RIM considering splitting business in two: media report

LONDON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is consid

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported. RIM, which ...

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported. RIM, which ...

LONDON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported.

LONDON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported.

RIM could break off its handset division into a separate listed company or sell it to such potential buyers as Amazon and Facebook, The Sunday Times reported

Ahead of Thursday’s closely-watched earnings report, Blackberry-maker Research in Motion brushed aside a weekend story saying the company would separate its handset division and messaging network. The report came from the Sunday Times of London. (Subs req’d.) Waterloo, Ontario-based tech giant RIM issued a statement to TIME re-affirming the ongoing “strategic review” of its business.

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