BlackBerry to outsource handsets, will halt manufacturing
BlackBerry introduced Wednesday it might halt in-house manufacturing of smartphones, marking the tip of an period for the once-dominant Canadian tech agency.
Ontario-based BlackBerry stated it had reached a deal to outsource manufacturing of its telephones to an Indonesian associate, and would as a substitute consider software program and companies.
Handsets with the BlackBerry title can be produced below license by PT Tiphone Cellular Indonesia Tbk, a press release by the corporations stated.
BlackBerry, which a decade in the past was among the many world’s largest smartphone makers, has seen its world market share slip to lower than one p.c