“Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple’s iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones,” Liam Tung reports for ZDNet Australia.
“‘We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group perspective … and when I say that, I mean globally,’ HSBC’s Australia and New Zealand chief information officer Brenton Hush told ZDNet.com.au yesterday,” Tung reports.
“HSBC has some 300,000 staff internationally. A decision to standardise on the iPhone on its corporate networks would likely lead to one of the world’s largest iPhone orders,” Tung reports. “‘A decision on a piece of hardware like that would potentially be deployed, conservatively, to 200,000 people,’ said Hush. ‘You know, it’s a big decision, especially when you have an existing fleet out there.’”
“Should HSBC select the iPhone as its official corporate mobile device, the decision would be a major blow to Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, which is HSBC’s current standard staff mobile,” Tung reports.
Full article here.
It’s certainly appropriate that RIM is based in Waterloo.
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