Samsung nonetheless Hankering For BlackBerry Acquisition

BlackBerry’s days as a smartphone leader are in all probability over, however having experienced its own latest troubles, Samsung is reportedly doing its best possible to obtain the unwell company.

despite the fact that both entities have brushed aside rumors of a takeover, a record picked up by the financial publish shows how the new York-based funding bank Evercore partners has prepared for Samsung a case for its imaginable buy of BlackBerry. This record used to be drawn up late in 2014, but a source acquainted with the matter says Samsung’s pastime hasn’t cooled off considering then.

BlackBerry shares have risen to their perfect ranges on the grounds that 2012 on the back of takeover rumors. then again, the information more than likely wouldn’t be excellent for devoted BlackBerry handset house owners—given that any Samsung acquisition would doubtless be in regards to the patents (of which BlackBerry owns around forty four,000) and no longer the hardware itself.

in step with the Evercore partners document, the deal would also be “complementary to Samsung’s service platform,” on account that BlackBerry’s services and products—akin to its BES12 servers—would support Samsung in gaining a greater foothold in the undertaking market.

This has been a latest house of focal point for Samsung rival Apple, which closing summer time partnered up with IBM to improve a range of iOS “endeavor apps” designed to draw the kind of company and executive clients presently still the usage of BlackBerry services.

[by means of monetary publish]