As first reported by Business Insider, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently emailed all full-time and part-time employees a new list of phones to choose from, including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, and Nokia Lumia 920.
The Yahoo-implemented "Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun!" programme not only provides the device, but also pays employees' data and phone bills, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider. In more bad news for struggling Research In Motion, the company is dropping BlackBerry support.
The change was welcomed by employees, according to an unnamed Business Insider source, who said that "people are happy" about the new offerings.
A few weeks ago, according to the memo, Yahoo announced that it would look into global smartphone penetration rates while deciding on corporate phones.
"Ideally, we'd like our employees to have devices similar to our users, so we can think and work as the majority of our users do," the email said.
In order to equip all employees with new high-end smartphones, as well as data plans, Yahoo will have to shell out millions of dollars – no small chunk of change, though the company did report revenue of $1.22 billion (£751m) last quarter.
Yahoo gave no specific reason for ditching RIM's BlackBerry products and the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But RIM has been at the centre of a growing storm of reported troubles, despite CEO Thorsten Heins' July promise that the company is not going anywhere.
The former Google vice president of location and local services, Mayer took over Yahoo in July following a whirlwind of hirings, firings, and retirings. She has already implemented new employee perks, including free lunch, a concept she carried over from her previous job.
Yahoo is currently taking orders for new phones, though the memo did not specify when employees will receive the devices.
Source : itproportal
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