BlackBerry buys Good Technology $425 million

Firm builds applications that allows employees to work secrely on the phones

BlackBerry has agreed to buy Good Technology , one of its competitors in mobile-device management, for $425 million. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters
BlackBerry has agreed to buy Good Technology , one of its competitors in mobile-device management, for $425 million. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

BlackBerry has agreed to buy Good Technology , one of its competitors in mobile-device management, for $425 million. Good Technology, based in Sunnyvale, California, builds applications to help employees work securely from their personal phones, BlackBerry said in a statement on Friday.

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