Goldman Sachs is thought to have been hired by the BlackBerry maker to field potential buyout bids. Do you think sell-off is likely soon ? Which companies do you think will be more interested in buying RIM ?
The company's sharea are surging on the news Research in Motion hired Goldman Sachs. The stock rose more than 10 percent today. The market probably expects a sale, merger or strategic partnership.
Research in Motion, only days after it hired Goldman Sachs to field potential buyout bids, is looking to Samsung as a potential buyer of its BlackBerry smartphone and tablet range. Samsung and RIM looks like interesting merger if it happens.
Samsung has reportedly denied being interested in buying RIM. I am not sure of any significant competitive advantage Samsung will gain by buying RIM. See the story here: (Samsung: We never considered buying RIM -- and never will).
Clairvoyant, Buying RIM will only sustain a rival to Google's Android. It's unlikely. Google agreed to buy Motorola Mobility because the company was already using Android and it needed to get its hands on Motorola Mobility's patent hoard for its fight against Apple.
That might be one reason for Google, Samsung or Nokia to go after RIM -- that is, the patents. However, news reports indicate Samsung is not interested. I will also rule out Nokia -- It can't afford it. Which leaves Google, again, but even that is unlikely.
RIM might be in more trouble if it cannot attract buyers.
I doubt Google wants to buy out their competition, they are beating it for free. Patent-wars, sadly, is always a topic and might be the best reason to buy RIM.
RIM, to me, is too big to change and will probably stop being a global player and go back to playing a role in high-security applications.
After Andriod, Apple OS and Windows being the only dominant software platform, doesn't it make sense for RIM to have strategic parternship with a software company and focus on the hardware alone. Maybe after Nokia, Microsoft might be interested.
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