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Motorola


In a bid to revive its struggling mobile-phone unit, Motorola is focusing on Android handsets and is reportedly prepping a social-networking smartphone based on Google's mobile operating system for release by June 2009.

Earlier this year, the U.S.-based company announced plans to separate its money-losing mobile devices division from the rest of the company, but said recently that the spilt will be delayed.

Although the world's No. 3 handset maker surprised Wall Street with a small profit and steady market share for the second quarter of 2008, Motorola was once again in the red when its revenue for the third quarter took a dive by some 15 percent to US$7.48 billion, and posted a net loss of US$397 million.

Headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, Motorola was founded in 1928 and employs some 66,000 workers globally. It is placed 200th in the 2008 Fortune Global 500 list.

This company is listed in Systems, Networking & Communications.



Financials
Fiscal year-end December FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) — 36,622.0 42,847.0 35,310.0 29,663.0
Global full-year net income (US$millions) — -49.0 3,661.0 4,578.0 1,532.0
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 8.62%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 25.82%
Percentage of revenue from Asia (including Japan/Korea) 9%

Operations
Founded 1928 Illinois USA
First Asian office 1973 Singapore
Global employees 66,000
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 10 China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

* Data correct as of October 2008. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites and financial news sites. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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