AS WORD SANK IN that Motorola Inc. is "exploring the structural and strategic realignment" of its business - including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business - attention has turned to the company's strategy, its actual value and potential outcomes.Strategically,...
As word sank in that Motorola Inc. is "exploring the structural and strategic realignment" of its business - including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business - attention has turned to the company's strategy, its actual value and potential outcomes.Strategically,...
Motorola Inc. remains in the doldrums as its handset division -- formerly the engine of the company's revenue and earnings -- posted a huge loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. The company forecast more pain for the ongoing first quarter.Motorola's recovery in the...
Those looking for Motorola Inc. to unleash a post-Razr platform to fuel the company's turnaround are still searching at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The company itself had raised expectations by promoting its launch event prior to the show and...
PREDICTIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.Instead, let's talk "expectations" - a term that seems to promise a more realistic look ahead at the new year. And there are questions worth asking that dog the conventional wisdom.To keep it tangible, consider issues related to mobile handsets...
While we won't know for a couple of weeks how specific wireless carriers did during the holiday season, it is safe to assume as a whole they did pretty well. It was rare to pass a carrier-branded wireless store and not see hordes of...
Hello!And welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2007 draws to a close, I'm going to see if the year unfolded like we thought it would. Look below to see how accurate our prophecies for this year...
The departure of Padmasree Warrior, Motorola Inc.'s CTO, effective yesterday, came on the heels of CEO Ed Zander's recent announcement that he will leave his CEO post at month's end-and caps a year in which the executive faces at Motorola have blurred. The year...
As major media outlets deliver their take on the departure of Motorola Inc.'s CEO Ed Zander, two camps are forming. Anointed CEO-to-be Greg Brown is the right man at the right time. Or he isn't.Since joining Motorola in 2003, Brown has led the company's...
Swapping out a chief executive sends a message of change.In the case of Ed Zander's long-anticipated departure from his CEO position at Motorola Inc., the message-new leadership-appears to require more information.Investors, analysts, employees and media will want to learn more about the company's direction....
Swapping out a chief executive sends a message of change. In the case of Motorola Inc.'s CEO Ed Zander's long-anticipated departure, announced today, the message-new leadership-will require updates. Investors and market watchers clearly want to know what's next.Motorola's core business in handsets continues to...
WITH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PLAYERS in mobile from the information technology space and the dominating importance of applications to drive revenue in wireless, the battle over who controls the customer is expected to heat up, analysts say.Reuben Chaudhury, director of Oliver Wyman's communications,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Jupiter Research's...
Two sources that track American consumers' online research into handsets paint a dual portrait of yearning and practicality this holiday season.While the data differs between the two sources in some respects, common themes arise. There's good news generally for AT&T Mobility and Apple Inc.,...
Publishers are trying to strike a delicate balance in these early days of the mobile Web: How do you offer enough eye candy to a make a site compelling without overloading the limited processing power of most mobile phones?Online site operators face a host...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
The last member of the management team at Motorola Inc.'s cellphone division that rode the original Razr to success is leaving the company.Ray Roman's departure was announced internally at Motorola today and confirmed to Crain's Chicago Business by the company. Crain's Chicago Business is...
The Apple Inc. iPhone has been AT&T Mobility's top-selling handset since its launch June 29, according to new data from Strategy Analytics, and is now the fourth-hottest selling device on the United States market."The iPhone has quickly assumed a leading market-share position (in the...
PHOENIX-With rival Nokia Corp. moving aggressively to build its worldwide lead through marketing, and the iPhone rattling the handset marketplace, struggling Motorola Inc. has begun to restructure its marketing, from its agency alignment to its internal organization.Marketing chief Casey Keller, in an interview with...
AT&T Mobility announced earlier this month that it has expanded its W-CDMA/HSDPA service to McAllen, Texas (population: just over 125,000). That's great news for McAllen, but a stark reminder that the nation's No. 1 carrier has yet to launch its much-hyped "3G" network in...
Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.Search for "wireless phones" on Google, and Letstalk.com is one of the first sites that pops up. The online...
Verizon Wireless launched the LG VX8350, the heir apparent to the VX8300, the second-hottest selling handset in the United States, according to Strategy Analytics data.The phone trailed only Motorola Inc.'s Razr in terms of popularity. In keeping with LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s stated strategy...
Days after juicing its retail channels with a price reduction, enraging Apple-ites and then apologizing, Apple Inc. announced today it had sold 1 million iPhones since the device debuted June 29. The announcement underscored that Apple's price cut last week indeed was aimed at...
It must be tough to give a daylong presentation to financial and industry analysts in New York when your take-aways essentially are "meet the new team," "we can do it" and "stay tuned."The latter two messages are acquiring such a familiar ring that one...
