BlackBerry Limited, a software company based in Canada, has announced the inauguration of the 'BlackBerry IoT Center of Excellence, Engineering, and Innovation' in Hyderabad. During the opening ceremony, the BlackBerry Internet of Things (IoT) division revealed its latest facility, aimed at driving forward the development of mission-critical embedded software for IoT sectors. The center is now up and running, accommodating software engineers and establishing itself as a key hub in the Asia Pacific region for the BlackBerry QNX global developer network, according to a statement released.
  
Following its establishment in Canada, the India Center of Excellence (CoE) has become the second-largest facility for the BlackBerry IoT division worldwide. It accommodates teams of embedded software engineers with diverse expertise, including senior management, technical project management, product engineering, cloud software development, integration, and service delivery.

The establishment of the BlackBerry IoT CoE in Hyderabad aims to support the expansion of business operations to meet the increasing industry demand for its embedded software solutions and services. Additionally, it will focus on investing in India's skilled IoT innovators, as mentioned in the release. BlackBerry has hired locally in the Hyderabad area and from various parts of the country, providing new career prospects for talented individuals interested in contributing to the development of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and driving innovation in areas such as medical technology, industrial control systems, and robotics, as outlined in the release.

Mattias Eriksson, President of BlackBerry IoT, said, "We are proud to open the doors to the BlackBerry IoT Center of Excellence, Engineering and Innovation in Hyderabad today, both to enhance product and service delivery for our customers and partners and create opportunities for India's talented software engineers in an increasingly complex and software-defined era for embedded IoT development".