Third-party experts estimate the package of licenses and patents BlackBerry at least $ 2 billion, and bundled with the existing server hardware and software, it pulls on the entire $ 2.8 billion on these assets will probably find redemption participants needed to complete money transaction. As recognized by Prem Watsa , who heads the controlling 10% stake in the holding BlackBerry Fairfax, the redemption price shall be revised to the downside. Fairfax itself is going to participate in a transaction only for its stake, but the head of the holding is now seeking $ 1 billion in loans for the other parties to the transaction. If the required funds are not collected, Fairfax could provide about $ 2.6 billion in the form of a short-term loan. According to the head of Fairfax, the transaction takes place with high probability.
Interestingly, the current CEO Thorsten BlackBerry Hines in case of radical structural changes made a compensation payment of $ 55.6 million the amount was increased almost three-fold only recently. Some partners have begun to turn away from the BlackBerry company. U.S. telecom operator T-Mobile stopped selling BlackBerry devices in their own shops, and a contract manufacturer Jabil Circuit, for which the BlackBerry is the second-largest customer, announced its intention to cease cooperation with the Canadian company. Related Products :
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