Motorola Inc. is made up of the following units:
Enterprise Mobility _ Makes police radios, bar-code scanners and other equipment for government and corporate clients. It had $1.69 billion in revenue in the first quarter and operating earnings of $141 million. This unit will be called Motorola Solutions when it becomes a separate company early next year.
Mobile Devices _ The cell phone unit will be called Motorola Mobility when it becomes a separate company early next year, together with the Home unit. Had $1.64 billion in revenue in the first quarter and lost $192 million on an operating basis.
Home _ This unit makes cable set-top boxes and modems. It’s a leading provider in the U.S., competing with Cisco Systems Inc. Will be combined with Mobile Devices to form Motorola Mobility early next year. Had $838 million in revenue in the first quarter and $20 million in earnings.
Networks _ Most of this unit is being sold to Nokia Siemens networks for $1.2 billion. It makes network equipment for wireless carriers, notably Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless, but has fallen behind the times. It had sales of $896 million in the first quarter and earnings of $112 million.
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