Friday 30 March 2012

Blackberry maker RIM lost $125m in Q4 2011

"Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has reported a quarterly loss, due in part to falling revenues on the back of weak smartphone shipments.
The Canadian company made a net loss for the three months to 3 March of $125m (£78m), compared with a profit of $934m a year earlier.
Revenues fell to $4.2bn from $5.2bn.
The firm also suggested it would refocus on the corporate market rather than on individual consumers.
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Shipments of BlackBerry smartphones in the quarter fell to 11.1 million, down 21% from the previous three-month period.
Shipments of the company's PlayBook tablets hit 500,000, largely due to substantial discounting.
For the full financial year, the company made a net profit of $1.2bn, down from $3.4bn in the previous year."

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