Seeking
to extend its range of secure mobile devices, BlackBerry Ltd said on
Saturday it was launching a high-security tablet, developed with
International Business Machines Corp and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
The
SecuTABLET, based on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and being presented by
BlackBerry unit Secusmart at tech fair CeBIT 2015 in Germany, reflects
the Canadian company’s stress on secure connections for governments and
businesses as it seeks to preserve a niche market after a drubbing in
recent years at the hands of emerging smartphone makers such as Apple
Inc.
“Security
is ingrained in every part of BlackBerry’s portfolio, which includes
voice and data encryption solutions,” said Dr. Hans-Christoph Quelle,
chief executive officer of Secusmart GmbH, in a statement on the new
device.
The
device was undergoing certification by the German Federal Office for
Information Security for secure rating, the statement said, adding that
the new tablet used the same security technology as the Secusmart
Security Card.
“Working
alongside IBM and Samsung, we have added the last link in the chain of
the Federal Security Network. Subject to certification of the
SecuTABLET, German government agencies will have a new way to access
BlackBerry’s most secure and complete communications network in the
world,” Quelle said.
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