important results in the new smartphone in the first month how difficult period of job losses, but $ 98 million net profit for the last quarter
BlackBerryis recovering from back to results indicate a healthy demand for its first smartphone with your Z10 a million phones shipped in its first month of sale.
founder Mike Lazaridis had the opportunity to retire in the proportion of better than expected phonemaker beleaguered financial results, announcing that he would resign from his position as vice president and leave the Board of Directors on May 1.
After successive rounds of redundancies, BlackBerry posted a $ 98m ( 82.9m) net profit for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, compared to 9 million in the previous quarter and loss of $ 125 million in the same period a year ago.
However, the number of subscribers to the BlackBerry network - users pay a fee for services and access to secure data channels of society - has declined more rapidly than expected, 79 million in the last quarter of $ 76 million
CEO, Thorsten Heins, promised results would show the company the balance in the next quarter, based on a "lower cost base, the supply chain more effective and improve margins material. "Improvement comes despite a 50% increase in marketing spending to support the global launch of BlackBerry 10, its new software platform for smart phones.
- "With the launch of BlackBerry 10, I think I have fulfilled my commitment to the board," said Mike Lazaridis. "Thorsten and his team have done an excellent job in the conduct of BlackBerry 10. We have much to be proud of. I think I'm now in good hands.'m Always a big fan of BlackBerry and, of course, I that the company and its people well. "
- analysts described the million sales of the Z10 as "stellar" because the phone is on sale in the UK only four weeks before the end of the year BlackBerry March 2, and n have not reached the critical U.S. market until last week.
During the last year, BlackBerry has made more money in Africa than any other continent. In this case, the figure fell to $ 4.5 billion to $ 1.2 billion, but the total was still well above the $ 587 million in North America, the second biggest hit of the region the company.
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