BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 17, 2000 ISSUE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Unfinished Business Even after its recent progress, Motorola has to address key challenges. All revenue figures are for 1999. WIRELESS PHONES... REVENUES: $11.93 BILLION Motorola held 17% of the cellular-phone market last year, well behind Nokia's 27% share. To gain ground, Motorola needs to crank out new, innovative phones. WIRELESS EQUIPMENT... REVENUES: $6.54 BILLION Rivals such as Sweden's Ericsson swiped market share in the late 1990s and seem better positioned to sell wireless equipment for high-speed data transmissions. Motorola hopes a venture with Cisco will help it catch up. SEMICONDUCTORS... REVENUES: $7.37 BILLION The company has become the No. 1 maker of embedded chips in products ranging from automotive electronics to wireless phones. SATELLITE, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER... REVENUES: $4.06 BILLION Iridium, the satellite communications system Motorola dreamed up, has been a disaster. Motorola must now show that it can still develop its satellite business by selling equipment to other ventures. DATA: DATAQUEST INC., SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS A New Company Called Motorola TABLE: Unfinished Business TABLE: Motorola's Comeback ONLINE ORIGINAL: Galvin on the New Motorola: "Fast, Smart, Quick, Agile--Go" INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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