Messaging: Over 40 million newly registered iOS/Android users in the last 60 days; more than a dozen Android OEMs to preload BBM, including most recently LG; over 250,000 BBM Channels created by global user base since launch of BBM Channels on BlackBerry, including large brands such as Coke Indonesia and USA Today; BBM is the most secure mobile messaging service for use in regulated enterprises.
Although these are good numbers for BlackBerry, they’re still peanuts compared to the whopping numbers competitor WhatsApp dropped on us the other day. WhatsApp reported that it had gained 100 million users in just four months, bringing its total active users up to an impressive 400 million. As you can see, BlackBerry has its work cut out for itself when trying to stack up against the messaging giant that is WhatsApp.