BQ (company) explained

BQ
Type:Sociedad Limitada
Fate:Ceased operations
Foundation:2009 in Madrid, Spain
Defunct:2021
Location City:Las Rozas de Madrid (Community of Madrid)
Location Country:Spain
Products:Smartphones, Tablets, e-readers and 3D printers
Num Employees:1,028
Num Employees Year:2014

BQ (former name: Mundo Reader) was a Spanish company brand of user electronics devices, such as smartphones, tablets, e-readers and 3D printers among other products.

Among BQ's most notable products are the first AndroidOne mobile phone in Europe (the BQ Aquaris A4.5),[1] [2] [3] as well as both the world's first mobile phone and tablet running the Ubuntu Phone operating system, (the BQ Aquaris E4.5 and BQ Aquaris M10).[4] [5] [6] [7] In 2018, the Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup acquired 51% share of BQ and active in Vietnam under the name of VinSmart.[8]

History

The company started its business in 2009 importing e-readers from Asia.[9] In 2010 it started to produce its own tablets and e-readers.

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

In 2014, the company entered the Portuguese market.[10]

In 2015, the company produced a smartphone (BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition) that runs the Ubuntu operating system.[11]

In 2016, the company released the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet.[12]

By 2020, bq appears no longer to be in the phone market, with all devices removed from the company's web-page. The English language home-page now presents Robotics, 3D-printing and product development consulting as the focus of the company, at least internationally.

In 2021 their web-page informed visitors that it had ceased business operations and only made available links to software downloads for the 3D-printer Witbox Go and to their educational offerings.

Revenue, by year:

Mobile phones and tablets

AndroidOne:

Android high-end:

Android mid-range:

Android Cyanogen:

Ubuntu Phone:

Other:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Android One Enters Europe With BQ Aquaris A4.5. GadgetsNDTV. 18 Sep 2015.
  2. Web site: Google is launching Android One in Spain and it's going to be way more expensive than expected. BusinessInsider. 21 Sep 2015.
  3. Web site: Android One-Powered BQ Aquaris A4.5 Gets Two Years Of Google Support. TomsHardware. 18 Sep 2015. 23 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923094801/http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/aquaris-a4.5-android-one-announcement,news-51283.html. dead.
  4. Web site: First Ubuntu Phone with 'Convergence' Is Being Made by Bq. OmgUbuntu. June 2015. 1 Jun 2015.
  5. Web site: First Ubuntu smartphone, Aquaris E4.5, launches into cluttered mobile market. ZdNet. 6 Feb 2015.
  6. Web site: Canonical Launches First Ubuntu Phone With Spain's BQ. GadgetsNDTV. 9 Feb 2015.
  7. Web site: BQ And Canonical Launch The Second Ubuntu Phone. TechCrunch. 2 Jun 2015.
  8. Web site: Vingroup bất ngờ công bố đã mua 51% công ty smartphone Tây Ban Nha, sẽ ra mắt 4 mẫu máy vào 14/12 tới. 3 December 2018.
  9. Web site: El fabricante de tabletas BQ contratará a 400 personas, Empresas y Finanzas. . Expansion.com . December 12, 2013 . E. Arrieta . November 27, 2014.
  10. Web site: Spain's bq expects to sell 100,000 smartphones in Portugal - Telecompaper . Telecompaper.com . May 23, 2014 . November 27, 2014.
  11. Web site: Ubuntu smartphone offers alternative to apps . BBC News . 6 February 2015 . 11 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Canonical fulfills its Linux convergence vision . betanews . 5 February 2016 . 5 February 2016.
  13. News: BQ: Móviles con la marca España . El Pais . 25 May 2015 . Ramón Muñóz . 2 August 2015.
  14. Web site: La española BQ presume de sus ventas millonarias de 'smartphones' . Cincodias.com . November 27, 2014 . Marimar Jimenez . November 27, 2014.
  15. Web site: BQ Aquaris X Pro - Full Spec - GsmArena. GsmArena .
  16. Web site: BQ Aquaris X - Full Spec - GsmArena. GsmArena .
  17. Web site: BQ Aquaris X5 Plus - Full Spec - GsmArena. GsmArena .
  18. Web site: BQ Aquaris X5 - Full Spec - GsmArena. GsmArena .
  19. Web site: BQ Aquaris M5 - Full Spec - GsmArena . GsmArena .

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