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The most convincing, and rather lengthy, argument why Motorola needs to hire a foreigner to lead the company into the future

Categories: Motorola
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 11:20 AM

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Tomi Ahonen writes what is quite possibly the most detailed argument that discusses the United States’ Mobile Telecommunications industry and why the new CEO for the handset division to be spun off should be someone from a different country who has yet to be “poisoned” with the old ideals the system in the states still operates on.

This is exactly my kind of rant since he goes as far back as the 90′s to explain the evolution of mobile telecoms and how the rest of the world has advanced, while North America lagged, lagged and lagged some more.

As someone who left the states 10 months ago to live in Finland, I can see exactly where his anger and frustation are coming from.

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • newtype2011

    This is one of the better articles I’ve read in a while…awesome find -

  • john

    My friends it is not just in mobile industry we are all fat dumb and happy thinking we are still number one. Keep saying it, you are number one, does not make it so, better wake up soon and start looking around the world for some answers.