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...
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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They've never offered us a full license, so I'm kind of hamstrung. It's like: Jim, would you be happy being 6 feet, 6 inches tall? It'd be nice, but it's not an option in this lifetime.
blackberry matter service
No matter what, the BlackBerry service will keep working.
change dealing dynamic material
Is this a material development for Palm? Absolutely. Is it a material development for Microsoft? Very marginally. Is it a material development for RIM? No, not really. It doesn't really change any dynamic that we're dealing with whatsoever.
court issue
The issue is that they've been disingenuous with the court and with the public.
allow carry terms
They wouldn't give us terms that would allow us to carry on our business.
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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.
scope
It was very important to get the scope we wanted.
align customers data deal enhance enterprise extend further helps mobile mobility offering solution voice wireless
This deal allows us to further extend and enhance the use of wireless communications in the enterprise by offering a voice mobility solution that helps customers align their mobile voice and data strategies.
team took
No question, we took one for the team here.
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Actual shipments and replacements and sales and software is absolutely staying perfect, really.
china cycle respect work
China has it's own gestation cycle and you work with it and you respect it.
individual itself lends small
lends itself to an individual in a corporation or a small group.
option
Settlement has never been an option to date.