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Articles tagged with: Sanjay Jha
On the Call: Motorola co-CEOs Sanjay Jha,Greg Brown
Motorola last year said it would separate its ailing cell phone division from its other businesses, which make things like police radios and cable set-top boxes. It hired Sanjay Jha as co-CEO to lead the phone business, known as Mobile Devices. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more
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Motorola Planning Huge Job Cuts in Handset Division
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. more
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Motorola Freezes Pay Rises - Suspends US Pension Payments
Motorola has announced another round of cost cuts - including a pay freeze and temporarily suspending its contributions to its employee pension plans. Motorola will permanently freeze its U.S. pension plans, preserving vested benefits accrued by employees and retirees but eliminating future benefit accruals. more
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Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows
The worldwide mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) as total handset shipments were down significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. The third quarter of the year has historically been a ramp-up quarter as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, producing year-over-year growth rates as high as 20% as a result. This year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. more
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Motorola Expected to Announce "Google Phone" Plans this Week
The new head of Motorola's mobile phone division, Sanjay Jha has decided that the company should focus the bulk of its efforts on developing phones based on the Google backed Android system. Spurces close to the issue told The Wall Street Journal that the plans will be formally announced on Thursday and could result in thousands of job cuts. more
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Motorola Agrees Bonus for Selling Off Mobile Phones Division
Motorola has agreed to pay its CEO, Greg Brown a bonus when the company sells off its mobile phone division and the company is then floated onto a stock market and is worth at least US$2 billion. The bonus, in the form of stock options is worth US$3.3 million and restricted options worth a further US$1.67 million more
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Motorola's Jha: Wants to Launch Products Quickly, Effectively
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- While Motorola's handset division has a lot of problems, new co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha says the initial priority is getting products out quickly and effectively. more
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