Think of it this way: The size of RIM’s subscriber base is a rough proxy for the direction of its service revenue. The company makes that clear in last quarter’s earnings filing:
“The growth in international markets was offset by continued weak results in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 in the United States where a 12 percent decline in the subscriber base has caused service revenue to decline by 12 percent.”
Subscribers down 12 percent? Service revenue was down the same amount. Pretty straightforward.
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