Blackberry Acquires Virtual Sim Startup Movirtu, Plans To Support ‘All Major Smartphone Operating Systems’
BlackBerry today announced it has acquired Movirtu, a UK startup that allows multiple numbers to be active on a single device. The Canadian company’s hope is to boost its device management offerings in bring-your-own device (BYOD) and corporate owned personally enabled (COPE) environments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Movirtu’s Virtual SIM platform allows separate billing for voice, data and messaging usage for each number being used on a device. Employees can thus switch between business and personal profiles without carrying multiple devices or SIM cards, allowing for separate charges to be billed to the company and the...
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