BlackBerry, the pioneering smartphone maker, is to stop making its own handsets and pull out of the devices business, as the company behind the tiny Qwerty keyboard once coveted by the corporate world focuses on selling software and services.
The Canadian group said it would “end all internal hardware development” with immediate effect, and license its brand and software to third-party manufacturers who would develop phones bearing the BlackBerry badge.
“It’s the end of the line for the firm’s hardware business,” said Nick McQuire, an analyst at CCS Insight.
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