Struggling Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry says it will not renew an accord allowing T-Mobile to sell its phones in the US.
When the current licence expires April 25, T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom, will no longer offer BlackBerry phones on its US network.
The two companies' strategies are no longer complementary, although BlackBerry hopes to work again with T-Mobile once their commercial strategies are back in sync, said chief executive John Chen.
The end of the contract will have no effect on current users of BlackBerrys on the T-Mobile network.
The Canadian manufacturer was once king of the hill in smartphones but has struggled to keep up with competitors. In the period ending March 2 it lost $US5.9 billion ($A6.40 billion).
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