BlackBerry and broadband set up 100 million U.S. dollars of capital investment funds

Sina Technology News on May 28 morning news, broadband capital chairman, the former China Netcom CEO Edward Tian and President of China Xie Guorui RIM today announced they have launched the size of 100 million U.S. dollars in funds, mainly for investment in China's mobile Internet market, want to set up mobile cloud computing ecosystems.



"China has become the largest mobile market, we hope to create a unique business in China, technology and business model." Tian said, "While Apple's iPhone is very powerful, but it is closed inside. Blackberry since its inception, the use of cloud computing technology development e-mail push technology, smart phones currently holds a leading market position. "



Tian said the BlackBerry in China, a great desire to invest, the capital, many people have broadband operators in the telecom operating experience, both sides based on the understanding of the Chinese market, broadband capital investment 50 million U.S. dollars, BlackBerry and the other two into 50 million dollars together to build fund to be managed as the leading broadband capital, plans to set up mobile cloud computing ecosystems.



For a comment that the mobile Internet business models mature, Tian believes that mobile Internet better than the traditional Internet business model. First, the mobile phone with unique, the model can reflect the user some information; second, closely related with operators of mobile Internet, pay more convenient and better business model.



It is understood that this co-operation with the broadband capital of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, the scale of 150 million U.S. dollars, from RIM, Royal Bank of Canada, Thomson Reuters and Canadian venture capital firm JLA Ventures Management.



BlackBerry Partners Fund, RBC Venture Capital Partners, director Kevin? Talbot (Kevin Talbot) in an interview that the money will be dedicated to investment in China, the world's largest wireless market, the main concern for smart phones, Tablet PC, navigation equipment and other equipment, software development and application developers.



Xie Guorui said the BlackBerry App World App Store soon to China, the creation of the fund will also help introduce the project. (Wei)



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