Mundo Reader

Mundo Reader, S.L.
bq
Sociedad Limitada
Industry Consumer electronics
Headquarters Las Rozas, Spain
Area served
Worldwide
Products Smartphones, tablets, E-reader, 3D printers and Domotic
Number of employees
1,028 (2014)
Website www.bq.com

Mundo Reader, S.L., trading as bq, is a Spanish producer of smartphones, tablets, electronic readers, and 3d printers founded in 2009.[1]

In 2014, the company had a total revenue of 202.5 million euros.[2]

The company had 960 employees in 2014.[3]

BQ sold about 400,000 handsets in 2013, having 3 percent of Spain's smartphone market in 2013, of about 12 million units.[4]

History

The company started its business in 2009 importing e-readers from Asia.[1] In 2010 it started to produce its own tablets and e-readers.[1]

In 2013, the company started to produce its own line of smartphones and phablets based on Android and 3d printers based on Makerbot Replicator 2.[1][5][6]

In 2013, the company had 600 employees and it produced 400,000 tablets and 100,000 e-readers.[3]

In 2014, the company entered the Portuguese market.[7]

In 2015, the company produced a smartphone (BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition) that runs the Ubuntu operating system.[8]

In 2016, the company released the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet.[9]

Revenue, by year:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 E. Arrieta (December 12, 2013). "El fabricante de tabletas BQ contratará a 400 personas,Empresas y Finanzas.". Expansion.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Ramón Muñóz (25 May 2015). "BQ: Móviles con la marca España". El Pais. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Marimar Jimenez (November 27, 2014). "La española BQ presume de sus ventas millonarias de ‘smartphones'". Cincodias.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  4. Rodrigo Orihuela (June 24, 2014). "Can Spain's Home-Grown Smartphone Compete With Samsung, Apple?". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  5. Marta Juste (February 1, 2013). "El teléfono-tableta ‘low-cost made in Spain’ se llama BQ Elcano". Expansion.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014. C1 control character in |title= at position 21 (help)
  6. Ana Gamazo (March 10, 2013). "La tecnológica española bq se volcará este año en los smartphones". Expansion.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  7. "Spain's bq expects to sell 100,000 smartphones in Portugal - Telecompaper". Telecompaper.com. May 23, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  8. "Ubuntu smartphone offers alternative to apps". BBC News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  9. "Canonical fulfills its Linux convergence vision". betanews. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

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