In the three months ending 31 August, the Canadian company – formerly called Research in Motion – recorded a net income of $19m (£14m), after it made a $372m loss last year.
Its revenues from software and services grew 34% to $185m – which accounts for more than three-quarters of its total income of $238m.
One area of growth for BlackBerry’s software sales is in self-driving cars. last week to provide the operating system for the self-driving car technology Delphi plans to start offering in 2019.
John Chen, executive chairman and chief executive of BlackBerry, said: "We achieved historical highs in total software and services revenue and gross margin, reflecting our complete transformation to a software company."
He added that the company’s "position as a market leader in security continues to strengthen."
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