Research In Motion incurs losses, dismisses 5,000 employees and transfers BB 10

Today, the Canadian company Research In Motion reported quarterly results, which cause concern for one of the recent industry leaders. In addition to financial results, the company's management shared information about the supply of devices, the prospects of BlackBerry 10 and some changes in the company.

Among the financial results it is worth noting that

• Compared to the previous quarter, the company's revenues fell by 33% to $ 2.8 billion.
• Net loss was $ 518 million.
• The number of shipments (not sales) of smartphones was 7.8 million, and the PlayBook tablets only 260 thousand.

As for the BlackBerry operating system, not everything is so rosy with it. Plans to launch the first smartphone on the new system failed this year, so the launch was postponed to the beginning of 2013. Blackberry AppWorld hosts only 89 thousand applications, which is even smaller than the Windows Phone Marketplace, not to mention Google Play and the Apple AppStore.
To reduce losses, the company plans to lay off 5 thousand employees, as well as to restructure. Steve Zipperstein will take the place of CEO for Legal Affairs, coming from Verizon Wireless.
Fully report available on MarketWatch
According to StatCounter, the share of the Blackberry operating system in world network traffic is slightly more than 5%.
Against the background of such results, it is necessary to recognize that the attempt to create your own ecosystem failed, and one of the best prospects is the sale of the mobile direction to interested companies.