BlackBerry Limited

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BlackBerry Limited

BlackBerry headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Formerly	Research In Motion Limited (1984–2013)
Company type	Public
Traded as	TSX: BB NYSE: BB
Industry	Software
Founded	March 7, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-03-07) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Founders	Mike Lazaridis Douglas Fregin
Headquarters	Waterloo, Ontario , Canada
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Giamatteo (CEO)[1]
Products	BlackBerry BlackBerry Messenger BlackBerry Enterprise Server BlackBerry Internet Service QNX
Revenue	US$853 million (2024)[2]
Operating income	US$−125 million (2024)[2]
Net income	US$−130 million (2024)[2]
Total assets	US$1.39 billion (2024)[2]
Total equity	US$776 million (2024)[2]
Number of employees	2,647 (2024)[2]
Subsidiaries	Cylance
Website	www.blackberry.com

BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion) is a Canadian software company specializing in cybersecurity. Founded in 1984, it developed the BlackBerry brand of interactive pagers, smartphones, and tablets. The company transitioned to providing software and services and holds critical software application patents.

Initially leading the mobile phone and pager industry in the 1980s and 90s, the company struggled to gain a lasting presence in the smartphone market of the new millennium. BlackBerry led the market in many countries, particularly the United States, until 2010 with the announcement of the iPhone 4. The company withered against the rapid rise of Apple Inc. and Android. After the troubled launch of the BlackBerry 10, it transitioned to a cybersecurity enterprise software and services company under CEO John S. Chen.^[3] In 2018, the last BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Key2 LE, was released. In 2022, BlackBerry discontinued support for BlackBerry 10, ending their presence in the smartphone market.

BlackBerry's software products are used by various businesses, car manufacturers, and government agencies to prevent hacking and ransomware attacks. They include BlackBerry Cylance, the QNX real-time operating system; BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager), and a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform.