Research in Motion (RIM)

Waterloo, Ontario-based Research In Motion Limited (RIM) helped advance wireless technology with the introduction of the BlackBerry® wireless solution in 1999, the world’s first handheld,
integrated, wireless e-mail system.The BlackBerry device included an address book, calendar, and to-do list, but its breakthrough characteristic was its ability to send and receive e-mail by accessing the wireless networks of cellular phone carriers. Since that time, RIM has expanded the BlackBerry platform to offer some of the most advanced smartphones on the market today for corporations as well as individuals around the world. Without compromising the BlackBerry solution’s core attributes, RIM has continued to innovate and enhance the BlackBerry product line and lead the wireless industry.

The BlackBerry solution has cultivated a reputation for its pushemail, security, reliability, and durability that has led to the worldwide adoption of BlackBerry by local, state and federal
governments and Fortune 500 corporations, which rely on BlackBerry to efficiently facilitate communication within their organizations.

Adoption of the BlackBerry has been explosive. Within five years of its release, by early 2004, RIM had reached one million subscribers, and by November, 2004, there were two million,
having doubled within ten months. Today, there are over 14 million subscribers, with BlackBerry being available from over 350 carriers and channels in over 135 countries.