Research In Motion (RIM) has recently been recognized by Fortune Magazine as the No. 1 Fastest Growing Company globally.

RIM has a 56% share of the $12 billion U.S. smartphone market.

A report released earlier this year ranked the BlackBerry Curve smartphone as the bestselling consumer smartphone in the U.S. Three of the five top-selling mobile phones in the U.S. are now BlackBerry smartphones.

RIM's three-year average earnings-per-share growth is 84%; annualized revenue growth in that time is 77%; and its shares have a three-year annualized total return of 45%.

The smartphone market is expected to nearly double in the next five years.