Case Study: Damen Shipyards Group achieves 60% reduction in data roaming costs with BlackBerry

Damen Shipyards Group slashes data roaming costs by 60% with BlackBerry solution

Damen Shipyards Group, the Netherlands’ largest shipbuilder with operations and staff around the world, was facing fragmented IT and telecom choices across independent business units. Extensive international travel by managers exposed the group to very high mobile data roaming charges and unreliable, hard-to-manage mobile email systems that lacked consistent security controls.

Damen standardized on a BlackBerry mobile email solution and gradually migrated users as contracts renewed—now more than 500 employees use BlackBerry devices. The change cut data roaming costs by about 60% (with an expected payback in 4–8 months), while delivering enterprise-grade security, easier central management and a much-improved user experience.

Damen Shipyards Group

Hans Quivooij

IT coordinator