T-Mobile USA Offering Motorola’s Carbon-Neutral Mobile Phone February 5, 2009
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T-Mobile USA says that it has secured exclusive rights to the Motorola W233 Renew mobile phone – the plastics of which are made from recycled water bottles. Through an alliance with Carbonfund, Motorola also offsets the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation, making it the first carbon-neutral mobile phone. We know that many of our customers are concerned about the environmental impact of the products they choose, and we share that concern, said Glenn Zaccara, senior manager of corporate responsibility, T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile is working to find ways to make it easier for our customers to limit their impact on the environment, and our partnership with Motorola to exclusively offer the Renew is a positive step along this journey.
In addition to Renew, T-Mobile also offers customers the option to sign up for paperless billing. In 2008, T-Mobile partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees for customers who signed up for this option and, to date, has planted more than 500,000 trees.
Motorola losses widen as Q4 phone sales tumble 51% February 4, 2009
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Motorola reported a net loss of USD 3.6 billion for the fourth quarter as a continued slump in its mobile phone sales caused heavy writedowns and restructuring charges at the company. The net loss of USD 1.57 per share includes USD 1.56 in charges, most of which are non-cash writedowns of goodwill and investments. In the year-earlier period the company had a net profit of USD 100 million or USD 0.05 per share, Quarterly revenues fell to USD 7.14 billion from USD 9.65 billion, and the operating loss widened to USD 1.68 billion from USD 19 million. The mobile phone division saw quarterly sales fall 51 percent year-on-year to USD 2.35 billion, while the operating loss widened to USD 595 million from USD 388 million. Motorola shipped 19.2 million handsets in the quarter, down from 40.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. The Home and Networks Mobility division also saw a decline in sales, down 5 percent to USD 2.6 billion, but improved operating profit to USD 257 million from USD 192 million in the year-earlier period. Sales at Enterprise Mobility Solutions rose 4 percent year-on-year to USD 2.2 billion, while operating profit rose to USD 466 million from USD 451 million. Motorola reiterated a target for USD 1.5 billion in cost reductions this year. For the first quarter the company forecast a net loss of USD 0.10-0.12 per share, excluding any one-time charges. Motorola also announced a suspension in its quarterly dividend payments. The company reported positive cash flow in Q4 of USD 201 million, and finished the year with USD 7.4 billion in cash. Finally, the company said its CFO Paul Liska is leaving the company. Edward Fitzpatrick, senior vice president and corporate controller, has been named acting CFO while the company searches for a replacement.
Apple gets 1% global market share February 2, 2009
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According to data from a ABI Research study, iPhones now make up 1.1 percent of all cellphones, which is a boost from the 0.3 percent share the original iPhone held in 2007. It’s not much but it’s a start for Apple, which is still way off that number one spot. Of course, Nokia’s still dominates with 38.6 percent, Samsung holds second place with 16.2 percent. Meanwhile LG and Motorola share third place with 8.3 percent a piece.
Motorola survey shows wireless devices are still at risk February 2, 2009
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Motorola today announced results of its second annual Motorola AirDefense Retail Shopping Wireless Security Survey, which shows 44 percent of the wireless devices used by retailers – such as laptops, mobile computers and barcode scanners – could be compromised. While this is a surprisingly high percentage, it is significantly lower than results from the same retail shopping survey conducted in 2007 which showed security vulnerabilities in 85 percent of wireless devices.Survey research included a review of wireless data security at more than 4,000 stores in some of the world’s busiest shopping cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Paris, Seoul and Sydney.
Security vulnerabilities in wireless networks typically are the result of weak encryption, data leakage, mis-configured access points and outdated access point (AP) firmware. One of the more overlooked issues with large retailers is a “cookie-cutter” approach to wireless technology. By using the same technology, configuration, security and/or naming conventions at all retail locations, vulnerabilities repeat themselves across the entire store chain, rendering them susceptible to attacks as well as Payment Card Industry (PCI) non-compliance.
Motorola global marketing chief exits January 28, 2009
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Motorola corporate vice president for marketing, Jeremy Dale, will become the latest executive to leave the struggling manufacturer at the end of this month.It is thought that Dale will pursue a career in the UK, but is not known if he has a job to go to. His current reports will report to senior vice president and business general manager for Greater China, Bruce Brda, until a possible replacement is found. Dale, a former Orange marketing executive, joined Motorola in 2005 and took the top marketing job in March 2007. A year later, he was promoted following Casey Keller’s resignation, after Keller’s job was absorbed by two executives: Dale, and Eduardo Conrado.
Dale was formerly VP of retail marketing at Motorola Mobile Devices and was involved in promoting Motorola’s three-year advertising and retail collaboration with David Beckham, and promoted the Motorola Red products, part of a campaign to fight AIDS in Africa. Earlier this month, Motorola announced that it is cutting a further 3,000 jobs in addition to the 4,000 it announced last year.
Motorola Planning Huge Job Cuts in Handset Division January 14, 2009
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Motorola is reported to be planning huge job cuts at its handsets division amid a cut-back in the number of phones the company plans to launch during this year. The phone news site, PhoneScoop also reported that the company may decide not to have a display stand at the CTIA Wireless trade show in April. The website was citing an unnamed source at the company.
The job cuts are said to be significant – and could amount to half the staff at the handset division.At the end of last year, the firm announced plans to cut a further 400 jobs on top of the 1,500 cuts announced in October. The earlier termination of approximately 1,500 employees, primarily in the Mobile Devices segment will result in pre-tax charges of $104 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Last August, the firm recruited former Qualcomm exec, Sanjay Jha to head up the handset division and prepare it for a sale – later cancelled. He said in an interview shortly after taking the job that he would seek to implement changes quickly within the company, although he warned that it was too early to tell when phones with his fingerprints would hit the market given the long handset design cycles.
LG Mobile to Invest CNY1bn in Chinese Market January 5, 2009
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Under the financial crisis, global giants like Nokia Corporation, Motorola Inc., and Sony Ericsson either cut jobs or reduce payments, while LG Mobile announced on December 30, 2008, that CNY 1 billion would be poured into China in 2009, being the largest investment of the company since its foray into the country.When other counterparts view the financial crisis as a severe strike, LG Mobile takes it as an opportunity. The CNY 1 billion will be used for marketing and building sales channels. Besides, inputs will be injected into fields such as technology innovation, product research and development, human resources, advertising, publicizing, and pubic relations.
After the capital infusion, LG Mobile will launch 60 mobile phone models in China per year from 2009, including 35 GSM, 15 CDMA, and ten 3G. And the company will also partner with Chinese mobile phone distributors China PTAC Communications Services Co., Ltd., and Telling Telecom Holding Co., Ltd. , expanding its retail outlets from 7,000 to 13,000.A top executive of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company says LG Mobile hopes to lift up its Chinese market share to 5% to 10% in 2009, and become one the top five mobile phone makers. In the near future, the company aims to edge into the world’s top three.
