Motorola Realigns Businesses to Drive Seamless Mobility Strategy
Motorola Realigns Businesses to Drive Seamless Mobility StrategyMonday December 13, 12:00 pm ET
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced a reorganization of its businesses and functions to align with the company's strategy to make Motorola the world's preeminent seamless mobility company. Motorola will be organized into four business groups, focused on personal devices, networks, government and enterprise, and connected home. The changes will take effect January 1. There will be no change in reporting relationships.
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"Today's announcement builds on the progress we have made over the past two years in improving our focus and operating efficiency. Aligning our organization with our vision of seamless mobility takes it to the next level," said Ed Zander, chairman and CEO. "With a more streamlined structure, Motorola will boost its flexibility and speed to capitalize on new opportunities allowing us to deliver seamless mobility to our customers and consumers worldwide."
Motorola will focus the company on the following areas:
Personal Devices. To leverage its leadership in multi-mode, multi-band communications technology, Motorola will combine its personal communications businesses for economies of scale and consistent experience design. In addition, this new organization will produce phone centric devices for the enterprise and for the home in conjunction with the new enterprise and connected home businesses. Ron Garriques, president, will lead the new Personal Devices business.
Networks. Motorola will consolidate its network businesses into a single seamless organization to leverage talent, R&D and operating efficiency. The new Networks business will focus on existing cellular radio access networks, core IP networks including next generation IMS/softswitch technologies, iDEN infrastructure, telco wireline access, embedded communications and computer platforms, a new 802.XX mobile broadband group and a services and an applications management services business. Adrian Nemcek, president, will lead the new Networks business.
Government and Enterprise. Building on the success of the company's mission-critical voice and data delivery to traditional and emerging customers, Motorola will consolidate its market- and solutions-oriented businesses into a new organization that will bring our most advanced seamless mobility applications to Fortune 500 class enterprises, governments and automobile manufacturers worldwide. Greg Brown, president, will lead the new Government and Enterprise business.
Connected Home. This business will serve existing and new cable and satellite customers while expanding to deliver home-based products and solutions for the broadband networked home. This business will also manage Motorola's efforts for telecom video solutions. Dan Moloney, president, will lead the new Connected Home business.
Realigned and New Functional Organizations
Motorola's key support functions, including supply chain operations, information technology, finance, human resources, legal, strategy and business development, marketing, quality, technology, will be architected centrally and distributed throughout the company.
Motorola will form a new organization to oversee its supply-chain operations which includes manufacturing, distribution and procurement worldwide. Motorola is conducting an internal and external search to fill this position.
The company is also moving to centralize and provide more consistency in its information technology organization and conducting an internal and external search for a new chief information officer.
Motorola expects to have the new organization complete during the first quarter and will provide additional details at that time.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace, and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US$27.1 billion in 2003. For more information: http://www.motorola.com .
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Source: Motorola, Inc.
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