Reportedly RIM (Research in motion) is planning to lay off around 2000 staff as it restructures globally. The Canadian Globe and Mail reports that Blackberry has seen a decline in smartphone sales as Apple grew dramatically over the same period and Android also muscles into the market.
Blackberry is said to have only a 7 percent Global share of the smartphone market and needs to regroup and restructure internationally to survive in the very competitive mobile space.
But RIM still has a trick or two up it’s sleeve as the acquisitions that saw Blackberry double in size also brought technology that will be released in the new Blackberry 10