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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Although our litigation has certainly been pulled into the spotlight recently, we remain intensely focused on serving our customers and partners and maintaining our longstanding culture of innovation.
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This will hopefully lead to more reasonable negotiations since NTP risks losing all future royalties if the workaround is implemented.
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When we license this we're going to look for reputable, substantial companies,
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We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services.
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Most people couldn't give two hoots about it. Certainly, in Canada our sales are soaring. It's been no factor here.
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China has it's own gestation cycle and you work with it and you respect it.
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Obviously, our business is growing and accelerating and strong,
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lends itself to an individual in a corporation or a small group.
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Settlement has never been an option to date.
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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.