Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind BlackBerry®, is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Blackberry ushered in the era of smartphones—mobile devices that combine e-mail, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and applications. 

RIM began in 1984 in Waterloo Ontario, an ideal environment for a high-technology firm; the local universities and college boast some of North America’s finest IT and engineering programs, for instance, while Canada and Ontario offer generous R&D incentives.

In 1999, RIM introduced Blackberry, now one of the world’s most recognized brands. Today, the Blackberry smartphone is available from approximately 530 carriers and distribution partners in 170 countries around the world. The company’s global workforce exceeds 13,000 and RIM operates facilities across North America, and in Europe and Asia. The company’s Waterloo headquarters remain essential to the company’s success: in a typical year, RIM employs approximately 2,000 student positions.

Research in Motion [www.rim.com] is another example of Canadian leadership and excellence the global business world continues to count on.

Additional Facts

• In fiscal 2009, RIM posted revenues of $11 billion.
• To date, RIM has shipped 80 million devices globally.
• RIM stock is traded on both the NASDAQ (symbol: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: RIM).
• Three of the five top-selling smartphones in the US are now BlackBerrys.