CEOs quit at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion
- Published: 23/01/2012 at 04:32 PM
- Online news: Telecommunications
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the co-chief executives of Research In Motion, have resigned following months of investor pressure for a change at the helm of the struggling BlackBerry maker.
Research In Motion President and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, seen here, and co-CEO Jim Balsillie, have announced their resignations from the Canadian telecoms company.
Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins was named president and CEO of the Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, which has been steadily losing market share to Apple's iPhone and handsets powered by Google's Android software.
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