Ekupheleni kukaSepthemba, kwaqala ukusabalala kwamahemuhemu okuthi inkampani yaseCanada iBlackBerry, phambilini eyayibizwa nge-RIM, izovala isigaba sayo sehardware, esasiphethe imali engaphezulu kuka-50% wemali eyayinenkampani. Lezi zindaba ziqinisekiswe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kwesandla sikaJohn Chen, isikhulu esiphezulu seBlackBerry. Ngale ndlela iBlackBerry izogxila kuphela kwisoftware ishiye eceleni ukukhiqizwa kwedivayisi, imishini ebizokwenziwa yinkampani yase-China i-TCL, nayo ebhekene nokwenziwa nokwakhiwa kwamatheminali enkampanini yaseFrance i-Alcatel, esinye isigebenga sefoni ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s, esinciphile eminyakeni yamuva, yize ibuyile namandla avuselelwe nemibono emisha.
Inkampani yaseCanada ikuqinisekisile izolo ukuthi kuzoba yinkampani ye-TCL ezophatha ukwakhiwa nokwakhiwa kwamatheminali alandelayo azokwethulwa emakethe ngaphansi kwegama leBlackBerry. Ifaka kuphela umkhiqizo ne-software ezofakwa kuwo wonke ama-terminals lokho kwangena emakethe. I-TCL ibivele iphethe ukuklama nokwenziwa okulandelayo kweBlackBerry DTEK50 ne-DTEK60 ezinyangeni ezedlule, le modeli yakamuva isiyatholakala ukuthi ingathengwa ngewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeBlackBerry engaphansi kwama-euro angama-600.
I-TCL ithole amalungelo okukhiqiza akhethekile womhlaba wonke ngaphandle kwe-Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka ne India., amazwe lapho inkampani yaseCanada ifinyelele esivumelwaneni nezinye izinkampani ukuthi ikhomishini yokwakha nokukhiqiza amatheminali ngaphansi kwegama lawo. Manje iBlackBerry kufanele ihlale phansi ilinde ukubona ukuthi ngabe igama leBlackBerry kuseseyisizathu esinamandla sokuthenga ama-terminals abo, noma uma ngabe selikhohliwe ngabasebenzisi abaningi ngemuva kwale minyaka yokungakhululeki.