It's Official: BlackBerry Ends Licensing Deal With T-Mobile

BlackBerry will not renew T-Mobile US's license to sell BlackBerry phones when it expires on Apr. 25, the company announced in a press release

“BlackBerry has had a positive relationship with T-Mobile for many years. Regretfully, at this time, our strategies are not complementary and we must act in the best interest of our BlackBerry customers. We hope to work with T-Mobile again in the future when our business strategies are aligned,” said BlackBerry CEO John Chen.

The announcement comes as no big surprise: in September 2013, T-Mobile said it will stop carrying BlackBerry handsets in its retail stores. At the time, T-Mobile said it still supports the BlackBerry platform, but things got ugly in February of this year when the company openly offered BlackBerry customers to switch to an iPhone Read more...