BlackBerry Smartphone Share Stabilizes at About 0.5% Under Chen

BlackBerry Ltd.’s global market share for smartphone operating systems held steady through 2014 as Chief Executive Officer John Chen refocused the company on business users and brought back keyboard-equipped devices.

The company’s share has hovered at about 0.5 percent since Chen took over at the Waterloo, Ontario-based company in November 2013, according to IDC data. BlackBerry shipped 5.8 million handsets in 2014, down 70 percent from the previous year, the research firm said Tuesday in a statement.