This was done Balsillie before he resigned as Co-CEO and Board of Directors of RIM.
According to Reuters, part of the strategy of RIM's Balsillie is offering services to non-BlackBerry devices. In fact he had discussions with several operators in North America and Europe.
Balsillie wants RIM's services accessible to non-BlackBerry devices. Including Internet data packets are cheap, access to social media and BlackBerry Messenger.Unfortunately, the desire Balsillie rejected by RIM executives. At that time, Balsillie still served as a Board Director of RIM.
Business strategy to offer RIM CEO Balsillie countered by a new, Thorsten Heins.
Heins, supported by RIM founder Mike Lazaridis, called to focus on developing the BlackBerry platform 10 at the end of the year.While the steps to be taken by Balsillie is considered to undermine what had been built by RIM.
On the other hand, Balsilie allegedly received support from shareholders who wanted to RIM no longer play on the hardware and concentrate on the service.
Balsilie not currently have a position on the rim. But he still remains one of the largest shareholder, with a range of 5 percent.Whether the plan will be continued Balsilie? Reuters sources do not mention it.