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News Motorola has agreed to sell its integrated information systems group to US defence contractor General Dynamics for $825m. The Arizona-based Motorola division currently provides military and government... [06 Aug 2001]
Motorola and Sega launch joint WAP venture
News Motorola and Sega are launching a joint WAP venture to allow customers access to entertainment software through wireless enabled devices. Sega has developed a range of games that will run on Motorola's... [05 Jun 2000]
Motorola thrown a $700m lifeline
News Motorola has won a $700m deal with 3G licence holder Hutchison Whampoa to provide it with next generation mobile handsets. Today's agreement will see Motorola become a preferred supplier in many of... [10 Jul 2001]
Motorola boosts its high-tech arsenal with Printrak deal
News Motorola has increased its military technology portfolio with the acquisition of Printrak, a US supplier of command-and-control software. Motorola will pay around $160m in cash for all Printrak's stock,... [30 Aug 2000]
Motorola loses for third quarter in a row
News Motorola surprised the markets yesterday by posting a profit for its mobile phone division. Despite the good news Motorola still made a loss of £105m for the third quarter ended 30 September.... [10 Oct 2001]
Motorola to open $100m R&D centre in Turin
News Motorola is to set up a $100m research and development centre for cellular telephony in Turin, Italy. The centre will centralise Motorola's personal communications product development processes for the... [29 Sep 1999]
Motorola to grab Linux set-top box developer
News Motorola plans to acquire Kreatel Communications, a Swedish developer of television set-top boxes that use Linux and IP-based services, the company said on Tuesday. Motorola is among the companies hoping... [18 Jan 2006]
Motorola and Sun hail $1bn mobile IP deal
News Motorola and Sun Microsystems have announced a $1bn deal to provide open standard IP (Internet Protocol)-based wireless technology. The ten year non-exclusive deal allows Motorola to produce network... [09 Jun 1999]
Motorola and Mastercard in "credit card" phone trial
News Motorola and MasterCard are working on mobile phones capable of secure financial transactions, such as banking or buying groceries with a credit card. Later this year, a few hundred US residents will be testing two such... [13 Oct 2004]
Motorola and Cisco launch wireless venture
News Motorola and Cisco have announced a joint venture to buy into the fixed wireless industry arm of Bosch Telecom. The parties refused to disclose the financial details of the purchase, in which Motorola... [07 Jun 1999]
Motorola to invest £20m in Scottish jobs
News Motorola has pledged to invest £20m in a technology centre in Livingston, Scotland. The venture will build on Motorola's commitment to Scotland, creating 550 jobs in the area over the next five years. [04 Sep 2000]
Motorola launches tough as old boots PDAs
News Motorola has launched its first range of military-grade PDAs. According to Motorola, the devices are aimed at remote workers for warehouse work, salesforce and asset management or field service. The... [18 Oct 2005]
Motorola offloads facilities to ASE
News Mobile and remote communications specialist, Motorola, has sold two of its integrated circuit packaging and testing facilities to Taiwanese chip test and assembly company, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). [05 Jul 1999]
Motorola to license chips from rival ARM
News Motorola said it expected to introduce solutions based on ARM chips within the next 12 months. It did not rule out using the chips in its own Motorola mobile handsets. UK-based ARM has made great... [05 Dec 2000]
Motorola picks Linux for HP mobile gear
News Motorola plans to sell mobile phone network equipment that uses Linux-based code, a step forward in network gear makers' efforts to rally around a standard. While Motorola isn't ready to dump its own... [17 Aug 2004]
