Soaring demand for electric vehicles and connected-car technologies boosted sales of BlackBerry<\/a>'s auto software, used in cars made by General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota, among others.
BlackBerry said that revenue from its Internet-of-Things<\/a> segment that includes its auto products grew the fastest in the reported quarter at 19%, with a gross margin of 84%.
BlackBerry's car products help power a host of functions including advanced driver assistance systems, infotainment units and connected-car technologies that allow autos to access the internet.
Revenue from the company's cybersecurity segment, its largest, rose 6% to $113 million as more businesses migrated to cloud platforms that support the pandemic-fueled trend of remote work.
Overall revenue fell 3.4% to $168 million for the quarter ended May 31, but topped analysts' average estimate of $160.7 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv<\/a>.
Net loss widened to $181 million, or 35 cents per share, from $62 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, BlackBerry reported a loss of 5 cents per share, in line with analyst estimates.
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