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Blockbuster, Motorola Offer Movies on Cell Phone

Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Blockbuster this week announced an arrangement with Motorola that will see the former offer its online video content on new Motorola handsets with the help of an OnDemand application.

The partnership with Motorola is an effort to expand Blockbuster’s OnDemand service, which is already available through Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players. According to the AP, Senior VP for Digital Entertainment at Blockbuster, Kevin Lewis, said that the company is still working out the details, like how much the service will cost users and when exactly it will be available.
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Android, Not Windows Mobile, To Motorola’s Rescue?

Posted on 02. May, 2009 by admin.

Motorola on Thursday said it would launch several smartphones based on Google’s Android platform in the fourth quarter of 2009, with CEO Sanjay Jha telling investors during the company’s quarterly earnings call that Motorola Android phones will mean a “differentiated consumer experience.”

But as several reports and analysts were quick to point out late Thursday and early Friday, Jha’s discussion of Motorola’s smartphone road map was even more interesting for what he didn’t say: no mention — not a peep — of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. Motorola had previously said it would field smartphones based on both Android and Windows Mobile this year, but on Thursday, Jha was all Android, all the time.

“With Android we believe we can enable differentiated consumer experience and applications,” said Jha on the conference call Thursday.

Jha added that the Android rollout, which he confirmed would be toward the end of the year, would include entry-level data devices.

“I like to think of rich, data-enabled devices which have more capabilities than SMS,” Jha said. “One of the things I particularly like about the Android platform is the very good mobile Internet experience.”

Jha praised Android, saying that thanks to the thousands of third-party applications and developer enthusiasm, Android represents a viable platform with a “large enough ecosystem.” According to Jha, the Motorola Android phones also will launch with “multiple carriers in multiple regions.”

Google’s Android platform has been on the minds of many a smartphone maker. While only HTC’s T-Mobile G1 has hit the market so far, Motorola, HTC and Samsung have promised Android smartphones before the end of 2009.

“We expect our second-quarter sales and units to be comparable to slightly down on a sequential basis,” Jha told investors Thursday. “We are making important strides in operating as a more effective organization.”

Motorola seems to be placing its bet on Android to save its plummeting phone business. Competitors such as Apple, LG, Research In Motion, Samsung and others have stymied the once-proud brand, and during the first fiscal quarter, Motorola reported, its mobile device sales were down 45 percent.

Most estimates put Motorola’s global market share at about 6 percent at present. Less than three years ago, in Motorola’s fourth quarter of 2006, the company had a 23 percent market share. For its first quarter this year, Motorola posted a loss of $231 million and revenue fell 28 percent to $5.37 billion.

“They’re stuck heavily in the handset death spiral,” said Edward Snyder, an analyst with Charter Equity Research, to The New York Times. “If they have tens of billions of dollars they want to pour into this black hole, they might be able to save it. Even then, there are no guarantees.”

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Motorola Rings Up Wider Loss on Weak Handset Sales

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

Motorola Inc. posted a wider first-quarter loss on slumping handset sales and projected a loss for the current quarter that is in line with analysts’ expectations.

The ailing wireless handset maker has been taking steps, including suspending its dividend and cutting about 6% of its work force, in recent months to cut costs and boost its balance sheet as it battles woes in its handset segment. The company has set aside plans to spin off the unit because it can’t survive on its own until it stops hemorrhaging cash.

Some of the job cuts have been in priority areas, though Motorola has said the cuts don’t signal a change in strategy.

Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said the company took “aggressive actions” at its mobile-devices unit to cut costs and boost operational effectiveness.

The company also boosted its full-year cost-savings target by $200 million to $1.7 billion.

Motorola’s net loss came to $228 million, compared with a year-earlier net loss of $190 million. Earnings per share rose to 10 cents from nine cents a year earlier because there were more shares outstanding in the latest quarter. The latest results included a net charge of two cents a share related to cost cuts.

Net sales dropped 28% to $5.37 billion from $7.45 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect $5.55 billion.

Gross margin slipped to 27.9% from 28.8%.

Motorola shipped 14.7 million handsets in the latest quarter, down 23% from the fourth quarter, as it continues to fall from its one-time perch as the industry’s leader. The mobile-devices division’s operating loss widened to $509 million as sales dropped 45% to $1.8 billion.

Sales from the home-and-networks mobility segment fell 16%, while the enterprise business, which recently separated from home networks, posted an 11% decline in sales.

Separately, former Chief Financial Officer Paul Liska denied in a Tuesday court filing that he destroyed evidence from his company computer after he was fired in January. He has said he was fired after questioning the strategy and internal financial projections of the cellphone unit, but the company said he was fired for cause, alleging a $37 million extortion campaign, which Mr. Liska has denied.

Looking ahead, Motorola projected a second-quarter loss of three cents to five cents a share. Analysts expected a loss of five cents.

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Motorola Sales Of MOTOTRBO Digital Mobile Radios Exceed 200,000 Units

Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by admin.

Adoption of MOTOTRBO Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) solutions accelerates as professional business customers benefit from enhanced voice communications, advanced data capabilities and lower operational costs

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has passed the landmark figure of 200,000 MOTOTRBO digital professional two-way radios sold globally since first being launched in March 2007. This significant sales volume underlines the growing numbers of professional customers that are benefiting from migrating to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR).

