Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to 7.6 percent from 6.4 percent according to and SEC filing on Wednesday, reports Reuters. Icahn and affiliates…

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Another handset manufacturer turning to the mobile internet to boost sales. Today, at a splashy launch at the smart Soho Hotel in London, Peter Chou, president and CEO of Taiwanese…

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Pretty soon Motorola (NYSE: MOT) CEO Greg Brown will be able to trademark the gritted-teeth smile. At the company’s annual meeting on Monday, angry shareholders blasted Brown over the struggling…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may be the world’s dominant handset maker, but Motorola should be more worried about its fleet-footed Korean rivals, LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung, according to an in-depth…

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Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is licensing its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices in an attempt to make the technology as ubiquitous on handsets as it is on PCs.…

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There has been some shuffling in the marketshare of the top five handset manufacturers, but no major change in new entrants according to Strategy Analytics. Although Motorola (NYSE: MOT) lost…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Paramount are building an online store for downloading films to mobile phones, reports NMA.co.uk, citing an unnamed Paramount source. The site is expected to launch at…

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How much does Motorola (NYSE: MOT) management hate Carl Icahn? USAToday has a lengthy interview with CEO Greg Brown over all the usual talking points. Yes, the handset division is…

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This is why they’re splitting off the devices business: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced a Q1 loss of $194 million ($.09 per share) compared to a loss of $181 million…

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Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in VirtualLogix; no amount disclosed. VirtualLogix makes virtualization systems for communication devices, which Motorola (NYSE: MOT) sees as a solution to the complex…

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A flurry of changes at Motorola’s mobile phone business. The company has reorganized its device unit to give newly promoted managers more control over the handsets their group turns out,…

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CTIA is now weighing in on the “white spaces” debate on whether unused TV airwaves should become available to build a wireless broadband network. Companies are also arguing over whether…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has named former AT&T (NYSE: T) CEO David Dorman as non-executive chairman, it announced today. Dorman replaces current chairman Ed Zander, who stepped down as CEO in…

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In what may be a bid to keep their dirty laundry in house, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has struck a deal with Carl Icahn in which his handpicked candidates-- William R.…

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Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) job cuts in Q1 cost the company $104 million according to an SEC filing this evening. Technically, the 2,600 eliminated positions resulted in a $113 million charge…

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This morning there was a ton of keynotes and information tossed out in front of the CTIA audience, and in the final presentation by Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel CEO Dan…

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Indian consumer electronics maker Videocon Group will be bidding for Motorola’s mobile devices business, its chairman Chairman Venugopal Dhoot told Dow Jones today. Venugopal declined to put a price or…

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—AOL (NYSE: TWX) Offers WAP Games: AOL plans to announce today that it is offering free WAP-based mobile games to wireless subscribers, so they don’t have to download anything to…

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It’s that time of year when CTIA Wireless, the big U.S.-based wireless show, is getting ready to kick off. I’ll be heading down on Sunday to Las Vegas to start…

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This comes as no surprise: while Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is in full-blown panic mode, Nokia (NYSE: NOK), its Finnish rival sees a good opportunity at taking away market share in…

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An easy way to find all of today’s coverage on Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) decision to split up into two publicly traded entities: -- Motorola To Split In Two; Devices and…

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Carl Icahn, the activist Motorola (NYSE: MOT) shareholder, who is embroiled in a proxy battle with the company, sent a letter to the board of directors today, asking why the…

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How could Motorola’s spin-off of its mobile devices unit affect the mobile content industry? In today’s conference call on the split, CEO Greg Brown noted that “customers want to see…

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This feels like it’s going to be a long and drawn-out process. Other than the bare basics: the company is splitting and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is not far along in…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) says it has commenced a plan to split into two companies, two days after activist investor Carl Icahn chided the company for not updating shareholders on strategic…

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