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BlackBerry’s two main businesses, QNX and Secure Communications, contribute broadly similar shares of revenue. Automakers and industrial equipment makers use QNX software to run systems built into their products. They pay for software licenses, engineering and support, and royalties tied to the number of units shipped. Most QNX revenue comes from automotive customers, so the timing of vehicle programs reaching production matters to its income.
Governments and regulated businesses buy BlackBerry’s Secure Communications software to manage devices, protect communications and coordinate responses to critical events. The portfolio includes BlackBerry UEM, SecuSUITE and AtHoc. Customers pay for licenses and subscriptions, with support and other services commonly bundled in. This business relies heavily on government sales, making procurement budgets and timing important; subscription income also depends on customers choosing to renew.
Patent licensing and related activities provide a smaller revenue stream. One customer accounts for a substantial share of BlackBerry’s total revenue. Its access to government and regulated markets also depends on maintaining required approvals and certifications, while controls on encryption technology restrict where and how it can sell certain products.
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BlackBerry’s QNX growth depends on vehicle production and automakers’ software choices: watch BMW’s Neue Klasse architecture and Mercedes-Benz’s work with QNX and Vector.
Cerence Inc. and BlackBerry’s QNX both depend on vehicle production and automakers’ software spending: Cerence licenses in-car voice assistants to automakers and their direct suppliers, while QNX earns software license fees and per-unit royalties. Cerence’s xUI agreements for future vehicle cabins offer a window into automakers’ commitment to new cockpit software.
Mobileye Global Inc. shares BlackBerry’s exposure to vehicle production and adoption of more software-intensive cars: automakers buy its driver-assistance systems, while BlackBerry collects QNX license fees and royalties. Mobileye’s commercially deployed driver-assistance revenue is the line to watch for demand from those automakers.
Microsoft competes with BlackBerry for enterprise and government spending on software that manages their devices: its Intune competes directly with BlackBerry UEM for endpoint-management deployments.
NVIDIA’s automotive computing platform gives BlackBerry’s QNX another route into automakers’ software platforms, where BlackBerry earns license fees and royalties. NVIDIA and QNX have made the DRIVE AGX Thor development kit available with QNX OS for Safety 8 integrated; adoption of that combination is the development to watch.
WeRide’s vehicle-platform deployments create demand for BlackBerry’s QNX software licenses and royalties: WeRide uses QNX OS for Safety in its L2++ driver-assistance platform. Watch deployments of that platform specifically, rather than treating all of WeRide’s robotaxi vehicle sales and service fees as QNX demand.
Microsoft Corp earningsMSFT
Microsoft’s report offers a read on enterprise software spending, as its Intune competes with BlackBerry UEM for device-management deployments.
Look for demand in Microsoft’s enterprise software business, but do not treat its overall results as Intune sales. Strong demand would show that businesses are still funding software platforms, leaving a spending pool for BlackBerry UEM to compete for; weak demand would point to tighter budgets, not prove that BlackBerry is winning deployments.
Mobileye Global Inc. earningsMBLY
Mobileye’s commercially deployed driver-assistance business shows automaker demand for production systems, a useful signal for BlackBerry QNX’s licenses and royalties.
Watch revenue from Mobileye’s commercially deployed driver-assistance business, not its overall results as a proxy for automotive software demand. Growth would show automakers putting more such systems into production vehicles, supporting the market QNX serves; a decline would weaken that signal, but would not prove QNX licenses or royalties fell.
Nvidia Corp earningsNVDA
NVIDIA’s report can show automaker demand for its computing platform; adoption of the version integrated with QNX OS for Safety would open a route to BlackBerry licenses and royalties.
Watch demand for NVIDIA’s automotive platform and any evidence that automakers are adopting DRIVE AGX Thor with QNX OS for Safety integrated. Clear evidence of adoption would show the partnership could generate QNX licenses and royalties; growth in NVIDIA’s automotive business alone would show platform demand, not that BlackBerry is winning orders.
WeRide Inc. earningsWRD
WeRide’s report can show whether deployments of its L2++ driver-assistance platform using BlackBerry QNX OS for Safety are growing, a direct signal for QNX license and royalty demand.
Watch deployments of WeRide’s L2++ platform using QNX OS for Safety; do not substitute its robotaxi vehicles or service revenue. More such deployments would mean more vehicles using QNX software and could expand license and royalty demand. If growth comes only from robotaxis, it does not show that QNX demand increased.
BlackBerry Limited earningsThis company
BlackBerry’s report will show whether QNX licenses and per-unit royalties can sustain revenue as Secure Communications faces renewal and expansion risks.
Compare revenue and adjusted gross margin for QNX and Secure Communications; the latter is what remains after direct delivery costs, before operating expenses. If both QNX figures rise while Secure Communications holds steady, QNX growth is translating into margin and the main businesses are not weakening together. If QNX stalls as Secure Communications shrinks, BlackBerry’s growth base is narrowing.
