BlackBerry in the World Reached 52.3 Million Units

SMARTPHONES - According to the latest performance report Research In Motion (RIM), the number of BlackBerry in the world reached 52.3 million units

During the fiscal year ended in February 26, 2011, revenues increased 33 percent, from U.S. $ 15 billion to $ 19.9 billion (equivalent to Rp173 trillion). The wheel of RIM business continues to spin along with the high market demand for the smartphones.

During the last quarter alone, revenue BlackBerry vendor is still relatively positive. RIM still recorded a growth although only one percent from the previous quarter, from $ 5.5 billion to $ 5.6 billion.



In detail, during the end of quarter, the revenue of RIM from selling BlackBerry devices (81 percent), the BlackBerry service (16 percent), as well as software and other opinions (3 percent).

"We are very pleased with our achievements in fiscal year 2011," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, in Saturday, March 26, 2011.

"Entering the fiscal year 2012, RIM is in an excellent position to continue the convergence between mobile communications and mobile computing in the mobile market. Going forward, we will continue investment in smartphones. The possibility we will also dive in the tablet marketplace," he said.

In the fiscal year 2011, RIM posted a net profit of U.S. $ 3.4 billion or grew 47 percent from previous year.