Optiemus to manufacture Blackberry mobiles for India & neighbouring markets

Blackberry Ltd has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Optiemus Infracom Limited for production of Blackberry-branded android mobile handsets in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal & Bangladesh. This tie up qualifies Optiemus to design, sell, promote and provide customer support for blackberry mobile devices in these markets. This agreement forms expansion on the existing relationship announced in November 2016.

The latest long-term licensing pact with Optiemus Infracom follows BlackBerry's recent global licensing agreement with TCL Communication and PT BlackBerry Merah Putih in Indonesia. With this latest regional deal, BlackBerry has now achieved full global coverage for licensees in all markets to manufacture