BlackBerry is ending its US licensing deal with T-Mobile, saying the companies no longer have complementary strategies.The disconnect appears to be related to a T-Mobile promotion that BlackBerry took issue with last month.
In a blog post in February, BlackBerry CEO and Executive Chair John Chen said that T-Mobile had emailed an offer targeting BlackBerry users on its network asking them to switch their BlackBerry devices to a competitor's smartphone.
Chen said that BlackBerry had not been told of T-Mobile's plans in advance and thanked its customers for expressing their displeasure. Chen told its customers that BlackBerry was upset about the offer and that T-Mobile hadn't spoken with the Canadian company before or after launching the promotion.