Disqus
There have been rumours since before the RAZR came out that Motorola would eventually split up. Today it’s finally official. By Q1 2011 the company is going to separate into two separate entities. One will be the handset unit, combined with the set top box division, the other will be the enterprise unit, and network business. Sanjay Jha, pictured above and currently the head of the handset unit, will become the head of the new handset and set top box division. Greg Brown will handle the other half. Both of these new entities will use the Motorola brand, with Sanjay’s half actually owning the brand, and then licensing it royalty free to Greg’s half of the company.
Running a smaller, more focused company, should reduce time to market and help Motorola once again reach the levels of success that the RAZR brought them. Just because the company is smaller however doesn’t necessarily make them smarter. We’ll have to wait and see what Motorola can come up with post break up to really judge whether or not this break up was a success.
Just look at Freescale, formerly a part of Motorola. They’re not exactly rocking the casbah.
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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.
