Report: BlackBerry Ltd. May Get Cut Off By VimpleCom Ltd.

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VimpelCom Ltd.
VIP
may cut its connection with Blackberry Ltd.
BBRY
, according to a report by a Russian news agency. http://ria.ru/economy/20150227/1050082628.html BlackBerry changed hands recently at $10.66, down $0.10 cents; Vimpel was trading at $5.37, up $0.14 cents. Vimpel said corporate subscribers of its Megaphone service can access BlackBerry, "but we don't plan to develop these relations," according to Russian-language news agency RIA Novosti. Vimpel offers services primarily in Russia, Ukraine and Italy, as well as parts of Africa and Asia. BlackBerry last year obtained about 35 percent of its revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, excluding the U.K. Vimple is 56-percent owned by the privately held Russian investment group Alfa Group Consortium and 33 percent by Telnor of Norway,
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