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Motorola Inc. (MOT) is in the Technology Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $36.6B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- ($49.0M)
- Market Cap
- Oct 09 2008
- $10.3B
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FCC Tests Determine White Space Devices Can Operate WIthout Interference Problems
Devices are capable of accessing the "white spaces" between airwaves without affecting the adjacent licensed networks under certain power-level limits, the FCC concluded in a detailed report released Friday afternoon. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Dell, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are just some the companies that want unlicensed...
Sprint Nextel attracts buyers to iDEN
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse says there is ?significant interest? among potential buyers of Nextel which operates iDen, the company’s push-to-talk network. Many media outlets have reported that Sprint may consider offers as low as US5.4bn. Sprint Nextel’s value has dropped over the past few months due to a...
RAZR Still The Top Selling Cellphone In The U.S.
Even though it has lost its sense of cool, Motorola's RAZR is still the best-selling cellphone in the U.S. more than four years after it first hit the scene, Electronista reports. The latest NPD Group data puts the device above the second-place iPhone 3G, followed by the BlackBerry Curve,...
Huawei Cancels Auction For Its Mobile-Devices Unit; Cites Economy
China's Huawei Technologies is canceling the sale of a major stake in its mobile-devices unit after only two bidders submitted offers, the WSJ reported. The lack of interest is an example of how the credit crisis is affecting private equity in Asia. Huawei is able to postpone the auction...
Kineto Wireless Raises $15.5 Million To Develop New Femtocell Technology
Kineto Wireless has raised $15.5 million in funding to continue working on its unlicensed mobile access UMA technology and a new technology for femtocells. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company brought on investments from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) along with existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock, Seapoint Ventures and...
Mobile Workforce Software Company Dexterra Raises $21.5 million In Funding
Dexterra, a Bothell, Wash.-based company which builds enterprise software for mobile workforces, said it has raised $21.5 million in funding. The lead investor was New Enterprise Associates, and existing investors Canaan Partners, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, Mesirow Financial, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures and Sigma Partners, also participated. The same...
KDDI Offers Motorola Set-Top Box That Transfers Content To And From A Mobile Phone
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced a new line of set-tops that allow users to transfer content to and from mobile phones without the need for a PC. Japanese operator KDDI will be the first to use the new boxes for a service called au Box. The box has a...
ZTE CEO: "Not Interested In Motorola"
Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE "isn't interested" in Motorola's handset operations, and will focus instead on organic growth, Chairman Hou Weigui told Dow Jones Newswires. Chou said that acquiring Moto's struggling handset business didn't "make sense" as the "synergies won't be big enough to cover the costs." Plus,...
Nokia Strikes Content Deal With BBC Worldwide; Not Writing Off Motorola Just Yet
More evidence of Nokia's use of content to sell phones. The handset maker struck a deal with the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide to provide its N96 handset in Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines with four BBC TV shows, including Walking Dinosaurs, Little Britain, The Catherine Tate...
RIM Steps Up Pace in Asia Amid U.S. Slowdown
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Research in Motion Ltd RIM RIMM will add new carriers in fast-growing emerging markets, and does not yet see an adverse impact from a widening global financial crisis, its co-chief executive said on Thursday. RIM is betting that new product...
Media by the Numbers: Smartphones, DVDs and Video Games
Seth Gilbert submits: Are video games the MTV of a new generation? Are DVDs really on the road to becoming obsolete? Are smartphones being accepted as fast as the hype suggests? New research from NPD Group and the Pew Foundation sheds a little light on each of these questions. This...
Don't Close the Line on Nokia Just Yet
Greg Gerber submits: I consider myself pretty knowledgeable when it comes to emerging trends in tech. One of my favorite stories right now revolves around the smartphone market and the battle for mobile operating system dominance. The companies in this space are extremely experienced and know how to capitalize...
T-Mobile to launch Android phone in September - Rumour
T-Mobile is set to launch the HTC Dream G1, the first Google phone on September 23, according to several media outlets. The device is expected to be launched in New York, although it's not expected to be in shops until October in the US, followed by a release in...
Chinese Tech Stock Weekly Summary (Sept. 1-7)
The following is excerpted from IRG's weekly stock report: • • • by IRG
An SIM Free Option for LTE Should Exist
Dean Bubley submits: In terms of general market perception, LTE has been stealing much of WiMAX's thunder of late. Now obviously we've seen the ascendance of LTE coinciding with one of the periodic nadirs of enthusiasm around WiMAX, and we should start to see the balance redress somewhat when Xohm...
Nokia Tumbles, Dragging Handsets Down
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Nokia NOK this morning warned that it now expects its mobile device market share in the third quarter to be down from the second quarter. The company had previously said it expected its share of the market to be sequentially flat. Nokia said it...
Five Trends to Watch in Mobile Devices
Marketing Charts submits: Worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008 - up from 1.15 billion units in 2007 - an 11% increase from last year, according to Gartner, Inc. While the mobile phone market is poised for double-digit growth in 2008...
Significant Drop In US Consumer Mobile Phone Sales
Marketing Charts submits: Mobile phone handset sales to consumers in the US totaled 28 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 13% decline from 2Q07 according to The NPD Group, which also estimates total Q2 consumer sales of nearly $2.4 billion, down 2% from Q2 last...
Finding the Upside with Broadcom
Steve Murray submits: “Connecting Everything” is a perfect company slogan for a company which has been doing just that. Broadcom BRCM, a semiconductor company based in Irvine, CA, has had explosive growth recently. Many of its products are regarded as parts of the wireless and multi-face future. Its low-cost, high-speed...
Motorola Must Hop on the Smart Phone Bandwagon Now
Ockham Research submits: Motorola MOT has been one of the world’s largest wireless device makers for some time now but it has been losing market share steadily. In fiscal 2006, Motorola was the second largest cell phone maker but subsequently was overtaken by Samsung (SSNLF.PK) and fell to third....
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- Incorporated: 1928
- CEO: Mr. Gregory Q. Brown
Motorola is engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of mobility products. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had three operating business segments: Mobile Devices segment designs, manufactures, sells and services wireless handsets with integrated software and accessory products, and licenses intellectual property; Home and Networks Mobility segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services digital video, Internet Protocol video and wireless access systems; and Enterprise Mobility Solutions segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services analog and digital two-way radio, voice and data communications products and systems for private networks.
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Board of Directors
Mr. Gregory Q. Brown
Mr. James R. Stengel
Mr. Anthony J. Vinciquerra
Mr. Douglas A. Warner III
Dr. John A. White Ph.D.
Mr. Miles D. White
Dr. Sanjay K. Jha
Mr. David W. Dorman
Ms. Judy C. Lewent
Mr. Keith A. Meister
Mr. Thomas J. Meredith
Mr. Nicholas Negroponte
Mr. Samuel C. Scott III
Mr. Ron Sommer
Contact Information
1303 E. Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, IL
847 576-5000
NAICS Code
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220
