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...
entering half impressive market momentum products second solid strong
We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services.
future hopefully lead losing reasonable risks royalties since
This will hopefully lead to more reasonable negotiations since NTP risks losing all future royalties if the workaround is implemented.
license
When we license this we're going to look for reputable, substantial companies,
expect
We're not going into details--and you can expect to see other launches around the world in the not-too-distant future,
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.
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The problem with these guys...when they took their final position on 'here's what we'll do,' it wasn't about money. They wouldn't give us terms that would allow us to carry on our business.
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Our strong market position together with our continuing technology leadership and our unique ability to provide customers and partners with a comprehensive wireless solution presents great opportunity for RIM in the new fiscal year.
blackberry content customers deliver enhanced including rich service support yahoo
Our collaboration with Yahoo will deliver increasingly rich content and services, including enhanced support for Yahoo Mail, to BlackBerry customers in over 60 countries.
expected illusory life office partners patent payment protection requires though
It comprises illusory protection for RIM and its partners and requires a lump-sum payment for the theoretical life of the patents, even though the U.S. Patent Office is expected to nullify them.
nice reaction
I think we're going to see a nice little reaction to this.
build city communication enabling forward gains helping improved response wireless
We look forward to helping build the city's wireless communication infrastructure, enabling improved response times, cost-savings and productivity gains for the City of London.
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We made sure the CIO was happy, ... The CIO has a veto and they don't hesitate to use it because they lose their jobs if the security and reliability of company data is compromised.
court
I think our arguments and filings give the court a lot to consider.
beyond carriers except specific virtually
Virtually all our carriers are beyond plan, except one or two that have specific issues.