Thorsten Heins, President and CEO, Research In Motion, said:
I’m very pleased to confirm that we have
passed a critical milestone in the development of our brand new mobile
computing platform, BlackBerry 10. In the last week, BlackBerry 10
achieved Lab Entry with more than 50 carriers – a key step in our
preparedness for the launch of BlackBerry 10 in the first quarter of
2013. We made this commitment during our recent results conference call
and we have delivered. This process will continue in the coming months
as more carriers around the world formally evaluate the devices and our
brand new software.
I have spent the last several weeks on the
road visiting with carrier partners around the world to show them the
BlackBerry 10 platform and to share with them our plans for launch.
Their response has been tremendous. They are excited about the prospect
of launching BlackBerry 10 in their markets. Our respective teams are
now engaged on the technical and commercial preparation of the launch of
BlackBerry 10 and the lab entry is an important milestone in that
context.
The hard work will not stop here as we
build towards launch. Our developer teams are continuing to generate
momentum to bring a wealth of applications to BlackBerry 10, our
enterprise teams have started to present BlackBerry 10 devices and
services to our business customers, and our engineers are fully
mobilized to ensure that BlackBerry 10 launches flawlessly in the first
quarter of 2013.
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