Jim Balsillie
Jim Balsillie
James Laurence "Jim" Balsillieis a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canadian International Counciland the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Following his retirement as co-CEO of RIM in January 2012, Balsillie assumed a director role on RIM's Board of Directors. In March 2012, he resigned from the Board due to strategic differences with RIM's new leader and CEO, Thorsten Heins, who...
scope
It was very important to get the scope we wanted.
achieved annual billion entering expecting fiscal half impressive market million momentum partners pleased products progress prospects revenue second solid strong subscriber surpass
We are very pleased with the progress achieved by RIM and its partners over the summer, and we are particularly energized by our prospects for the second half of the fiscal year, ... We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services. As a result, we are now expecting to surpass $2 billion in annual revenue and the 5 million subscriber milestone before the end of the fiscal year.
available becoming caused dates delay drive expected growth help highly launch products shift subscriber timing
While the delay in launch dates for these two highly anticipated products caused a timing shift in expected subscriber additions, the products are becoming available now and will help drive significant growth in the coming quarters.
court
I think our arguments and filings give the court a lot to consider.
annual begun billion fiscal milestones million partners passed recently revenue year
We recently passed the $2 billion annual revenue and 5 million subscribers milestones and we have begun the new fiscal year with over 150 carrier partners around the world.
build details gone
We haven't gone into the details of it. But, the fundamental of it is, we'd build it into our shipments.
beyond carriers except specific virtually
Virtually all our carriers are beyond plan, except one or two that have specific issues.
building customer forward interest powerful relationship seen
We have already seen significant customer interest in this powerful combination, and we look forward to building on our relationship with Palm.
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The absolute motivation for this was really to give clarity and certainty to all of our ecosystems, so we can really start our new year ... with all of these issues resolved, and a clear exciting growth path going forward with no more of the noise and distraction.
business growing
Obviously, our business is growing and accelerating and strong,
option
Settlement has never been an option to date.
canada factor people sales
Most people couldn't give two hoots about it. Certainly, in Canada our sales are soaring. It's been no factor here.
individual itself lends small
lends itself to an individual in a corporation or a small group.
china cycle respect work
China has it's own gestation cycle and you work with it and you respect it.