RIM is hosting simultaneous live events in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Delhi, unveiling a line of new smartphones the company hopes can help it win back market share in the competitive mobile space. CBCNews.ca will be livestreaming the launch starting at 10 a.m. ET.

After pioneering the smartphone concept in the early 2000s, RIM has seen its grasp on the sector slowly erode ever since Apple released the iPhone in 2007 and several manufacturers followed quickly to market with Android-powered devices tailored to the consumer market