Research in Motion RIM (Research in Motion) is a company which started small but today twenty five years after its inception it has grown to become one of the leading global designers, markers and manufacturers of applications and solutions for the mobile phone market. RIM through integrating and developing services, software and hardware has managed to come up with quality products that have won numerous awards such as BlackBerry platform, radio modems, BackBerry hand held and licensing agreement. Research in Motion is a company that was founded in 1984 by engineering students such as Mike Lazaridis from the University of Waterloo and Douglas Fregin from the University of Windsor.