Motorola first launched the MOTOTRBO digital two-way radio platform nearly two years ago, basing it on European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) standards. Digital two-way radios offer improved range, voice quality, security and battery life in comparison to other digital technologies and over analogue alternatives. They also include data capabilities that are a key factor driving the adoption of digital radios. Professional organizations such as transportation companies, construction sites, manufacturing facilities, private security organizations, university campuses, local municipalities and public service entities benefit from MOTOTRBO’s operational efficiency and ability to deliver increased mobility.

MOTOTRBO radios operate in analogue and digital mode, facilitating a smooth migration from analogue to digital. Additionally, MOTOTRBO operates in the same 12.5, 20 and 25 kHz channel spacing as existing analogue radio systems by simply slotting into existing channel schemes without the need for frequency replanning.

MOTOTRBO is available from over 1800 distribution partners across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Furthermore, Motorola has over 100 MOTOTRBO accredited application partners in the EMEA region providing an ecosystem of value-added solutions that enable the new, unique benefits of MOTOTRBO to be fully realised:

• Automated vehicle and dispatch systems (AVL), utilizing integrated Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is built into MOTOTRBO radios.
• Text messaging services
• Data and telemetry applications
• Emergency response solutions
• Specific call signalling (such as 5-tone option board to provide compatability with existing analogue systems)

MOTOTRBO has recently been enhanced with the launch of IP-Site Connect, which enables users to communicate via voice and data over a much wider coverage area and allowing business to interconnect sites using the Internet Protocol (IP). MOTOTRBO, the leading digital platform on the professional two-way radio market, offers such clear advantages that it quickly becomes the most logical choice

“Most customers don’t consciously set out to buy a Two-way radio digital system in part because the market has been analogue so long, but because primarily they are looking at performance and benefits. Against that background, the share of sales that digital has already gained in the two-way radio market in under two years is incredible,” said Henrik Asbjorn, vice president Channel Growth Operations, Motorola Government & Public Safety, EMEA.

The ETSI DMR standard utilises Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology which delivers two voice or data channels in one RF channel – increasing spectrum efficiency and doubling traffic capacity when using a repeater in the network. This straightforward re-use of spectrum accommodates more users on the system with no changes to licensing requirements and allows businesses to realize up to a 50 percent reduction in infrastructure costs when compared with equivalent analogue systems and other digital solutions. Motorola and other leading manufacturers are developing DMR-compliant products which offer a choice of solutions for professional customers.

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Motorola PKI Center Selected As Root Certificate Vendor For WiMAX Forum

Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by admin.

Leading provider of WiMAX infrastructure, devices, services and network deployments also renowned for device security authentication expertise

Motorola, Inc., (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Motorola’s public key infrastructure (PKI) Center of Excellence in San Diego has been selected by the WiMAX Forum® to be a root certificate authority for WiMAX devices worldwide. Devices that will connect to a WiMAX network – such as cell phones, laptop computers and portable media players – are generally required to have a device certificate in order for that device to be authenticated and then become functional on that network.

Motorola’s PKI center, recognized for its leadership in content security, is one of the largest producers of keys and certificates for hardware devices worldwide. More than $65B of premium entertainment content and data services are under the protection of Motorola’s PKI security every year. Motorola’s PKI Center has produced more than 650 million certificates since inception.  180 million certificates were issued in 2008 alone to authenticate and secure services to devices of all types including cell phones, cable and satellite set top boxes, cable modems, portable media players, two-way radios, and more.  With the expected growth in WiMAX end-user devices, Motorola is uniquely positioned to securely generate and rapidly deliver the high volumes of device certifications that manufacturers will require. @page Section1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin: 36.0pt; mso-footer-margin: 36.0pt; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: “”; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: “”; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: “”; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single; mso-style-noshow: yes } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single; mso-style-noshow: yes } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 }

“As a leading provider of WiMAX infrastructure, devices, and services, Motorola is ideally qualified to provide this service for the WiMAX Forum and its member companies,” said Mark Depietro, vice president, Strategy and Business Development, Broadband Home Solutions, Motorola. “Our understanding of the complex WiMAX ecosystem, and our experience in mass-scale secure, global hardware manufacturing, assures that Motorola can provide WiMAX device manufacturers the highest quality, lowest costs solutions for their PKI needs. Motorola’s real-world security experience is unmatched. Our MediaCipher™ security system, the foundation of our PKI technology, has been deployed for more than 15 years in over 80 million digital television set tops worldwide without a breach.”

“Ensuring secure communication over WiMAX-based networks is critical for the successful growth of the WiMAX ecosystem,” said Matt Wangler, director of operations of the WiMAX Forum, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the adoption of WiMAX-compatible products and services. “Seamless security that is transparent to the end user is also crucial for widespread adoption. We selected Motorola because of its long track record in providing PKI solutions that feature the scalability and reliability required for WiMAX technology to flourish. With Motorola, WiMAX is in good hands.”

For more information about Motorola’s WiMAX solutions, please visit: www.motorola.com/business

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