Apple Was Interested in BlackBerry's IP But Board Rejected Proposals to Break Up the Company

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Posted November 9, 2013 at 7:35am by iClarified · 17464 views

Both Microsoft and Apple were interested in acquiring BlackBerry's intellectual property but BlackBerry's board rejected proposals to break up the company, reports Reuters.

The board rejected proposals from several technology companies for various BlackBerry assets on grounds that a break-up did not serve the interest of all stakeholders, which include employees, customers and suppliers in addition to shareholders, said the sources, who did not want to be identified as the discussions were confidential.

BlackBerry is also said to have had discussions with Cisco, Google, and Lenovo about selling all or part of the company. The details of specific proposals are not known at this time.

On Monday, BlackBerry announced that it would be taking itself off the market, changing its CEO, and receiving a $1 billion convertible note from investors to continue operations.

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Apple Was Interested in BlackBerry's IP But Board Rejected Proposals to Break Up the Company

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BBDeath - November 9, 2013 at 7:26pm

Blackberry is dead. The only thing they can do now is sell all of their patents and dissolve the company. Apparently they just want to continue their slow death until they go bankrupt.

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the real J - November 9, 2013 at 9:22pm

Lol @ slow death.

Bob Forsberg - November 9, 2013 at 7:14pm

A sinking rowboat with gold bars as its cargo,refusing rescue life boats from neighboring ocean liners deserves the future direction the worthless ex-CEO and current board but Blackberry in. Blackberry is like ancient Rome....destroying itself from within.