FILE PHOTO: The Blackberry logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
December 21, 2021
(Reuters) -Canadian software giant BlackBerry Ltd beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its cybersecurity services due to the pandemic-led shift to remote working.
Demand for cybersecurity software has been robust as more businesses migrate to cloud-based solutions to support remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rise of electric-vehicle and connected-car technologies have also aided sales of BlackBerry’s QNX software, used by automakers including Volkswagen, BMW and Ford Motor.
BlackBerry reported a net profit of $74 million in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $130 million a year earlier.
Revenue fell to $184 million for the quarter ended Nov. 30, from $218 million a year earlier, but beat analysts’ average expectation of $177.25 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
