Nel finesettimana sono stati resi noti da RIM i dati fiscali del Q3/FY09, dati che nonostante la crisi economica e lo spettro della recessione in più paesi, fanno segnare un + 14% di nuovi clienti BlackBerry, che sono ad oggi oltre 21 milioni, dimostrando la floridità economica del colosso di Waterloo.
Di seguito alcuni high light:
- Le Revenue del terzo trimestre sono pari a 2.78 miliardi di dollari (+ 7.9% rispetto al trimestre precedente e + 66.3% rispetto allo stesso periodo dello scorso anno)
- 21 milioni di utenti BlackBerry a livello globale; approssimativamente il 14% in più rispetto al trimestre precedente
- 6.7 milioni di dispositivi BlackBerry venduti nel trimestre
Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported third quarter results for the three months ended November 29, 2008 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where noted). The third quarter results reported today by RIM are in line with the preliminary third quarter results reported by RIM on December 2, 2008.
Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $2.78 billion, up 7.9% from $2.58 billion in the previous quarter and up 66.3% from $1.67 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 81% for devices, 13% for service, 2% for software and 4% for other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 6.7 million devices.
Approximately 2.6 million net new BlackBerry® subscriber accounts were added in the quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total BlackBerry subscriber account base increased from the prior quarter by approximately 14% to approximately 21 million.
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