First Waterloo, Ont., then the world: A look at BlackBerry’s roller-coaster ride
WATERLOO, Ont. — Here is a look at BlackBerry’s 30-year roller-coaster ride:
1984: Research In Motion is founded by University of Waterloo engineering student Mike Lazaridis and University of Windsor engineering student Douglas Fregin.
1992: Jim Balsillie joins RIM. He would become co-CEO along with Lazaridis.
1996: RIM releases the Inter@ctive Pager, also known as the RIM 900, its first keyboard-based device and the first two-way messaging pager.