Who will buy your BlackBerry? Lenovo joins the list of speculation - Wyborcza.biz

potential buyers of Canadian phone manufacturer sold a player. Chinese Lenovo make an offer to November 4. Such a transaction would attract the attention of governments of Canada and the U.S..

Such information came “The Wall Street Journal”. Relies on a reliable (but anonymous) individuals with Lenovo. The company has the resources to make such a transfer. According to Gartner estimates, the Chinese already have a larger share of the global smartphone market (4.7 percent). Than “Je?ynki” (2.7 percent).. In addition, Lenovo earns better on PCs. As we wrote in wyborcza.biz, despite decreasing the sixth consecutive quarter global sales of personal computers (about 8 per cent. During the third quarter of 2013), Lenovo in this period increased supply of PCs by 2.8 percent. (Compared to the same period in 2012).

BlackBerry potential takeover bid would be submitted to November 4. However, the intention to buy the Canadian phone manufacturer is one thing. As the “Wall Street Journal”, the transaction przygl?da?yby the governments of the U.S. and Canada. With about 600 thousand. mobile devices used by the U.S. Department of Defense, 470 thousand. This is the “Je?ynki”. In summary, government officials in the U.S. have more than one million handsets of the company. BlackBerry uses even Barack Obama himself. – Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States probably will look at any Tenders submitted by Lenovo – says the “WSJ”. That was in 2005, when the Chinese bought for $ 1.25 billion. computer division of IBM. At that time the company’s computers were widely used by U.S. government agencies. Finally, the U.S. government has approved the transaction. Similarly, in the case of the Canadian government. Many officials use “Easy Grip Hackle.”

at the end of the Chinese company would have to convince the Canadian government. According to the local law, the acquisition by foreign companies in excess of 344 million Canadian dollars (334 million U.S. dollars) shall be subject to the government, which must decide whether the transaction would bring economic benefits or would be a threat to national security. Recall that the BlackBerry is valued at about 4.7 billion dollars. – Only wants to pay for her Canadian fund Fairfax Financial. This is the case of the most serious offer.

around the company and its potential buyers gets loud. This month, the race was joined by two founders – Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. As we wrote in wyborcza.biz, the list of potential buyers were also Samsung, Google, Intel, Cisco, investment fund Cerberus.