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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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) sent a letter to FCC today, detailing plans to provide wireless Internet access over TV “white spaces,” Reuters reported. White spaces are the unlicensed and unused TV…

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Carl Icahn says he is filing suit against Motorola in Delaware Chancery Court to obtain internal documents, which he says will be key in his brewing proxy battle with the…

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) must be making the cellphone business look too easy. With the company on track to sell 10 million iPhones this year—after only launching the device in July—it…

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The exodus at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) shows no sign of let up. The struggling handset maker has seen two more departures from its senior ranks, reports the WSJ. Mike Fenger,…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures, the cellphone maker’s venture arm, said today it invested an undisclosed sum in Quantum, a Milan company that develops portable media players. Quantum’s TV players are…

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What a difference a week makes. Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) CEO Greg Brown said last week he was conducting a formal executive search for the company’s mobile division to replace Stu…

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Hold that door open. Motorola’s mobile unit head Stu Reed left the company on Friday, making him the second executive in a week to exit the imploding company. On Thursday,…

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Another departure at Motorola (NYSE: MOT). CMO Kenneth “Casey” Keller Jr.—hired in October 2006—to reinvigorate the brand, left last Friday, reports the WSJ. The handset maker said Keller’s job was…

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Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in handset maker Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to 6.3 percent from 5 percent, reports Reuters, citing a filing with the SEC. Icahn, who…

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During Greg Brown’s first formal investor conference since he took control of Motorola (NYSE: MOT), the CEO addressed questions about the troubled handset division head-on, and came off sounding very…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has appointed former private equity executive Paul J. Liska as its new CFO. He takes over from acting CFO Tom Meredith (NYSE: MDP) on March 1. In…

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Blackberry maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM), which knows a thing or two about patent lawsuits, is headed back to court. According to filings made in the Northern District of…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) may have gotten its first public bite for its ailing cellphone operation during the final day of Mobile World Congress. On Thursday, Xiong Hui, a marketing VP…

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The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone bandwagon rolls on. At this year’s MWC, a cross-section of execs from operators, to handset makers, to content players were singing its praises—backing them up…

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-- *Motorola* launches mobile TV, GPS device: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today introduced Mobile TV DH01n, a portable media player including navigation capabilities 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map…

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Korean handset maker LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) doesn’t want Motorola’s handset business either, reports Dow Jones (via Cellular News). Indeed, LG Electronics CEO for mobile Skott Ahn said the company…

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New Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) CEO Hideki Komiyama says the company is not interested in Motorola’s handset business, though they plan to step up their efforts to increase…

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Activist investor Carl Icahn said he has spent $1.78 billion for a 5 percent stake in Motorola (NYSE: MOT) at a time when he is trying to get his four…

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Motorola’s announcement Thursday that it was mulling over a sale or a spinoff of its cellphone division has analysts working overtime figuring out what this could mean for the handset…

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Following Motorola’s announcement Thursday that it was exploring spinning off its handset division, investor activist Carl Icahn said today that he has notified Motorola once again that he will be…

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As rumored earlier this week, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) says it is exploring “structural and strategic realignment”, which may involve the separation of its handset business from the rest of its…

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Nomura International analyst Richard Windsor has caused quite a stir with a research note published to the bank’s clients today saying that beleaguered cellphone maker Motorola (NYSE: MOT) may exit…

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I feel a little rant coming on… the New York Times is reporting on Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) fairly dismal earnings results (our coverage here) and apparently has learnt nothing from…

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