BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) is a device maker (formerly known as Research in Motion) that produces phones and tablets that run the BlackBerry OS. The latest version of the BlackBerry OS is BlackBerry 10. The company released the BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone running BlackBerry 10 in March and sold 1 million of the device in the fourth fiscal quarter ending March 2.  Its subscriber base for the quarter fell to 76 million down from 79 at the end of the previous quarter.  BlackBerry was founded by Mike Lazaridis in 1984. Its current CEO is Thorsten Heins.

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BlackBerry: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to carry Qwerty Q10

BlackBerry confirmed that all four Tier 1 U.S. carriers will launch the BlackBerry Q10, the company's first BlackBerry 10-based smartphone with a Qwerty keyboard, giving the company a boost of carrier support as it seeks to regain market share in the American market.

Verizon's Z10 sales giving BlackBerry a boost, according to Chitika

BlackBerry has not yet detailed U.S. sales figures for its flagship Z10 smartphone, let alone broken it down by carrier, but according to online advertising network Chitika, Verizon Wireless is giving the Z10 a major boost.

Getting ready for the Q1 earnings season

As always,  FierceWireless  will be tracking all of the major wireless companies--from carriers to handset makers to network equipment providers--as they report first quarter results, and we'll bring you all of the details.  Special report

Wireless in the first quarter of 2013

How did the wireless industry perform in the first quarter  quarter of 2013? Check here throughout the first-quarter earnings report season for full earnings reports from the wireless industry's carriers, handset makers, equipment suppliers and others.

Analysts: BlackBerry's U.S. Z10 sales off to a weak start

BlackBerry's shares tumbled nearly 8 percent Thursday, the most in two weeks, as financial analysts questioned the strength of early sales of the Z10, the company's flagship smartphone running its new BlackBerry 10 platform.

Viber extends free voice calling to BlackBerry app, sidesteps BB10

Viber Media released a new beta version of its over-the-top BlackBerry messaging application, introducing free voice calling for users on devices running the legacy BlackBerry OS 5 and OS 7 but not the new BlackBerry 10.

Canalys: App store downloads surge 11% in Q1, revenues reach $2.2B

Downloads from the four leading application storefronts--Apple's App Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World and Microsoft's Windows Phone Store--climbed to a total of 13.4 billion worldwide during the first quarter of 2013, an 11 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2012, research firm Canalys reports.

Telefónica gets €200M credit line for BlackBerry phones

Telefónica received a €200 million line of credit from the Canadian export agency to purchase BlackBerry handsets and services.

ComScore: Android's U.S. market share tumbles, iOS narrows gap

Apple's iOS narrowed Android's U.S. smartphone market share lead during the three-month period between December 2012 and February 2013, digital research firm comScore reports.

Report: BlackBerry pulls the plug on BBM Music

BlackBerry will shutter its cloud-based BBM Music service in June, less than two years after the music discovery initiative rolled out to consumers.