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From first-gen smartphones to cybersecurity: BlackBerry CEO on the company\u2019s reinvention<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-04 09:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points.
\n Once favoured by corporate professionals in the early 2000s, BlackBerry was one of the first devices to let people send secure emails on the move, long before smartphones became part of everyday life.
\nCombining push email, web browsing, calls and photography in one device, it became a symbol of secure communication, particularly after the 9\/11 attacks when cellular networks struggled.
\nMany assumed the qwerty keyboard signature faded with the rise of touchscreen smartphones. Instead, it quietly survived and reinvented itself.
\nToday, BlackBerry operates largely out of public view, focusing on cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (IoT).<\/p>\n

The Canadian company remains firmly rooted in the same principles that once defined its phones, BlackBerry\u2019s CEO John Giamatteo told Euronews Next at the World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE.
\n\u201cSecurity, trust, and innovation are always what BlackBerry has been about. So while the products and services we sell today can’t be held in the palm of your hand, those same underpinning values of security, trust and innovation continue to guide everything that we deliver to the market,\u201d said Giamatteo.
\nRebranded as a cybersecurity firm
\nBlackBerry faced a major turning point in the late 2000s and early 2010s as Apple\u2019s iOS and Google\u2019s Android reshaped the smartphone market with touchscreen devices and large app ecosystems.
\nAs its handset business discontinued, the company shifted its attention towards security software, an area it had long specialised in.
\n\u201cWhen you use the BlackBerry, that feeling of security and trust and basically what we did is we got out of the hardware business, we took all of that software,\u201d said Giamatteo.
\nAccording to the CEO, the company now focuses on two main areas: QNX and secure communication services.
\nQNX is a real-time operating system that is widely used in vehicles, powering software that runs everything from infotainment systems to safety-critical functions such as braking and steering.<\/p>\n

Giamatteo said the market is expanding as cars become more connected and automated.
\n\u201cOur fastest growing part of the QNX is that next generation car, those autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars, robo taxis,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWe’re proud to say that, you know, the entire ecosystem, whether it’s Qualcomm, NVIDIA, NXP, all the silicon players are actually building their architecture on top of our QNX platform, so we are truly going to be powering the next-generation vehicle\u201d.
\nThe company\u2019s second focus is secure communications and device management.
\n\u201cOne of the solutions that we provide is a top-secret classified-level encryption, end-to-end encryption for voice, data, and video,\u201d he said.
\nOne of BlackBerry\u2019s key products is its enterprise device management system, which allows organisations to manage and protect smartphones, laptops and tablets across different operating systems.
\nWith rising geopolitical tensions, Giamatteo said there is a growing demand among governments and senior officials for secure, encrypted communications.
\nBlackBerry\u2019s clients include the German government as well as the Ministry of Defence and banks in the United Kingdom, Giamatteo said.<\/p>\n

Cautious approach to AI and cloud
\nWhile artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing are reshaping much of the technology sector, Giamatteo said BlackBerry takes a measured approach when deploying these technologies in \u201cmission-critical systems\u201d.
\n\u201c\u2018How much do you really use the cloud?\u2019 is one of the things that we think about in terms of how you implement the technology in the vehicle,\u201d said Giamatteo.
\n\u201cThe types of solutions that we provide, mission-critical communications or the operating system that has 500 million lines of code that’s in a car. Leveraging AI in those types of applications is something that we’re very, very careful about,\u201d he added.
\nBlackBerry has deployed AI in products like its enterprise device management system.
\nRather than avoiding AI, the company focuses on where it can be used safely and reliably, as its customers are in environments where failure could have serious consequences, according to the CEO.
\n\u201cBig banks. Big government, people who have a lot to protect, they rely on a BlackBerry mobile device management system,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cWith the deep fakes and a lot of the AI and the adversaries and how sophisticated they’re getting, we’re seeing a lot of companies, and most importantly, governments, pull back and say, \u2018you know what? Maybe we need to keep this within our borders, premise-based solutions, or local clouds, local infrastructure.”
\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/p>\n

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