s. tanweer motorola

8/6/2019 S. Tanweer Motorola

1/17

MOTOROLAIntelligence Everywhere

Presented By:

Sabeeha Tanweer

PGDM (2010-2012)


2/17

Topics to be covered:

1. Introduction2. Company Profile3. Brief History4. Achievements5. Products6. Management of Products

7. Finances8. Spin-offs9. Environmental Records10. Conclusion


3/17

Introduction:M

otorola, Inc. is an American, multinational,Fortune 100, telecommunications company based in

Schaumburg, Illinois.

It is a manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets,

and also designs and sells wireless network

infrastructure equipment such as cellular transmission

base stations and signal amplifiers.

Motorola's home and broadcast network pr oducts

include set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and

network equipment used to enable video broadcasting,computer telephony, and high-definition television.

Its business and government customers consist mainlyof wireless voice and broadband systems used to buildprivate networks and public safety communications

systems.


4/17

Company Profile:

Type Public (NYSE : MO T)

Industry Telecommunications

Founded September 25, 1928

Headquarters 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois,

United StatesArea served Worldwide

Key people Greg Brown (President & Co-CEO)Sanjay Jha (Co-CEO)

Products Mobile phones

SmartphonesTwo-way radios

Networking systemsCable television systems

Wireless Broadband NetworksRFID Systems

Mobile Telephone Infrastructure


5/17

Revenue $22.044 billion (2009)

Operating income $-158 million (2009)

Net income $-51 million (2009

Total assets $25.603 billion (2009)

Total equity $9.775 billion (2009)

Employees 53,000 (2009)

Website www.motorola.com


6/17

History :

Motorola started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin ManufacturingCorporation (at 847 West Harrison Street) in 1928, with its first product

being a battery eliminator.

Founder Paul Galvin purchased the patents to the automotive radio and

acquired the rights to the trade name Motorola from William Lear.

The name Motorola was adopted in 1930, and the word has been used as a

trademarksince the 1930s.

Many of Motorola's Products have been radio-related, starting with a

battery eliminator for radios, defense electronics, cellular infrastructureequipment, and mobile phone manufacturing.

In the same year, the company built its research and development program

with Dan Noble, a pioneer in FM radio and semiconductor technologies

joined the company as directorof research.


7/17

In 1943, Motorola went public and in 1947, the name changed to its

present name.

The present logo was introduced in 1955, it was designed by Zeke Ziner

in late 1954. At this time, Motorola's main business was producing and

selling televisions and radios.

In 1952, Motorola opened its first international subsidiary in Toronto,Canada toproduce radios and televisions.

In 1953, Motorola established the Motorola Foundation to support leading

universities in the United States.


8/17

Achievements: 1940 : Motorola invented the worlds first Walkie-Talkie.

1955 : Motorola introduced the world's first commercial high-power

germanium-based transistor.

1958 : Beginning with Explorer 1, Motorola provided r adio equipment for

most NASA space-flights for decades including during the 1969 moon landing.

1960 : Motorola introduced the world's first "large-screen" (19-inch),

transistorized, cordlessportable television.

1963 : Motorola, which had ver y successfully begun making televisions in

1947 introduced the world's first truly rectangu

larco

lorTV picture tube whichquickly became the industry standard.

1974 : Motorola sold its television business to the Japan-based parent

company of Panasonic.

1976 : Motorola moved to itspresent headquarters in Schaumburg.


9/17

Sept. 1983 : The firm made history when the U.S.Federal Communications

Commission(FCC) approved the DynaTAC 8000Xtelephone, the world's

first-only commercialcellular device.

1986 :Motorolainvented the Six Sigma quality improvement process.

Thisbecame aglobal standard.

1991 : Motorola demonstrated the world's first working-prototype digital

cellularsystem and phones usingGSM standard in Hanover, Germany.

1995 : Motorolaintroduced the world's first two-way pager which allowed

users to receive text messagesand e-mail and reply with astandard response.

June 2000 : Motorola and Cisco supplied the world's first commercial

GPRS cellular networktoBT Cellnet in the United Kingdom. The world's

first GPRS cell phonewasalso developedby Motorola.


