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RIM reports strong growth, 3.9 million new BlackBerry subscribers
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... 88% increase from the $1.88 billion reported in the fourth quarter of last year.
(BlackBerry Curve 8900, one of RIM’s latest smartphones)
RIM’s net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was of $518.3 million. The company’s net income for the whole fiscal year was of $1.89 billion.
The smartphone maker expects the first quarter of fiscal 2010 to be a good one as well, with at least 3.7 million net subscriber account additions.
Via Press release
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