several new smartphones. If not, then how Chen said during a meeting with journalists, corporate applications and BlackBerry software still can appear on devices made by other companies.
"We plan to release other smartphones on Android, but everything will depend on how to be successful BlackBerry Priv", said John Chen.
He added that during this quarter BlackBerry Priv will be launched in more than 30 countries.
Chen stressed that the company is open to license some of its software solutions and, contrary to expectations, it is not going to leave the smartphone market.
"When I tell people that if we do not get the money, then get out of the mobile business, I mean the release of the equipment. We have a ton of software that can run not only on Android-powered devices, but also on the Apple smartphone and smartphones on Windows. We will be staying in this business anyway, "- said the head of the BlackBerry, noting that ideally he would like to BlackBerry smartphones continued to produce and at the same time, has licensed its technology.
We add that the corporate BlackBerry Messenger is now available on iOS and Android.
Smart phones still account for 40% of total revenues BlackBerry, but profit growth is fully provided only software product that find their application in large enterprises and government agencies in some countries. Revenue from software sales reached $ 161.5 million in the quarter, which is almost 200% more than the same period last year. Shares of the BlackBerry background of this information increased by 11% to $ 8.67.