BlackBerry's new CEO says he is "very interested" in trying to replicate some of the company's signature security and enterprise productivity on rival platforms.
"We'd love to do it," he said when asked on a financial conference call about the possibility of expanding the BlackBerry platform to smartphones running Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
BlackBerry has enjoyed favor in enterprises for its high levels of security and efficient messaging software, but the company has hit problems in the last couple of years because of slow development of new devices and much fiercer competition in the handset market from companies like Apple and Samsung.
"The one great thing about BlackBerry is that we are well known in security and productivity," Chen said.
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