IBM Want to Buy Division 'Server' BlackBerry

After rumored to be acquired by Samsung, the manufacturer of BlackBerry again buffeted by another newspaper. Enterprise division's Research in Motion (RIM) is responsible for the e-mail server and BlackBerry instant messaging (BBM), reported being ogled by IBM.

It was submitted by two sources cited by Bloomberg. Two sources requesting anonymity, but it is called knowing the ins and outs of this issue.

IBM is reported to have made ​​"informal approach" to acquire the division in charge of setting up a network that RIM's secure server. According to estimates Berenberg Bank, its value is between 1.5 billion to 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, depending on the assets included in the purchase.

RIM pioneered mobile e-mail through the BlackBerry device first released more than 10 years ago, but the Canadian company's market share continues to shrink with increasing the popularity of its competitors, the iPhone and Android. RIM's market capitalization fell 70 percent last year.

Meanwhile, IBM is the largest provider of enterprise computer services in the world. Later the company was diligent in making acquisitions in the field of online commerce and human resources software.

By purchasing RIM's enterprise division, IBM will get BlackBerry e-mail system safe and reliable, which became a favorite of many large companies.

Last year, RIM generates revenues of 4.1 billion dollars from the costs imposed on mobile operators that access the network.

So far there are no parties interested in buying RIM entirely, or the hardware division that makes the BlackBerry. IBM was not related to talks about RIM's interest in the enterprise division.