10/17

Products :

Motorolacreatesnumerous products for use by the government, publicsafetyofficials,businessinstallments,and the general public.

These productsinclude :

Cell phones.

Laptops.

Computer processors.

Radiocommunication devices.

Cable televisionsystems.

WirelessBroadbandNetworks.

RFID Systems.

The Motorola RAZR line hassold over 120 million unitsbringing the company

to the number two mobile phone slot in 2005.


11/17

Management OfProducts :

The productsof Motorolaare vast and of varied applicability tonumerous horizonsintechnology.

The management guidelines for products, thereby,are setup under strict considerations

that are individually managed by divisional heads:

Divisional Products:

Enterprise MobilitySolutions: Headquarters, located inSchaumburg, Illinois,

comprisescommunicationsoffered togovernment and publicsafetysectorsand

enterprise mobilitybusiness. Motorola developsanalogand digital two-way radio,

voice and datacommunications productsand systems, mobile computing,advanced

datacapture, wirelessinfrastructure and RFID solutions tocustomers worldwide.

Home & Networks Mobility: Headquarters, located inArlington Heights, Illinois,

produces end-to-end systems that facilitate uninterrupted access to digital

entertainment,informationand communicationsservices via wired and wireless

mediums. Eg, Interactive set-top devices, voice and data modems for digital subscriber

line and cable networks,broadband accesssystems forcable and satellite television

operators.


12/17

Mobile Devices: Headquarters, located in Libertyville, Illinois, currently the least

prosperous arm of the f irm, designs wireless handsets, but also licenses much of itsintellectual properties. This includes cellular and wireless systems and as well as

integrated applications, and Bluetooth accessories.


13/17


14/17

Spin-Offs :

Televisionand radio manufacturing:Motorola under the name of Japan based company- Panasonic createdrevolutions innovating worlds first 19 inch television alongwith worlds first

true colorspicture tube.

Iridium:Motorola developed the first truly global communication network using a setof 66 satellites. Motorola manufactured two satellite phone handsets for this

network - the 9500 and 9505 as well as transceiver units. Obligations to

Motorola and loss of expected revenue caused Motorola to spin off the ON

Semiconductor(ONNN) business August 4, 1999, raising for Motorola about

$1.1 billion.

Semiconductor:On August 4, 1999 Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Components Group,

manufacturing Motorola's discrete, standard analog and standard logic devices

was spun-off, recapitalized and established as an independent company named

ON Semiconductor.


15/17

Split:On March 26, 2008, Motorola'sboard of directorsapproved asplit into two

different publicly traded companies. Thiscame after talkofselling the handset

division toanothercorporation. These new companies would comprise the

business unitsof the current MotorolaMobileDevices and Motorola Broadband

& Mobility Solutions.

Qualitysystems :

The SixSigma quality systemwas developed at Motorola even though itbecame best

known through its usebyGeneral Electric.It wascreated by engineerBillSmith,

under the directionofBob Galvin(sonof founder Paul Galvin) when he was runningthe company.Motorola Universityisone of many places that provide SixSigma

training.


16/17

EnvironmentalRecord: Motorola, Inc.,along with the Arizona Water Co. hasbeenidentified as the sourcesoftrichloroethylene(TCE) contamination that took place inScottsdale, Arizona. The

malfunction led toabanon the use of water that lasted three daysand affected almost

5000 people in the area.

Motorola was found tobe the mainsource of the TCE,anindustrial solvent that is

thought tocause cancer.

Motorola ranks 4th out of 18 leading electronics manufacturersin Greenpeaces

Guide to Greener Electronicsof May 2010.

It hasnot yet removed toxic vinyl plastic(PVC) andbrominated flame retardants

(BFRs) from all its products. However,all Motorola mobile phones launched since2009 are PVC-free.

In 2009, Motorolaalso launched its first mobile phone that is free of PVCand BFRs,

the MOTOCUBO A45ECO.


17/17

Conclusion:

s. tanweer motorola

Documents