Rumors, which was also reported by many international media , that the Canadian vendor 's smart phone gets 80,000 orders from the Pentagon to the needs of the U.S. Army (USA ).
Pentagon plans to supply 80,000 BlackBerry phones to U.S. military personnel in the program is the Department of Defense ( DoD ) U.S.. Besides BB, other phones are included in this program are also made by Apple, Samsung, and Motorola.
The news was circulated on Wednesday this week. At that time the BlackBerry stock immediately soared to 9 % at the close of local trade.
One day later, its shares fell 3 %. How so ? As quoted from CNN , Friday ( 01/24/2014 ), the Pentagon clarified that ordering a new smart phone for the U.S. army is still being done, only the BlackBerry not included.
In fact, before DoD has issued a press release regarding the procurement of smart phones. It says about 1,800 procurement iPhone, iPad, and Android.
In a press release it also is mentioned 80,000 BlackBerry headset. DoD clarified that 80,000 headset listed in the press release is not a new phone, but that has long since purchased but not yet distributed to U.S. troops.
So just because the stock price plunged BlackBerry selloff. There was a miscommunication between the DoD to the international media and investors all over the world.
Although BlackBerry stock sank Thursday, but since the beginning of this year is still positive growth, approximately 38 %.
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