trading name bq type sociedad limitada industry consumer electronics headquarters las rozas spain area served worldwide products smartphones tablets e reader 3d printers and home automation number of employees 1 028 2014 website www.bq.com mundo reader s.l. trading as bq often stylised bq is a spanish producer of smartphones tablets electronic readers and 3 d printers founded in 2009 . 1 in 2014 the company had a total revenue of 202.5 million euro . 2 the company had 960 employees in 2014 . 3 bq sold about 400 000 handsets in 2013 having 3 percent of spain s smartphone market in 2013 of about 12 million units . 4 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company started its business in 2009 importing e readers from asia . 1 in 2010 it started to produce its own tablets and e readers . 1 in 2013 the company started to produce its own line of smartphones and phablets based on android and 3d printers based on makerbot replicator 2 . 1 5 6 in 2013 the company had 600 employees and it produced 400 000 tablets and 100 000 e readers . 3 in 2014 the company entered the portuguese market . 7 in 2015 the company produced a smartphone bq aquaris e4 .5 ubuntu edition that runs the ubuntu operating system . 8 in 2016 the company released the bq aquaris m10 ubuntu edition tablet . 9 revenue by year 2014 202.5 million euro . 2 2013 115 million euro . 3 2012 37.3 million euro . 1 2011 25 million euro . 1 2010 3.8 million euro . 1 see also edit list of 3d printer manufacturers ubuntu touch wiko references edit a b c d e f g e. arrieta december 12 2013 . el fabricante de tabletas bq contratar a 400 personas empresas y finanzas . . expansion.com . retrieved november 27 2014 . a b ram n mu z 25 may 2015 . bq m viles con la marca espa a . el pais . retrieved 2 august 2015 . a b c marimar jimenez november 27 2014 . la espa ola bq presume de sus ventas millonarias de smartphones . cincodias.com . retrieved november 27 2014 . rodrigo orihuela june 24 2014 . can spain s home grown smartphone compete with samsung apple . bloomberg . retrieved november 27 2014 . marta juste february 1 2013 . el tel fono tableta low cost made in spain se llama bq elcano . expansion.com . retrieved november 27 2014 . c1 control character in title at position 21 help ana gamazo march 10 2013 . la tecnol gica espa ola bq se volcar este a o en los smartphones . expansion.com . retrieved november 27 2014 . spain s bq expects to sell 100 000 smartphones in portugal telecompaper . telecompaper.com . may 23 2014 . retrieved november 27 2014 . ubuntu smartphone offers alternative to apps . bbc news . 6 february 2015 . retrieved 11 february 2015 . canonical fulfills its linux convergence vision . betanews . 5 february 2016 . retrieved 5 february 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mundo reader & oldid 742577790 categories 3d printer companiesmobile phone manufacturerselectronics companies of spaincompanies based in madridcompanies established in 2009spanish brandsubuntu operating system open source hardwarehidden categories cs1 errors invisible charactersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal deutschespa olfran aisgalego edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 14 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view