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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by juice_bus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:14PM (#14100248)
Did BlackBerry get awarded more in this arbitration than they have made selling devices? (Former RIM employee - this isn't a jab, genuine question)
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by protomyth on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:18PM (#14100296)
Going by their financials, no, they made more money selling devices over the years. This is actually less than a year's worth of profit back aways.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by wjnc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:44PM (#14100563)
Their market cap went up 1.2B thanks to a .8B settlement. That's not really logical, is it?
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by revelation on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:49PM (#14100619)
Companies aren't valued by the gross sum of their assets minus liabilities. I guess it means they expect BB to generate more than 1.2B in value thanks to that .8B cash infusion.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by juice_bus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:19PM (#14100307)
Thanks for checking!
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by heisenbit on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:42PM (#14100539)
It seems like premium manufacturers are having a problem with Qualcomm's licensing and the FTC and courts are sympathetic.

How much value is added by Qualcomm to a Blackberry or iPhone? My limited understanding is that every sold - even unrelated - feature added to the phone effectively included a tax to Qualcomm. It is a great business model until it isn't.

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by revelation on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:44PM (#14100569)
We [..] look forward to collaborating with Qualcomm in security for ASICs

??

BlackBerry is a mobile-native security software and services company dedicated to securing people

???

Can someone explain what BlackBerry think they are doing nowadays?

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by emmp on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:42PM (#14102407)
They've always had BES, and they bought Good Technology which was used by just about every big bank and Government/military agency. They've got a huge presence in orgs with regulated security requirements for mobile comms.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by ufoolme on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:37PM (#14101507)
(fairly sure) Blackberry still owns QNX, which is still very popular in high-security environments such as automotives.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by flamedoge on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:41PM (#14102402)
lol..

> "BlackBerry and Qualcomm have a longstanding relationship and continue to be valued technology partners," said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry.

Continuation highly questionable

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by nullnilvoid on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:43PM (#14100551)
BlackBerry is coming back (not to smartphone market which they lost completely), as a company. The stock price has been surging.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by giarc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:46PM (#14100600)
I don't think I would say it is "surging". It is up on this news, but if you remove the last 2 weeks it's unchanged since late 2015.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by JohnJamesRambo on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:46PM (#14100593)
What do they sell?
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by kogepathic on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:58PM (#14100686)
Mobile device management (MDM) software.

Basically they tweaked BES to work with iOS/Android and are now selling it to enterprise as a solution for BYOD management.

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by jplayer01 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:17AM (#14107096)
Lawsuits.
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by Overtonwindow on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:45PM (#14100578)
This should keep them going another year...
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by gremlinsinc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:17PM (#14100292)
Think the bigger news might be blackberry is still in business..
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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by bgun on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:39PM (#14100519)
One can only hope. More competition is always welcome, arguably now more than ever.
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