TORONTO – BlackBerry Ltd. reported a second-quarter profit of US$13.3 million compared with a loss of US$19.7 million a year earlier and raised its guidance for its full year.

The software company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, said Thursday its profit amounted to two cents US per diluted share for the quarter ended Aug. 31 compared with a loss of three cents US per diluted share in the same quarter last year.

On an adjusted basis, BlackBerry says it earned four cents US per share for the quarter compared with zero cents US per share a year earlier.

Revenue for the company’s latest quarter totalled US$129.6 million, up from US$126.2 million a year earlier. The increase came as its QNX segment revenue rose to US$63.1 million, up from US$54.7 million a year ago, while secure comm

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