Motorola takes step into Japan market
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TOKYO Motorola and NTT DoCoMo said on Wednesday that they would jointly develop third-generation cellphones, giving the American company an important foothold in the Japanese market.
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Motorola is the latest company to move towards adding a payment function to its line of cell phones, the company announced this week.
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Motorola's popular Q smartphone that debuted last May on Verizon's CDMA network has finally received a GSM counterpart, which will enable the device to be sold by U.S. carriers AT&T and T-Mobile, as well as in Europe.
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Motorola introduced several new phones on Monday at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona, including a new line aimed at emerging markets, and a slider that opens in  a curve to match the contour of the user's face.
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Motorola Inc. says it&#39;s ready to make inroads in the cell-phone market after posting a third straight strong quarter and rolling out a series of new handsets in time for the holiday selling season.
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Motorola will test handsets that include wireless payment functions.
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Motorola Inc , the world's No.  3 mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it is exploring  strategic alternatives including a possible separation of its  mobile devices business from other units.
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By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 20--Sure, a bar code reader lacks the "wow" appeal of a sleek cell  phone, but Motorola Inc. needs gadgets to beef up sales to business, too, not  just consumers.
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo will join hands with Cingular Wireless of the United States, aiming to unify technical specifications for third-generation (3G) cellphones and services.
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With their home market saturated, Japan&#39;s handset makers finally look abroad. Meanwhile, margins have plunged. When NTT Docomo (DCM ) unveiled its latest third-generation mobile phones on Nov. 17, gadget lovers were not disappointed.
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US mobile phone giant Motorola has announced plans to buy technology infrastructure group Symbol Technologies in a 3.9 billion-dollar deal.
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NTT DoCoMo is looking to boost its services to business users in Japan with a new, more advanced handset. It has signed a deal with Motorola to jointly develop a FOMA handset targeting business users and taking
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Motorola Inc. , the world's  second-biggest handset maker, said on Monday it would develop  advanced mobile phones using chips from Texas Instruments Inc.  , the No. 1 wireless chip maker.
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Japan's top mobile carrier has begun marketing a cell phone that can make Internet calls over Wi-Fi wireless networks in addition to regular ones.
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Motorola said Tuesday that it had made an investment in Amimon, a company that specializes in technologies that allow for the wireless transmission of high-definition video.
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Japan&#39;s NTT DoCoMo will join hands with Cingular Wireless of the United States, aiming to unify technical specifications for third-generation (3G) cellphones and services.
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(InfoWorld) - The future of the mobile communications industry lies inÂ emerging high-growth markets, like China and India, and companies ignore the opportunities in these countries at their own peril, Motorola's top executive said. "It's where the future is, not only for low-end handsets but forÂ mobile communications," said Ed Zander, Motorola's chief executive officer, during an interview at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 conference and exhibition in Hong Kong. "You've got to make the investments. It's painful in terms of cost. ... But three to five years from now you're going to look back and say it was the right thing to do," Zander said. In recent years, Motorola has worked hard to build its presence in high-growth emerging markets, investing heavily in its operations in China, India, and elsewhere. As part of these efforts, the company was awarded two contracts by the GSM Association, an industry group comprised of operators around the world, for a low-cost GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) handset designed for emerging markets . "The press sometimes focuses on whether we can get a $20 or $10 handset, but it's the next 4 billion people that are going to get connected and all of the communications that goes with it, the infrastructure," Zander said. The rapid pace of economic growth and the large populations in these countries means that vendors cannot afford to stay away if they want to remain competitive. "You have to be in these countries. That's the bottom line. Do you want to be in business 10 years from now? Doing business in the U.S. is great. We love it. Doing business in Europe is nice. We love it. But China and these other countries is where the growth is," Zander said. Low-end products have helped Motorola build volume in emerging markets, but these countries also have sizable populations of affluent consumers, particularly in major cities such as Beijing and Mumbai. "If you're not in the country you don't get to sell this stuff," he said. Emerging markets are also an increasingly important source of research and development (R&D) for Motorola. "We have more than half our R&D outside the U.S. In China alone, we have 18 R&D centers and 3,000 engineers," Zander said, noting that these investments are not driven by a desire to reduce R&D costs or outsource operations from the U.S. "You go to India and the PhDs coming out of there are some of the best in the world, and China every year is graduating more and more students in engineering, math, and science," Zander said. "We have to be where the smart people are."