Demand for mobile devices is surging in markets around the world, and Research In Motion says it’s making headway in places outside of its native North America. “All the real subscriber growth is international,” Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research, told the E-Commerce Times. “You have to sell phones in India, China and other developing countries or you’ll miss the opportunity to onboard the next billion mobile users.” At the end of 2011, RIM “was strongest in EMEA — Europe, the Middle East and Africa,” Ramon Llamas, a senior analyst at IDC, said. The other markets in order of descending importance were North America, Latin America, then the Asia-Pacific.
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RIM Gropes for International Sales as Bottom Line Slides
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 18, 2012 11:27 AMDemand for mobile devices is surging in markets around the world, and Research In Motion says it’s making headway in places outside of its native North America. “All the real subscriber growth is international,” Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research, told the E-Commerce Times. “You have to sell phones in India, China and other developing countries or you’ll miss the opportunity to onboard the next billion mobile users.” At the end of 2011, RIM “was strongest in EMEA — Europe, the Middle East and Africa,” Ramon Llamas, a senior analyst at IDC, said. The other markets in order of descending importance were North America, Latin America, then the Asia-Pacific.