BlackBerry restructuring for growth and profitability in Africa.

SOURCE:PM News 

Blackberry Z3

Charles Asinugo, the BlackBerry Territory Director, East, West, Central and Southern Africa said on Thursday that the company was restructuring its phones for growth and profitability.

Asinugo said this in Lagos, during a media briefing to unveil its BlackBerry Z3 to the Nigerian market.

He said that the company had carried out a lot of research and now understood better what its numerous customers wanted.

According to him, the company is addressing the challenges BlackBerry phones face in its various markets, in the areas of security, battery life and costs.

The core strength of BlackBerry is its security. Our devices will continue to come down in price but it does not mean that they are of low quality.

The Nigerian market is one of the strategic markets of BlackBerry and we hope it will help us bring BlackBerry to profitability, he said.

The Territory Director said that the manufacture of BlackBerry Z3 smartphone was part of the companys restructuring mechanism.

He said that the smartphone, which was meant for middle-class Nigerians, came with an inbuilt battery, hence making the battery life last as long as the phone would.

According to him, the BlackBerry Z3 extends the BlackBerry Z10 platform to a new generation of customers in Nigeria, at an attractive price point.

It offers them more ways to securely communicate, collaborate and be productive with an experience built on reliable, secure, communication, he said.

Asinugo said that the company noticed stable growth in the first
quarter of 2014 and would further unveil into the Nigerian market
smartphones called BlackBerry Passport in September and BlackBerry
Classic in November.